Kazakstan: Further information on Forcible return/torture/death penalty

Kazakstan: Further information on Forcible return/torture/death penalty

Index AI: EUR 57/002/2006
Date de publication: 26 juin 2006
Catégories: Europe et Asie centrale, Kazakhstan

Yusuf Kadir Tohti and Abdukadir Sidik, who are originally from China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), are being held in incommunicado detention in China after being forcibly returned from Kazakstan on 10 May. They are at risk of serious human rights violations, including torture or other ill-treatment, and possibly the death penalty if their "crimes" are deemed to be "serious".