Ben Keith and Amy Woolfson 1 Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to equip practitioners with sufficient knowledge and understanding of Interpol to enable them to assist clients subject to or at risk of an Interpol Notice or Diffusion. The chapter considers the powers and practices of Interpol, and the methods by which a Notice […]
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Germany Should Request His Release; Ensure He Is Not Mistreated (Berlin, November 20, 2024) Dilmurod Ergashev, a Tajik opposition activist deported from Germany on November 6, 2024, after being refused asylum, is reported to have been provisionally detained for two months by a city court in Dushanbe on unclear charges, Human Rights Watch, Freedom for Eurasia, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, and Abschiebungsreporting
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Press Release/Update 19.11.2024 On November 18, 2024, a prominent Kyrgyz civil society activist and critic of the Kyrgyz government, Tilekmat Kudaibergen uulu (also known as Tilekmat Kurenov), has gone missing in Dubai under alarming circumstances. He reappeared 24 hours later and shared with Freedom for Eurasia that he was arrested by Dubai police. Kyrgyz investigative
United Nations special procedures mandate holders as Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention;Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and
Dilmurod Ergashev, a prominent Tajik activist and vocal government critic arrested, faces deportation from Germany to Tajikistan, where he risks severe persecution. Human rights organizations are urgently appealing to the German government and international bodies to halt his deportation and reconsider Germany’s policies on political asylum cases Date: October 31, 2024 Berlin, Germany — Freedom
Uzbekistan’s 2024 parliamentary elections, held on October 27. The election filled all 150 seats in the Legislative Chamber using a mixed system of both single-member constituencies and proportional representation. Each of the five political parties on the ballot is aligned with the government showing absence of meaningful competition. While Mirziyoyev promised reforms aimed to foster
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