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The investigation has been opened into death threats made against criminal defense lawyer Magamed Abubakarov from North Caucasus, Russia, from an unfamiliar phone number.
Uzbek national Yusup Kasymakhunov went missing on 14 December. He may have been abducted by Uzbekistani security services and taken to Uzbekistan, where he would be at dire risk of ill-treatment....
A Tajikistani national who was released from detention in Russia is believed to have been abducted and forcible returned to Tajikistan. Another, soon to be released, is at risk of the same.
The Russian authorities are preparing to extradite an Uzbek man, Yusup Salimakhunovich Kasymakhunov. He will face a real risk of torture and other ill-treatment if he is extradited to Uzbekistan....
