The authorities of Belarus extradited 44-year-old opposition activist Nizomidin Nasriddinov, who had refugee status in Germany, to Tajikistan. Saidrizo Nasriddinov, the brother of the Tajik opposition figure, told Radio Ozodi: “The lawyer said that three days ago he went to Grodno to see his client, but there he was told that the detainee had been […]
The authorities of Belarus extradited 44-year-old opposition activist Nizomidin Nasriddinov, who had refugee status in Germany, to Tajikistan.
Saidrizo Nasriddinov, the brother of the Tajik opposition figure, told Radio Ozodi:
“The lawyer said that three days ago he went to Grodno to see his client, but there he was told that the detainee had been transferred to the capital. The Prosecutor General’s Office in Minsk informed the lawyer about the extradition of Nizomidin to Tajikistan.”
The authorities of Tajikistan have not yet commented on the report.
Nizomidin Nasriddinov was detained on January 8 while crossing the Lithuanian-Belarusian border at the request of the authorities of Tajikistan.
Enira Bronitskaya, a representative of the Belarusian human rights organization Human Constanta, told the media that on February 21 of this year, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Belarus did not take into account Nasriddinov’s refugee status and decided to extradite him to Tajikistan. Nizomidin Nasriddinov appealed this decision in court, but apparently, his appeal was not granted.
In Tajikistan, he was accused of “public calls for extremist activities” (Article 307(1) of the Criminal Code) and was placed on the wanted list.
Nizomidin Nasriddinov appealed the decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Belarus in court, but his appeal was not granted.
Since his detention, he had been held in a pre-trial detention center in the city of Grodno.
After Nizomidin Nasriddinov’s detention, nine human rights organizations called on the authorities of Belarus not to extradite Nasriddinov to Tajikistan.
It is reported that since 2015, Nizomidin Nasriddinov had been living in Germany with his family, including five children. The German authorities granted him and his family political asylum.
Previously, Nasriddinov had participated in OSCE meetings and identified himself as a member of the political movement “Group 24.”
However, since 2018, he had not been a member of “Group 24.” Recently, he had been involved in car resale.