Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08TASHKENT843
2008-07-18 11:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tashkent
Cable title:
YUSUF JUMAEV MOVED TO HIGH-SECURITY PRISON IN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 000843
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN AND DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/18/2018
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
SUBJECT: YUSUF JUMAEV MOVED TO HIGH-SECURITY PRISON IN
JASLYK
REF: A. TASHKENT 463
B. TASHKENT 127
C. TASHKENT 700
Classified By: POLOFF R. FITZMAURICE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 000843
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN AND DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/18/2018
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
SUBJECT: YUSUF JUMAEV MOVED TO HIGH-SECURITY PRISON IN
JASLYK
REF: A. TASHKENT 463
B. TASHKENT 127
C. TASHKENT 700
Classified By: POLOFF R. FITZMAURICE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, D)
1. (C) During a two-day trip to Bukhara on July 15-16, poloff
met with the daughter of Yusuf Jumaev, a dissident poet who
was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in April for
resisting arrest and harming a police officer (ref A). The
daughter, Feruza, explained that Jumaev was recently moved
from a minimum-security prison at Kongrad in the
Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic to a maximum-security
prison at Jasylk (also in Karakalpakstan) after he was
convicted in a closed trial at the Kongrad prison for
allegedly trying to escape. Feruza doubted that Jumaev could
even attempt to flee the prison, as he has problems with his
legs that have been exacerbated by his captivity. Feruza has
not yet been able to visit her father at Jaslyk and was
unaware of his present health condition.
2. (C) Feruza also confirmed that her brother, Bobur, who
was tried along with his father, was given a three-year
suspended sentence in April on health grounds and has been
subsequently allowed to travel to Tashkent for medical
treatment. She hinted that Bobur has since left Uzbekistan
and has joined other family members applying for political
asylum with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR) office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Feruza is the only
member of Jumaev's family still in Uzbekistan other than
Jumaev and his other son, Mashrab, who was sentenced to three
years' imprisonment in January for allegedly stabbing an
individual with a knife (ref C). Feruza reported enduring
some harassment, including frequent surveillance and unknown
individuals breaking windows at her family's home in the
Karakul region of Bukhara province.
3. (C) Comment: The continuing Jumaev family saga has been
the source of many outlandish rumors, including tales that
both Jumaev and Mashrab had somehow escaped from prison (ref
C). During their meeting on July 15, poloff found Feruza's
version of events to be more credible. We will continue to
monitor the treatment of Jumaev and Mashrab in prison
closely, and hope that the government may consider them for
amnesty next year.
NORLAND
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN AND DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/18/2018
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
SUBJECT: YUSUF JUMAEV MOVED TO HIGH-SECURITY PRISON IN
JASLYK
REF: A. TASHKENT 463
B. TASHKENT 127
C. TASHKENT 700
Classified By: POLOFF R. FITZMAURICE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, D)
1. (C) During a two-day trip to Bukhara on July 15-16, poloff
met with the daughter of Yusuf Jumaev, a dissident poet who
was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in April for
resisting arrest and harming a police officer (ref A). The
daughter, Feruza, explained that Jumaev was recently moved
from a minimum-security prison at Kongrad in the
Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic to a maximum-security
prison at Jasylk (also in Karakalpakstan) after he was
convicted in a closed trial at the Kongrad prison for
allegedly trying to escape. Feruza doubted that Jumaev could
even attempt to flee the prison, as he has problems with his
legs that have been exacerbated by his captivity. Feruza has
not yet been able to visit her father at Jaslyk and was
unaware of his present health condition.
2. (C) Feruza also confirmed that her brother, Bobur, who
was tried along with his father, was given a three-year
suspended sentence in April on health grounds and has been
subsequently allowed to travel to Tashkent for medical
treatment. She hinted that Bobur has since left Uzbekistan
and has joined other family members applying for political
asylum with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR) office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Feruza is the only
member of Jumaev's family still in Uzbekistan other than
Jumaev and his other son, Mashrab, who was sentenced to three
years' imprisonment in January for allegedly stabbing an
individual with a knife (ref C). Feruza reported enduring
some harassment, including frequent surveillance and unknown
individuals breaking windows at her family's home in the
Karakul region of Bukhara province.
3. (C) Comment: The continuing Jumaev family saga has been
the source of many outlandish rumors, including tales that
both Jumaev and Mashrab had somehow escaped from prison (ref
C). During their meeting on July 15, poloff found Feruza's
version of events to be more credible. We will continue to
monitor the treatment of Jumaev and Mashrab in prison
closely, and hope that the government may consider them for
amnesty next year.
NORLAND