In an open letter to Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Nikolai Patrushev, the NGO Grazhdanskoye Sodeistvie says Muminov's extradition was illegal.
Muminov was forcibly sent back to Tashkent on October 24, despite an earlier decision by the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office to not hand him over to Uzbek authorities.
Muminov was arrested a few days earlier on charges of violating Moscow's residency rules.
The FSB admitted to expelling Muminov only on October 27, saying the deportation had taken place that day and had been endorsed by a Moscow court.
Grazhdanskoye Sodeistvie says Muminov should not have been deported because he had appealed against his arrest and that another Moscow court was due to consider his case on November 2.
(muslimuzbekistan.net, ferghana.ru)
Andijon Anniversary Conference
Violence in Andijon, Uzbekistan, on May 14, 2005 (epa)
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