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Further information on UA 265/12 UKRAINE - REFUGEE RETURNED TO UZBEKISTAN
UZBEKISTAN On 20 September, Ruslan Suleymanov was returned to Uzbekistan by Ukrainian authorities. He is currently being kept in pre-trial detention in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. On 20 September, the Ukrainian authorities returned Ruslan Suleymanov to Uzbekistan, despite his well-founded fear of torture and an unfair trial. ...
UA 265/12 UKRAINE - REFUGEE AT RISK OF EXTRADITION TO UZBEKISTAN
UKRAINE Uzbekistani citizen Ruslan Suleymanov is currently being held in a pre-trial detention centre in Kyiv, Ukraine awaiting extradition. He is at risk of a forcible return to Uzbekistan by 25 September, where he would be at risk of torture. Ruslan Suleymanov was a manager of a ...
Further information on UA 29/12 Ukraine - DETAINED ASYLUM-SEEKERS STOP HUNGER STRIKE
UKRAINE The strike, held in protest by the group of Somali asylum-seekers and migrants, against their illegal detention and alleged ill-treatment, lasted for six weeks. The strike was halted by the group on 17 February after they received assurances from the State Migration Service that ...
UA 29/12 UKRAINE - ASYLUM-SEEKERS DETAINED AND ILL-TREATED
UKRAINE Somali and Eritrean asylum-seekers and migrants are on hunger strike in protest against their illegal detention at a Migrant Accommodation Centre in Western Ukraine. They, and detainees from other countries supporting them have been threatened and beaten and are at risk of other ill-treatment. On 30 January, the Migrant ...
UA 324/11 UKRAINE - LAWYER BEATEN FOR DEMANDING TO SEE CLIENT
UKRAINE On 17 August lawyer Dmytro Karpenko was detained and tortured by police in Cherkasy, Ukraine, after demanding to see a client. When he complained about his treatment, the police accused him of assaulting them. His trial is on 29 December. On 17 August Dmytro Karpenko went ...
UA 317/11 UKRAINE - TORTURE VICTIM FACES PROSECUTION IN UKRAINE
UKRAINE A man who was seriously injured by a police officer has been accused of causing the injuries himself, and may face five years' imprisonment for "attacking a police officer". Oleg Melnik, aged 27, was returning home in the evening of 1 April, with his horse and ...
