Tajikistan seeks extradition of two opposition politicians from Turkey
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| Publication Date | 10 April 2018 |
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April 10, 2018 14:14 GMT
By RFE/RL's Tajik Service
Nasim Sharipov (left) and Suhrobi Zafar
DUSHANBE – Authorities in Tajikistan have lodged a formal request for Turkey to extradite two Tajik opposition politicians who were detained in Istanbul on March 19.
Tajik Interior Ministry spokesman Umarjon Emomali told RFE/RL on April 10 that Dushanbe is in talks with Ankara on the extradition of the leader of Group 24, Suhrobi Zafar, and another member of the opposition organization, Nasim Sharipov.
Emomali did not specify exactly when Tajik authorities asked Turkey to extradite the two men.
On March 23, Human Rights Watch's (HRW) Central Asia researcher, Steve Swerdlow, told RFE/RL that Turkey's Constitutional Court had ruled to suspend their possible extradition amid concerns that they might face torture while in custody in Tajikistan.
The Tajik Embassy in Ankara and Tajik Interior Ministry officials told RFE/RL that they had no information about the two politicians.
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