DUSHANBE, April 9, 2013, Asia-Plus – An administrative action will be imposed upon the most active participants of an unauthorized rally near the Embassy in Dushanbe, Mahmadullo Asadulloyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said.

“At least five activists of the rally, mainly young men, were detained and an administrative action will be imposed upon them,” Asadulloyev told Asia-Plus in an interview.

We will recall that some 100 young men and women rallied in front of the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe on April 5, protesting the release of former Tajik Prime Minister Abdumalik Abdullojonov from custody in Ukraine.

A similar protest was held simultaneously by some 60 young demonstrators in front of the UN office in Dushanbe.

Ukrainian authorities refused Abdullojonov''s extradition and released him on April 4, saying he has refugee status in the United States.

Abdumalik Abdullojonov detained in Ukraine in February on his arrival from the United States.