E/CN.4/2003/68/Add.2 page 49 Enver Tulyaganov, Refat Tulyaganov’s 27-year-old brother (see above) was reportedly arrested on 17 March 2002. The police stopped him, allegedly to check his papers and took him to the UVD police station in the Iakkasarai district where it became clear that they knew his name. They reportedly told him that there had been a recent murder in the neighbourhood and that he had to confess. Enver Tulyaganov replied that there was no way that he was signing his own death warrant. He was reportedly beaten for three days. After three days, he was allowed to use the bathroom and was told to take off his coat, which he was subsequently asked to check. He stated that there was no need to check it, as he knew his coat very well. The officers then reportedly told him to check his right pocket. In the pocket he is said to have found bullets. When he protested that he did not have them in his pocket before, the investigator is said to have opened a safe, to have taken out a grenade and to have told him that if he did not stop protesting, the grenade would be his, too. He was reportedly kept in the basement of the MVD regional office until 4 May 2002 in incommunicado detention. He was reportedly subsequently transferred to another detention centre where he managed to call a friend who reportedly visited him in detention. Enver Tulyaganov was reportedly handcuffed and bore signs of beating, such as bruises in his face and blood on his head. He reportedly told his friend that he either had to accept the bullets or sign a confession. A human rights defender and a lawyer reportedly visited him subsequently and submitted statements to the court that he had been ill-treated. During the court hearing, Enver Tulyaganov reportedly told the judge about the beatings and gave names of those who had reportedly beaten him, but the judge ignored the allegations of torture. He furthermore rejected the statements submitted by Enver Tulyaganov’s friend and the human rights defender, stating that they were biased. The submissions to court reportedly contained statements by Enver Tulyaganov that were reportedly not signed. He is said to have been kept in the MVD basement during the six months that the investigation lasted. In September 2002, he was reportedly sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment and was sent to Tashturma. His mother reportedly wrote to many officials in Uzbekistan, including the President of the Republic, but is said to have received no response. Ravshan Haitov, a 32-year-old man, and his 27-year-old brother Rasul Haitov were reportedly arrested on 16 October 2001 by MVD officers of Sabir-Rakhimov district on accusations of membership in the banned Islamic party Hizb-ut-Tahrir (pursuant to article 244 of the Criminal Code). Their families were allegedly not informed of their arrest and had searched for them in different police stations in Tashkent during the night. In April 2002, a criminal case of “religious extremism” against Rasul Haitov was formally closed due to a “lack of evidence”. In January 2002, Rasul Haitov reportedly testified in court that he had been beaten and kicked, had been lifted up by his arms and legs and thrown on the floor (the so-called “helicopter method”) by policemen of Sabir-Rakhimov District Police. His head was allegedly covered with a plastic bag until he fainted, and needles had been stuck under his fingernails. Whilst he was being subjected to these treatments, officers are said to have brought into the room his brother, who was naked and covered in blood and could not hold his head up. The police reportedly threatened the two brothers with anal rape with a truncheon. Later, he is said to have been shown the dead body of his brother Ravshan. The corpse was returned to his family on the following days. Although police reports allegedly state that the official cause of death was a heart attack, it is reported that the body was bruised and had several bones broken. In their testimonies, the allegedly involved police officers claimed that the two brothers beat themselves and that they resorted to force to prevent them from self-immolation and an escape attempt. It is reported that the Deputy Chief of the Sabir-Rakhimov District MVD testified that there was