der and organisation of mass disorder. The applicant's name was put on the wanted list. The prosecutor's office issued an arrest warrant against the applicant.
11. On 5 July 2008 the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan forwarded a request for the applicant's extradition to Uzbekistan to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
12. On 2 August 2008 the Andijan regional prosecutor's office additionally charged the applicant with a number of crimes including conducting a holy war to create an Islamic state, financing terrorist activities, membership of extremist organisations and organisation of mass disturbances.
B. Proceedings in Russia
1. Proceedings concerning the obtaining of a false passport
13. On an unspecified date in June 2005 the applicant arrived in Yoshkar-Ola, the Republic of Mari-Al, Russia. From June 2005 to 11 June 2008 he lived with his brother, Mr Kh.K., and worked in the construction business.
14. On an unspecified date in 2007 the applicant obtained a false passport of a Kirgiz national.
15. On 19 June 2008 the Tsentralniy Department of the Interior of Yoshkar-Ola ("the Tsentralniy UVD") instituted criminal proceedings against the applicant under Article 327 of the Criminal Code (forgery of documents).
16. On 30 December 2008 the Yoshkar-Ola Town Court ("the Town Court") found the applicant guilty of forging documents and ordered him to pay a fine of 10,000 Russian roubles (RUB). The applicant did not appeal against the sentence.
2. Extradition proceedings
17. On 11 June 2008 the applicant was arrested in Russia (see paragraph 31 below). On the same date and on 19 June 2008 he was questioned and stated that he was being subjected by the Uzbek authorities to politically motivated persecution in connection with events in Andijan in May 2005. He denied any involvement in illegal activities.
18. On 2 July 2008 the applicant was questioned again. He reiterated that he was being sought by the Uzbek authorities for alleged participation in the Andijan events in May 2005 and denied any involvement in extremist organisations.
19. On 5 July 2008 the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan forwarded a request for the applicant's extradition (see paragraph 11 above).
20. On 17 July 2008 the Federal Migration Service ("the FMS") informed the Prosecutor General's Office that the applicant did not have Russian citizenship.
21. On 6 August 2008 the Mari-Al FMS informed the Mari-Al prosecutor's office that on 1 August 2008 the applicant's request for asylum had been rejected.
22. On 4 August 2008 the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Prosecutor General's Office that they did not have any information precluding the applicant's extradition. The text of the document comprised three lines and stated:
"The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no information precluding Mr A. Karimov's extradition to the law-enforcement bodies of Uzbekistan for criminal prosecution."
23. On 30 August 2008 the Federal Security Service ("the FSB") informed the Prosecutor General's Office that they did not have any information precluding the applicant's extradition to Uzbekistan. The text of the document stated:
"The FSB has no information concerning either the politically motivated persecution of Mr A. Karimov (who was born in 1964 in Uzbekistan) or any obstacles precluding his extradition to the law-enforcement bodies of Uzbekistan.
His extradition to the Uzbek authorities would not damage the interests or security of the Russian Federation."
24. On 18 September 2008 the Russian Prosecutor General's Office ordered the applicant's extradition to Uzbekistan.
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