A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 101 Para Country Date Type Mandate 75. Germany 16/12/05 UA TOR; 76. India 19/12/05 JAL SUMX; TOR; Allegations transmitted Zokirjon Almatov, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Internal Affairs, who is currently in Germany to receive medical treatment. On 12 December 2005, several survivors of torture filed a case against Mr Almatov in the German courts on three counts: individual crimes of torture, torture as a crime against humanity and the Andijan massacre as a crime against humanity. In light of the fact that the previous Special Rapporteur carried out a visit to the country in late 2002 and concluded that torture is systematic in Uzbekistan and a report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of July 2005 found, on the basis of consistent, credible eyewitness testimony, that during events in Andijan in May 2005, the military and security forces committed grave human rights violations while curbing demonstrations, the Government is called upon to initiate criminal proceedings against the Minister. Rajendran, aged 37, a salesman, Raj Nivas, Kodamkulam, Neeleswaram Post Office, Kottarakkara, Kollam District, Kerala. On 6 April 2005, he was arrested outside Sanker Hospital by the Assistant Sub Inspector of Kollam East Police Station. He was taken to Kollam East Police Station where he was forced to remove his clothes and was beaten by five policemen. He died in police custody and was taken to the District Government hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Government Response