Disappearances; Alleged enforced disappearance of a Russian national in Ukraine after being 24/08/2015 Ukraine Independence of released from detention. According to the information received, on 6 March 2015, JUA judges and the Ovidiopol District Court of Odessa region passed a sentence which found Mr. lawyers; X guilty of against the territorial integrity and inviolability of “trespass 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. Freedom of Allegations of judicial harassment of a human rights defender, including the 24/08/2015 Uzbekistan expression; declaration by a Court that he is According to the “mentally incompetent”. JAL Health; Human information received, on 15 May 2015, Mr. Shukhrat Rustamov was ordered by the rights defenders; 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 This decision was “mentally incompetent”. reportedly based on Mr. medical results. However, Mr. Rustamov had Rustamov’s not undergone any medical examination. On 18 August 2015, the Tashkent City Court on Civil Matters upheld the decision of the Shakhantahurskij Regional Court.
24/08/2015 JUA 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. 24/08/2015 JAL 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.
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