24/08/2015
JUA
24/08/2015
JAL
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Summary of the allegation transmitted
UKR 4/2015
Ukraine
Disappearances;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
Alleged enforced disappearance of a Russian national in Ukraine after being
released from detention. According to the information received, on 6 March 2015,
the Ovidiopol District Court of Odessa region passed a sentence which found Mr.
X guilty of “trespass against the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine”.
The court also decided to exempt Mr. X from punishment under the regime of
probation. After being released from custody, Mr. X was allegedly invited by
convoy officers to receive his personal belongings. Mr. X was reportedly
approached by several individuals, allegedly belonging to the Security Service of
the Odessa Region in Ukraine, who used violence to place him into a minibus and
drove off. It is reported that no messages or phone calls have been received from
Mr. X since then. His fate and whereabouts remain unknown to date.
UZB 2/2015
Uzbekistan
Freedom of
expression;
Health; Human
rights defenders;
Allegations of judicial harassment of a human rights defender, including the
declaration by a Court that he is “mentally incompetent”. According to the
information received, on 15 May 2015, Mr. Shukhrat Rustamov was ordered by the
Shaykhantakhur Inter-District Civil Court of Tashkent City to undergo a medical
examination. On 11 June 2015, Mr. Rustamov submitted a report on the human
rights situation in Uzbekistan to a State embassy in Tashkent. The report
summarized 2,500 complaints that Mr. Rustamov had previously submitted to the
President of Uzbekistan concerning human rights violations committed by
representatives of the Uzbek authorities. On 26 June 2015, Mr. Rustamov was
forcibly brought by police officers to the Psychiatric-Neurological Dispenser No.1
of Tashkent City in order to undergo the medical examination previously ordered
by the court. Mr. Rustamov refused to undergo the examination on the basis that he
wanted to appeal the court order. On 20 July 2015, the Shakhantahurskij Regional
Court found Mr. Rustamov to be “mentally incompetent”. This decision was
reportedly based on Mr. Rustamov’s medical results. However, Mr. Rustamov had
not undergone any medical examination. On 18 August 2015, the Tashkent City
Court on Civil Matters upheld the decision of the Shakhantahurskij Regional
Court.
Reply
06/10/2015
A/HRC/31/79
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