Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 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. A/HRC/26/21 16 Date Type