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represented by the author’s lawyer, Mr. Allanazarov. In the appeal they restated that they
had no claims against the author and that he should be acquitted. On 3 March 2009, the
court rejected the appeal and maintained the decision of the trial court. The author did not
take part in the proceedings, although he was brought to the court building and held in the
basement for the duration of the proceedings.
2.5
From 8 February to 7 September 2009, the author was held in pretrial detention
facility No. 64/1 of the city police department in Tashkent, in violation of the national
legislation, according to which a convicted person should be transferred to a prison at the
latest 10 days after the court verdict has been communicated to the administration of the
detention facility. He claims that up to the beginning of August 2009 he was subjected to
severe forms of torture by the officers from the National Security Service and the police, as
well as by detainees acting on instructions from the officers. The author was beaten with
fists and an iron bar; was kicked in the abdomen, chest and legs; was stripped naked; was
hung by his ankles (the “helicopter position”); suffered burns from fire applied to his
genitals and other parts of his body; and was subjected to electroshock applied to his
genitalia and lips as well as needles inserted under his fingernails, among other types of
abuse. On one occasion, the author was hung on a grid attached to the wall, stripped naked
and beaten with a wooden stick on his genitals. On another occasion, a noose was put
around his neck, with the other end of the rope tied to his genitals from behind, and he was
hung in this position from the ceiling with his hands tied. In addition, he was stripped naked
and strapped on an iron bed for 10 days, with his arms, legs, abdomen and neck tied to the
bed. He was put in a cell with prisoners infected with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Furthermore, he was subjected to psychological pressure and threatened with being tortured
to death and with sexual violence. As a result of the beatings, the author had a number of
bruises on his chest and hematomas on his head and fingers and lost consciousness
repeatedly. His genitals and lips were seriously injured due to the burning and the
electroshocks and two ribs on the right side were broken. The author attempted to commit
suicide on two occasions: first by biting the veins on his left wrist and second by cutting the
arteries in his throat and by cutting his head, from the crown to his forehead, with a razor.
According to the author, the purpose of the torture was to make the author confess that he
was spying for the United Kingdom and provide information on his colleagues.
2.6
On 4 May 2009, the author’s lawyer was able to visit him in detention for the first
time. Until then, the author’s requests to be visited by his family and the lawyer had been
ignored. On this date the author’s family learned that he had been subjected to torture. On
24 and 25 May 2009, the officers from the Prosecutor General’s Office visited the detention
facility after having received a telegram from the author’s wife about the author’s illtreatment. After the safety of his family was threatened, the author was forced to write a
note addressed to the Prosecutor General, stating that he had not been tortured.
2.7
On 19 May 2009, the author’s wife went to detention facility No. 64/1 and requested
a meeting with the author. The deputy head of the facility brought her a note, written by the
author, which stated that the author refused to see his family. On 7 September 2009, the
author was transferred to prison No. 64/29 in Navoi. The author’s wife was able to visit him
for the first time on 8 October 2009. According to her, he was extremely thin, his body was
covered with scars and he had lost his will to live.
2.8
On 2 February 2010, the author was reprimanded for violating the prison schedule.
On 5 April 2010, after a visit by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the prison,
the prison officers questioned the author about information he had transmitted to the
organization. They beat the author on the soles of his feet with a rubber stick, reprimanded
him for violating the prison schedule and locked him in solitary confinement for five days.
The author alleges that these actions were aimed at driving him to suicide.
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