Halemubieke Xiaheman

UZBEKISTAN URGED NOT TO HAND ETHNIC KAZAKH OVER TO CHINA

February 20, 2019:

Human rights activists are urging Uzbekistan to deny a Chinese extradition request for an ethnic Kazakh citizen of China who is now stuck in the Central Asian nation’s main air terminal, Reuters reported on 8 February 2019.
Businessman Halemubieke Xiaheman, 41, from China’s Xinjiang province, said in a video apparently recorded inside Tashkent airport building that he had been harassed by Chinese security officials to a point where his Russian and Kazakh clients were scared to work with him.
The video, as well as photos of Xiaheman’s documents, was distributed late on 8 February 2019 by a group of activists based in Kazakhstan who said they were seeking to prevent Xiaheman’s extradition to China.
Xiaheman urged Uzbek President Shavkat Mirzioyev not to extradite him to China, where he said he could face death.
Chinese and Uzbek authorities did not confirm that China had made an extradition request, or on what grounds.