Furkat Kasimovich Yusupov

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Furkat Kasimovich Yusupov is a citizen of the former Soviet Union.

A press release from Uzbekistan's Berlin embassy stated^[1]:

"Yusupov Furkat Kasimovich is charged with committing crimes stipulated in articles 97, 155, 156, 159 and other articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was proved by the investigation, that F.Yusupov rented apartments in Tashkent for secret residing of the members of the criminal network, arranged delivery of self-made explosives. It was also proved, that within the group belonging to the criminal network he tested the self-made explosive devices on 7 and 12 March 2004 in a deserted land of the “Varakhsha” farm, which is situated in Jondor district of Bukhara region."

One of the allegations listed in the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Yakub Abahanov's Administrative Review Board stated^[2]:

"On 24 August 2004, the Uzbek Supreme Court convicted and sentenced Furkat Kasimovich Yusupov to 18 years deprivation of freedom for his involvement in terrorist attacks in Tashkent and Bukhara Provinces, Uzbekistan, during March and April 2004."

Yakub Abahanov's Summary of Evidence also justified his continued detention due to alleged ties to an individuals identified as "Yusupov Parkhat" and "Farhat Yusupov".

On August 7, 2002 Alisher Muradov and Farkhat Yusupov co-wrote an article entitled: "The borders of problems and worries" published in the Kyrgyzstan edition of Russian newspaper Moskovskiy Komsomolets.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Information on commencement of legal proceedings against organisers and participants of terrorist acts that took place in March-April 2004 in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan Embassy, Berlin. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
2. ^ OARDEC. Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Abahanov, Yakub pages 85-86. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
3. ^ "Kyrgyz paper slams Uzbekistan's "muscle-flexing" over border delimitation.", Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, August 13, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.