The Embassy of Uzbekistan in London has been receiving appeals of the Amnesty International members on Huseyincan Celil.

According to the statement of the Interpol National Central Bureau in Uzbekistan, Huseyincan Celil was identified as Guler Dilaver of Turkish subject and native of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. He had been on wanted list by the Interpol on terrorism charges.

Mr Guler Dilaver (Huseyincan Celil) was born in 1955 in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China and citizen of Turkey. He was wanted by Kyrgyz law enforcement bodies for membership in terrorism groups, kidnapping, taking hostages and illegal weapon possession.

The relevant authorities of Kyrgyzstan have also identified that the arrested was Guler Dilaver (Huseyincan Celil). According to information of Kyrgyz law enforcement bodies, Mr Dilaver (Celil) uses undercover names of Hussein Calil, born in 1968, or Calil Husan Siddikovich, born in 1970, or Huseyincan Celil, born in 1969.

He had been on the Interpol wanted list since 13 August 2002. The warrant for his arrest was signed by the Prosecutor-General of Kyrgyz Republic in January 2001.

Fingerprint tests of Huseyincan Celil proved that he had been arrested on 10 May 1998 and his name was registered by the National Security Service of Kyrgyz Republic as Guler Dilaver. This fact was confirmed in the protocol of identification presented by the Information and Analytical Department of Kyrgyz Interior Ministry on 29 March 2006.

According to the Kyrgyz authorities Guler Dilaver (Huseyincan Celil) was involved in assassination of the head of Uygur society in Kyrgyz Republic on 28 March 2000 and terrorist act against the state delegation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China on 25 May 2000.

Uzbekistan continues to fulfil its international obligations and adhere to international norms of human rights. Uzbekistan's further steps will be taken within the framework of its international obligations.

Amnesty International is a respected organization and has contributed significantly to upholding the justice in human rights. However, recent appeals by the AI members in respect of Huseyincan Celil testify that the members are misleading by personality of Mr Celil, who was fugitive on terrorism charges.

The Embassy expresses its hope that the Amnesty International UK will spread the Embassy's concern amongst its members by calling upon them to be accurate and vigilant before sending appeals on release of persons who are lawbreakers in reality.

Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in London