CCPR/C/127/D/2920/2016 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 10 December 2019 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2920/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: Zinaida Mukhortova (represented by counsel, Anara Ibrayeva) Alleged victim: The author State party: Kazakhstan Date of communication: 23 October 2015 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 10 June 2014 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 28 October 2019 Subject matter: Unlawful and arbitrary detention; inhuman and degrading treatment; freedom of expression Procedural issue: Substantiation Substantive issues: Unlawful and arbitrary detention; inhuman and degrading treatment; freedom of expression Articles of the Covenant: 7, 9 and 14, read alone and in conjunction with article 2, and 18 and 19 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 5 (2) (b) 1. The author of the communication is Zinaida Mukhortova, a national of Kazakhstan born in 1957. She claims that the State party has violated her rights under articles 7, 9 and 14, read alone and in conjunction with article 2, and articles 18 and 19, of the Covenant. 1 The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 30 June 2009. The author is represented by counsel. * Adopted by the Committee at its 127th session (14 October–8 November 2019). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: 1 Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christoph Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. The author was inconsistent in claiming a violation of article 2 of the Covenant. GE.19-21260(E) 

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