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
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