Fayzullo Agzamov was born in 1969. In 2001 he was sentenced to 17 years in prison. He was
charged under the Articles 159 (attempts to
constitutional order of Republic of Uzbekistan), 242 (organisation
of criminal community) 244-2 (establishment, direction of or participation in
religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other banned organisations)
of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan. Since 2010, he is serving
a sentence at UYA
64/71 in the village of Zhaslyk
(Karakalpakstan).
From 2007 to 2010 he
served time in prison UYA 64/T-1 in the Andijan region, where, as a result of torture, his leg was broken. In 2011, the
Andijan prison was disbanded and renamed as Prison UYA64/SI-14 of the Main Directorate of Administrating
Punishment.
Its building was occupied
by the
regional pre
trial detention
facility, which,
formerly, was one of the units of
the prison.
The
convicts
were transferred to other institutions of the penitentiary system.
In May 2012 Fayzullo
Agzamov’s wife came to visit him and saw bruises in his body. He did not
explain how
they were inflicted,
for fear that any investigation into the incident will result in a ban on visits by his loved ones and the
perpetrators would not be punished. According to his wife, he does not look
like a troublemaker because he
feels pain in the chest and is very weak.
On 6 January 2013 his son came to visit
Agramov, however, the meeting did not take place, because the prisoner was
again in the solitary confinement.
On 21 January 2013 Agzamov’s family made an
application to the Main Directorate of Administrating Punishment for a permission to
visit him. But they received a reply that his is again in the solitary
confinement, as a punishment.
On 9 February 2013 his family made another
application, this time for two days, for a family visit. However, as it turned
out, he was again in the solitary confinement, as a punishment.
To be in the solitary confinement, as
a punishment, for three times, is a direct path to a new
term of imprisonment. This is a common practice. The inability to learn the fate
of Fayzullo Agzamov tends to
restrict his right to defence, including, from torture and other degrading treatment.
The Association for Human Rights in Central Asia - AHRCA expresses concern about
the fate of Fayzullo Agzamov and calls for access of the
International Committee of the “Red Cross” to
him, to ensure his freedom from torture and the right to protection.
Copy to:
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment,
EU Special Rapporteur on Human Rights,
EU Special rapporteur on the Central Asia,
international human rights organisations.
