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At least 15 Tajik activists have disappeared in Russia in recent years, as Tajik officials hunt down their critics both at home and abroad. Some of them have reappeared in Tajik prisons, while the whereabouts of others remain unknown.
16 April 2021, 15:53 UTC
The Russian government must immediately stop the deportation of at least 17 Tajikistani nationals detained during a peaceful protest in Moscow on 2 April against the suspected rendition of a fellow countryman, Amnesty International said today.
The detained Tajikistani nationals, mostly migrant workers, had taken part in peaceful protests against the forcible return to Tajikistan of Izzat Amon (also known as Izatullo Kholov), a prominent migrants’ rights activist, lawyer and the head of the Moscow-based human rights centre Tojikon. The protest took place in front of the Embassy of Tajikistan.
“The Russian authorities must immediately stop helping their counterparts in Tajikistan to facilitate illegal forced returns. In the absence of due process individuals are denied their right to challenge their return, based upon a fear of persecution by the Tajikistani authorities due to their participation in peaceful protests,” said Maisy Weicherding, Amnesty I
Over 60 people were detained in Moscow on Friday during a rare protest against the deportation of Izzat Amon, a renowned defender of Tajik migrant workers' rights in the Russian capital, a human rights group said.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Over 60 people were detained in Moscow on Friday during a rare protest against the deportation of Izzat Amon, a renowned defender o.