Case No
Country
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11/06/2012
AL
KGZ 3/2012
Kyrgyz
Republic
Torture;
Alleged beating and extraction of confession under torture. According to the 14/08/2012
information received, on 27 March 2012, Ms. X, a Uzbek national, was forced
into a car by four men in plain clothes while in Jalal-Abad oblast market. She
was taken to one of the offices of the Osh Oblast Department of Internal
Affairs where she was subjected to beating by the employees with the purpose
of obtaining a confession against her brother. After having spent four days in
the Osh Oblast Department of Internal Affairs and the Kara-Suu Rayon
Interior Unit, during which Ms. X was subjected to beating while being
interrogated, she agreed to sign interrogation papers without being allowed to
read them. She was told to bring in 200 USD after which she was released.
Ms. X was threatened that if she complained about this incident, firearms or
drugs would be planted in her house.
11/06/2012
AL
RUS 3/2012
Russian
Federation
Torture;
Alleged beating, intimidation and prolonged solitary confinement in a
minimum security prison known as a ‗settlement colony‘. According to the
information received, in April 2011, Mr. X, was held in solitary confinement
for 26 days for allegedly filing a joint complaint against the settlement
colony‘s personnel alleging systematic beating and intimidation. In
September 2011, while on hunger strike, Mr. X was reportedly subjected to
forced feeding. In early 2012, he was again subjected to beating by the
settlement colony‘s officer. The allegations of beating were reportedly
corroborated by an independent forensic examination performed on 8
February 2012. The medical record of Mr. X contained information indicating
that the injuries were caused as a result of Mr. X banging his head against the
wall. Mr. X‘s lawyer‘s request to launch a criminal case was turned down by
an internal Investigative Committee.
A/HRC/22/67
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