to facilitate the deportation of foreign nationals suspected of terrorism. Such
persons include those foreign nationals currently subject to control orders under the
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and acknowledged by the U.K. government to be
at risk of torture if returned to their home countries.
•
Submit to the Committee against Torture within one year the details of all cases in
which the U.K. authorities have sought or secured diplomatic assurances against
torture in its efforts to deport or otherwise transfer terrorist suspects. Such reporting
was requested in the Committee’s 2004 Recommendations and Conclusions on the
U.K.’s Fourth Periodic Report.
To the Government of the Netherlands:
•
Abide by the Gerechtshof's-Gravenhage (Hague Court) decision of January 20, 2005
prohibiting the extradition of Nuriye Kesbir to Turkey based on insufficient
diplomatic assurances against torture and ill-treatment from the Turkish authorities.
To the Government of Austria:
•
Request that the Russian federal and Dagestani authorities facilitate the availability of
independent information about Akhmed A.’s situation, including by ensuring regular
access to him by legal representatives of his choosing, medical personnel and family
members. Make representations to the Russian authorities if information suggests
that the assurances proffered in respect of Akhmed A. are not being satisfied.
•
Reform Austrian asylum law to prohibit the transfer, including by extradition, of an
asylum seeker with a pending claim to another country. Such transfers, including
extradition, should not be effected until a full and fair asylum determination
procedure has been concluded.
To the Government of the Russian Federation:
•
Ensure that all appropriate conditions exist for unhindered independent oversight of
and reporting on the treatment of Akhmed A. at his place of detention in Dagestan.
These conditions should include access to him by legal representative of his
choosing, medical personnel, and family members.
To the Government of Egypt:
•
Support the establishment by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR) of an international, independent inquiry into the cases of Ahmed Agiza
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