Document #1030097

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Kyrgyzstan Extradites Journalist Wanted By Turkey For Terror Links

August 11, 2011
BISHKEK -- A Turkish journalist wanted on suspicion of terrorist links has been extradited to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
 
Talant Konokbaev, a spokesman for the Prosecutor-General's Office, told RFE/RL that Ali Osman Zor was extradited on August 3.
 
Zor, 43, was detained by Kyrgyz police in Bishkek on May 2. Turkish officials suspect him of involvement in a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda that wants to create an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East.
 
Last month, Kyrgyzstan's Labor and Migration Ministry rejected as without basis the arguments put forward by Zor and his lawyers in support of his claim to refugee status.
 
Zor's lawyers said Turkey's case against him was politically motivated.
 
Kyrgyz human rights activists had called on the authorities not to extradite him to Turkey.

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ecoi.net description:
Turkish journalist Ali Osman Zor, who is wanted on suspicion of terrorist links, has been extradited to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan
Countries:
Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Published:
11 August 2011
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan_extradites_turkish_journalist/24293931.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1030097 (former ID 200586)

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