Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MOSCOW12643
2006-11-27 14:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
DEMARCHE ON DEPORTATION OF UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKER
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 012643
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PREF UZ RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON DEPORTATION OF UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKER
DELIVERED TO MFA
REF: STATE 185048
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 012643
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PREF UZ RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON DEPORTATION OF UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKER
DELIVERED TO MFA
REF: STATE 185048
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
1. (C) We met November 22 with MFA Human Rights and
Humanitarian Cooperation Department Deputy Director Mikhail
Lebedev and his staff to discuss the deportation of Rustam
Muminov to Uzbekistan and to underline U.S. concerns about
deportation of other asylum seekers to Uzbekistan given
Tashkent's record on torture. Lebedev was aware of Muminov's
case and attributed the deportation to a lack of coordination
between Russian government agencies. He pointed out that his
limited staff did not usually get involved in individual
cases, which they were often unaware of until there was a
complaint from another government or a human rights
organization.
2. (C) Turning to the question of Uzbekistan's record on
torture, Lebedev said that Russia did not agree with the
conclusions of the U.N. Special Rapporteur. While Moscow did
have concerns in some cases, the MFA could not conclude that
torture in Uzbekistan was systemic.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PREF UZ RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON DEPORTATION OF UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKER
DELIVERED TO MFA
REF: STATE 185048
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
1. (C) We met November 22 with MFA Human Rights and
Humanitarian Cooperation Department Deputy Director Mikhail
Lebedev and his staff to discuss the deportation of Rustam
Muminov to Uzbekistan and to underline U.S. concerns about
deportation of other asylum seekers to Uzbekistan given
Tashkent's record on torture. Lebedev was aware of Muminov's
case and attributed the deportation to a lack of coordination
between Russian government agencies. He pointed out that his
limited staff did not usually get involved in individual
cases, which they were often unaware of until there was a
complaint from another government or a human rights
organization.
2. (C) Turning to the question of Uzbekistan's record on
torture, Lebedev said that Russia did not agree with the
conclusions of the U.N. Special Rapporteur. While Moscow did
have concerns in some cases, the MFA could not conclude that
torture in Uzbekistan was systemic.
BURNS