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Russia extraditing Uzbeks to face ‘pervasive’ torture: Amnesty
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The rights group accused Russia in a new report of being "partners in crime" with Uzbekistan, a Central Asian country ruled by dour former Communist strongman Islam Karimov since 1991. Amnesty urged Moscow to stop extraditing or facilitating the forcible removal of Uzbeks who face the "real risk of torture" and "manifestly unfair trials." "The Russian authorities are not simply turning a blind eye to torture and injustice in Uzbekistan, they are lending a helping hand," said John Dalhuisen, Hundreds of asylum seekers, refugees and labor Despite "overwhelming evidence that torture continues unabated in Uzbekistan," Russia continues to return alleged opponents of Karimov’s regime, it said. Those sent back undergo "incommunicado detention, torture and other ill treatment to force them to confess," Amnesty said. "They face unfair trials that result in long prison sentences served in cruel, inhuman and degrading conditions." Uzbekistan, which hosted United States Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... last year, denies the use of torture. A relative of an asylum seeker forcibly returned to Uzbekistan in 2014 told Amnesty that his torturers "kicked in almost all of his teeth... He has only tiny splinters sticking out from his gums." "They are killing him slowly," the unnamed relative said. Amnesty accused Russia of prioritizing "good relations and mutual interests" over international human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... obligations. It claimed Russia has colluded in "abductions and forced returns" and circumvented emergency orders by the European Court of Human Rights to halt extradition. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-22 |
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