The decisions merely stated that the cases did not satisfy the criteria for refugee status , without providing any other explanations . 2.3 On 8 September 2010 , the Office of the Prosecutor in Almaty announced that , further to a request from the Uzbek authorities and in accordance with the bilateral agreement of 22 January 1993 ( the Commonwealth of Independent States ( C.I.S . ) Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil , Family , and Criminal Matters ( the Minsk Convention ) ) and the 2001 Shanghai Convention , the complainants would be extradited to Uzbekistan , as they were involved in `` illegal organizations '' and accused of `` attempts to overthrow the constitutional order '' in Uzbekistan .