CCPR/C/125/D/2448/2014
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
18 April 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication No.
2448/2014*, **
Communication submitted by:
Vladimir Nuryllayev and Aibek Salayev
(represented by counsel, Shane Brady and Philip
Brumley)
Alleged victims:
The authors
State party:
Turkmenistan
Date of communication:
5 May 2014 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 11 August 2014 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
29 March 2019
Subject matter:
Unfair trial and conviction of Jehovah’s
Witnesses on fabricated pornography charges;
ill-treatment in custody (second author)
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Freedom of religion; fair trial; discrimination;
torture; cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment
Articles of the Covenant:
7, 14 (1) and (3) (d) and (e), and 18 read in
conjunction with 26
Article of the Optional Protocol:
2
* Adopted by the Committee at its 125th session (4–29 March 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed
Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki
Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais,
Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.19-06544(E)