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RUS 12/2013
09/12/2013 Russian
JUA
Federation
Disappearances;
Torture;
Allegations of abduction, enforced disappearance and forced return to the country of
origin of an asylum seeker. According to the information received, on 3 December
2013, Mr. Ismon Azimov, a Tajik asylum seeker, was kidnapped from the State-run
reception centre in Moscow, forced into a car and driven away to an unknown
location. Mr. Azimov had reportedly earlier been released from administrative
detention in view of the final judgment of the European Court of Human Rights dated
9 September 2013, concluding that Mr. Azimov’s forced return to Tajikistan would
give rise to a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Grave concern is expressed about the fate and whereabouts of Mr. Azimov and about
the allegations that Mr. Azimov may have been deported to Tajikistan.
29/01/2014
RUS 11/2013
10/12/2013 Russian
JAL
Federation
Health; Torture;
Allegation of ill-treatment, including denial of the right to health, of a drug-dependent 19/02/2014
person living with HIV. According to the information received, in April 2012, Mr. X,
a drug-dependent person living with HIV, tuberculosis and Hepatitis C, was
reportedly arrested by law enforcement officers for alleged drug possession. He was
reportedly transferred to the district department N24 in Tolyatti where he was placed
in a small cell with no ventilation or natural light and no place to sleep. It is alleged
that the law enforcement officers repeatedly denied Mr. X’s requests for antiretroviral
medication. It is also reported that while in custody at the police department N3 in
Tolyatti, Mr. X was beaten by law enforcement officers and asked to confess to drug
possession. He was released on 14 April and was subsequently reportedly charged
with “storage of narcotic substances without intent to supply” and sentenced to one
year imprisonment. He was later acquitted on procedural grounds. It is further
reported that Mr. X repeatedly complained against the actions of law enforcement
officers.
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