![IRPT activist Namunjon Sharipov in Istanbul, Turkey.](/sites/default/files/multimedia_images_2018/201802eca_tajikistan_sharipov.jpg)
IRPT activist Namunjon Sharipov in Istanbul, Turkey. On February 16, 2018, Tajik officials, with the apparent acquiescence of Turkish authorities, forcibly and extra-judicially returned him from Istanbul to Tajikistan, where he faces torture and other ill-treatment.
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