Ikrom Yakubov

Ikrom Yakubov alleges that he is a former intelligence officer of Uzbekistan, in its National Security Service (SNB), who suggests that he defected to the United Kingdom in 2008.[1][2] He is notable because, after his defection, he confirmed earlier reports that Uzbekistan routinely tortured captives.[3][4] In 2008, he also alleged that the crash of Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 had been engineered by the Uzbek leadership, killing UN Resident Representative Richard Conroy. [5]

Ikrom Yakubov
Born
Uzbekistan
NationalityUzbekistan
Known forclaimed to have defected from Uzbekistan's security service, where he witnessed torture

Early life

Yakubov described wanting to become an intelligence officer when he was a child because he wanted to follow the example of his father and grandfather, who were senior KGB officers in the old Soviet Union.[3]

Intelligence career

Yakubov describes being a trusted deputy of Uzbekistan's President, Islam Kerimov—until an intelligence report he wrote offended him.[3] At that point he described being tortured himself, and then being demoted.[1]

Since his defection Yakubov has said he was present during brutal interrogations, including immersion in scalding hot water.[3]

Life in the United Kingdom

Radio Free Europe reported, in 2011, that Yakubov was convicted of illegally using a phony Portuguese passport.[6]

Radio Free Europe reported that a leading Uzbek human rights worker, Surat Ikramov, challenged Yakubov's account of himself.[6] They reported Ikramov claimed that while Yakubov had worked for the Uzbek government, it was a low-level job, and not as a security official, and he learned no secrets there. Ikramov claimed Yakubov had worked for him, as a translator. He claimed Yakubov had requested permission to extend a trip to the UK, only to then claim political asylum, and then cut his ties to Ikramov and his organization.

In 2017 Yakubov submitted a PhD thesis to the University of Dundee, entitled "The Role of Intelligence in Securitisation Processes: A Tool or An Agent."[7]

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References
  1. Peter Marshal (2009-08-11). "Confessions of an Uzbek KGB officer". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  2. Confessions of an Uzbek KGB officer (YouTube). BBC News. 2012-07-05. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  3. "Confessions of a Former KGB was Issued in BBC Newsnight". Turkish Weekly. 2009-08-13. Archived from the original on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  4. "Close Read: The Torture Bust". New Yorker magazine. 2009-08-16. Archived from the original on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  5. "Former Uzbek Spy Case Sparks Heated Reactions".
  6. "Rights Advocate Contradicts Story of Uzbek 'Spy'". Radio Free Europe. 2011-11-07. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. In 2008, Ikramov brought Yakubov as a translator to a human rights conference in London. When they were there, Ikramov says, Yakubov asked for permission to stay in the UK for an extra week 'to study.' Shortly thereafter, Yakubov claimed political asylum. 'These days, he's cut all relations with me,' Ikramov said.
  7. Ikrom Yakubov (2017). "The Role of Intelligence in Securitisation Processes: A Tool or An Agent". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27.
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