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MAMATKULOV AND ASKAROV v. TURKEY JUDGMENT
(h) Ten years' imprisonment pursuant to Article 223 § 2 (b) (entering or leaving
Uzbek territory illegally and with premeditation);
(i) Two years' community service pursuant to Article 228 § 3 (manufacture, use and
sale of false documents: seal, stamp, headed notepaper);
(j) Eighteen years' imprisonment pursuant to Article 242 § 1 (forming an armed
organisation or gang to commit offences and holding a position of authority or special
position within such organisation or gang).
Is sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment pursuant to Article 59 of the Criminal
Code (aggregation of sentences for several offences) to be served in strict-regime
penal institutions.
R. Mamatkulov is currently serving his sentence in Zarafshan Prison, which is under
the authority of the Office of Internal Affairs of the province of Navoi. He is in good
health and is entitled to receive visits from close relatives. He did not receive an
amnesty under the Amnesty Decree of 22 August 2001.
Z. Abdurasulovich ASKAROV
(a) Ten years' imprisonment pursuant to Articles 28 and 97 of the Criminal Code
(homicide with aggravating circumstances, namely:
(i) murder of two or more people;
(ii) murder of a person on official duty or of a close relative of such a person;
(iii) use of means endangering the lives of others;
(iv) use of cruel means;
(v) offence committed in the defendant's own interests;
(vi) offence committed on the basis of religious beliefs;
(vii) offence committed with the aim of concealing another offence or of
facilitating its commission;
(viii) offence committed by a group of people or a criminal organisation in the
interests of that organisation;
(ix) repeat offence);
(b) Ten years' imprisonment pursuant to Article 155 § 2 (a) and (b) of the Criminal
Code (terrorist offence, causing another's death);
(c) Ten years' imprisonment pursuant to Article 156 § 2 (d) of the Criminal Code
(incitement to hatred and hostility giving rise to discrimination on grounds of race and
religion);