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<\/p>\nGay Journalist Facing Persecution in Uzbekistan Avoids Deportation From Russia<\/b>
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Russia\u2019s Supreme Court has overturned the decision to deport Uzbekistani gay<\/a> journalist <\/span>Khudoberdi Nurmatov<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Nurmatov, who writes under the pen name Ali Feruz for the investigative independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, faces torture at the hands of the security services and possibly death if he returns to Uzbekistan<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n He has spent the last six months in a detention centre near Moscow. According to <\/span>MPN News<\/b><\/a>, in 2015, eight people held there opened their veins in protest at the inhumane conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n We welcome #Russian<\/a> Supreme Court ruling not to extradite #journalist<\/a> Khudoberdi Nurmatov (aka Ali Feruz) to Uzbekistan. We hope he will be released and allowed to travel and work unobstructed very soon t.co\/xZEuYUyGuY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 CPJ Eurasia (@CPJ_Eurasia) January 25, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Moscow Times<\/b><\/a> reports:<\/span><\/p>\n A Moscow city court ruled in August to forcibly deport Nurmatov to Uzbekistan, where he holds citizenship, for violating migration law, while his Russian asylum application was turned down by a court in October. The journalist\u2019s supporters say that he risks persecution and torture in Uzbekistan and have launched an international campaign in his defense titled: \u201cWe Don\u2019t Have the Right Not to Save Him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Supreme Court overturned Nurmatov\u2019s deportation order Monday, ruling that his case \u201chad not received the necessary legal evaluation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n It urged the Moscow City Court to review a letter sent from the German Embassy confirming that Nurbatov has permission to reside in Germany. <\/span><\/p>\n The Supreme Court also said that the city court\u2019s indefinite extension of Nurmatov\u2019s stay in a temporary holding facility for foreigners was \u201can unjustified restriction on his freedom.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n In April last year, the Russian journalist who broke the story regarding Chechnya\u2019s recent crackdown on gay<\/a> and bisexual<\/a> men<\/a> <\/span>went into hiding<\/b><\/a> following a number of death threats.<\/span><\/p>\n The post Gay Journalist Facing Persecution in Uzbekistan Avoids Deportation From Russia<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Khudoberdy_Nurmatov_court.jpg\")
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