If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...

If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said.
Solih, the leader of Uzbekistan's main opposition democratic Party Erk, was arrested by Czech police at Prague Ruzyne airport upon his arrival from Norway on November 28.
Seeing that Solih was sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison in Taskhent and taking into account the current regime in Uzbekistan, nobody would see him any longer. He would be sentenced to death, Winter stressed.
Solih was sentenced in absentia in 2000 to 15 and a half years in prison for an alleged involvement in a bombing that killed 16 people in Tashkent in 1999. He now lives in Norway where he gained political asylum. Solih arrived in Prague on the invitation of RFE.
Winter said the radio was in frequent contact with Solih, describing him as a human rights advocate. According to Winter, Solih lives in exile because in early 1990s, as the opponent of President Salem Karimov's regime, he was forced to leave his native country.