As has just become known, blogger and civil activist Zhumasapar Dadebaev, who lived in Istanbul, was returned to Uzbekistan last week. The activist's lawyer informed the Turkmen Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights about this.
Dadebaev, an ethnic Turkmen from Karakalpakstan, has been actively involved in the Turkmen and Karakalpak democratic movements over the past two years. A couple of years ago, Uzbekistan announced his wanted list through Interpol, accusing him of "terrorism". In December last year, he applied for asylum to the Turkish authorities.
