Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 19/11/10 AL KAZ 3/2010 Torture Alleged torture, ill-treatment and death in custody. According to the information received, 04/02/11 on 28 September 2010 Mr. Kanat Mukhambetkaliev, born in 1987, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the common regime colony no. 161/4 in Kushmurun. He was subjected to special measures for allegedly refusing to follow the instructions of prison’s employees. On 6 October, Mr. Mukhambetkaliev was fatally injured while in the quarantine facility. On 6 October, he died in the emergency unit of Auliekolskiy regional hospital, allegedly from injuries caused by severe beatings while in detention. On 8 October, the colony’s chief of control unit and the senior specialist of the regime unit were charged with “exceeding power of official authority entailing grave consequences or committed with the use of arms of special means”. On 8 November, a new investigative team was established. The chief investigator reportedly declared that a new charge of “murder” would be added to the criminal case. 19/11/10 JUA TJK 4/2010 Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture Alleged detention and torture. According to the information received, Mr. Ilkhom Ismanov, 01/06/11 a citizen of the Russian Federation, disappeared on 3 November 2010. On 4 November, two men reportedly searched Mr. Ismanov’s family house without presenting any official document. They reportedly told Mr. Ismanov’s wife that he was being held at the Department for the Fight against Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Khudzhand in the Soghd region of Tajikistan. On 4 November and on the following days, his lawyer and a representative of the Centre for Human Rights of Soghd region were reportedly denied access to Mr. Ismanov. On 11 November, Mr. Ismanov was reportedly transferred to the temporary detention facility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the town of Chkalovsk. Reportedly, on 12 November, during the court hearing, Mr. Ismanov told the judge that he was subjected to electric shocks and that boiling water was poured on him while in detention. The judge allegedly ignored the allegations of torture. Mr. Ismanov was reportedly charged with “organizing a criminal group.” 23/11/10 JAL VEN 9/2010 Summary executions; Torture Supuestos muertos de presos en combates organizados. Según la información recibida, en 11/02/11 el Centro Penitenciario de la Región Centro Occidental de Venezuela se organizarían riñas entre prisioneros conocidas como el "Coliseo.” Estas riñas, programadas para “arreglar cuentas” entre los prisioneros serían organizadas y dirigidas por los jefes de las organizaciones criminales que controlan la prisión. Estos combates además tendrían lugar en presencia de los funcionarios encargados de hacer cumplir la ley en la cárcel. Los participantes podrían utilizar armas blancas y podrían herir a sus oponentes en ciertas zonas del cuerpo. Desde enero hasta noviembre de 2010, habrían muerto cuatro presos y más de 113 habrían resultado heridos en los combates antes mencionados. Kazakhstan Tajikistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Reply A/HRC/18/51 140 Date Type

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