(Athens) - Greece should not extradite, deport, or otherwise facilitate the return of a Tajik opposition activist to Tajikistan , where he faces possible torture or ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. Mirzorakhim Kuzov, a senior leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), was detained on October 9, 2017, by Greek police at passport control in Athens International Airport as he was in transit after attending a human rights conference in Warsaw, Poland. The Tajik government banned the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, the country´s leading opposition party, and designated it a terrorist organization in September 2015. Kuzov was detained in Athens under an...
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