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<事件No. RUS 080808>

No.4070 ロシア:以前の違法な誘拐と拘禁を告発したチェチェン人が再び誘拐されました。

(ジュネーブ発 8月8日)

SOSトーチャー国際事務局は以下のロシアの状況に関して皆様の緊急の働きかけをお願いします。

<事件の概要>

SOSトーチャー国際事務局は信頼できる情報筋[1]及びSOSトーチャー・ネットワークメンバーのアンテナ・インターナショナルから、モスクワ在住の42歳、モマドサラ・デニロヴィッチ・マサエフさんがチェチェン共和国で失踪したという情報を入手しました。

情報によると、2008年8月3日午後4時ごろ、グロズヌイで、モマドサラ・マサエフさんは迷彩服を着た何者かによって誘拐されました。彼は姉の葬式に出席するため2008年8月2日チェチェン共和国に到着し、その後セルノヴォドスクで親戚と暮らす妻と子どもを訪問しようとしたと言われています。彼は兄であるオレグ・マサエフさんに「グロズヌイでタクシーに乗る」と告げた後、行方不明になったと言われています。翌日、家族は彼を探し、モマドサラ・マサエフさんがロセルクホズ銀行の建物の外で迷彩服を着た男たちに連れ去られるところを目撃されたことを知らされました。その後オレグ・マサエフさんはモマドサラ・マサエフさん誘拐の被害届を地方警察署に提出しようとしましたが、警察署は通報の登録を拒否したと言われています。警察署で聞いた情報より、オレグ・マサエフさんは弟がロシア指導部の非公式命令のもとチェチェンの警察官により誘拐されたと判断するに至りました。

モマドサラ・マサエフさんは一度2006年9月28日にグデルメ[2]の中央モスクで誘拐され、トセンテロイ付近にある施設に2007年1月21日までの4ヵ月間拘禁されたことがありました。そこは、当時のチェチェン共和国首相ラムザン・カディロフが直接管理していたといわれています。そのときモマドサラ・マサエフさんの知人2人も誘拐されましたがすぐに解放されました。モマドサラ・マサエフさんはそのとき何度も殴られ、残酷な、非人道的な又は品位を傷つける取扱いに相当する状況におかれ、死の危険にさらされたと報告しています。

この事件の後、モマドサラ・マサエフさんは自身の誘拐について捜査を求め、報道機関に体験を詳しく話したと言われています。2008年はじめに開始された検察庁による捜査は、モマドサラ・マサエフさんが誘拐と不法拘禁の被害者であることを確認したようです。捜査は現在も続いています。

2008年7月10日、独立系の新聞がモマドサラ・マサエフさんのインタビュー記事を公表しました。記事の内容は拘禁中に彼が受けた処遇であり、チェチェン共和国大統領ラムザン・カディロフのことも触れられていました。

SOSトーチャー国際事務局は、モマドサラ・マサエフさんが先の誘拐と不法拘禁への補償を求め声をあげたことへの懲罰として、再び誘拐されたのではないかと憂慮します。国際事務局はまた、これは彼への圧力であり、当局への申立てを撤回させる試みであることを憂慮します。国際事務局はモマドサラ・マサエフさんの身の安全を憂慮し、彼が拷問及び虐待を受けるのではないかと危惧しています。国際事務局は「拷問等禁止条約」および「自由権規約」が残虐な、非人道的な又は品位を傷つける取扱いを禁止していることを指摘します。

<行動要請>

チェチェン関係当局に以下の内容の要請をお願いします。

1.モマドサラ・マサエフさんの行方を直ちに探し出すこと。

2.いかなる情況にあろうとも、彼の心身の安全を保障し、必要な医療を提供するとともに自ら選んだ弁護士や家族との無条件の面会を直ちに認めること。

3.国際法および国際基準に合致する正当な嫌疑が不在の中、彼の即時釈放を命じること。もしそのような嫌疑が存在するならば、彼を公平で資格のある裁判に付し、その間の手続き上の権利をすべて保障すること。

4.国内法および国際人権基準に沿って、国内全土における人権尊重と基本的自由を保障すること。

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[1] アムネスティ・インターナショナル及びヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチを含みます。

[2] グデルメはチェチェン共和国第2の都市です。

<要請先>

ロシア大統領:Mr. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
President of the Russian Federation
Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
Faxes:+ 7 095 206 5173 / 230 2408, E-mail: president@gov.ru

ロシア連邦検事総長: Mr. Vladimir Ustinov
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
103793 g. Moskva K-31, Ul. B. Dimitrovka
d 15a, Russian Federation
Fax: + 7 095 292 88 48

ロシア連邦大統領付き人権委員会委員長:
Ms. Ella Pamfilova
Chairwoman of the Presidential Human Rights Commission of the Russian Federation
103132 g. Moskva
Staraya ploshchad, d 8/5,pod 3
Russian Federation
Fax:+70952064855

ロシア連邦人権オンブズマン:
Mr. Vladimir Lukin
Russian Federal Ombudsman for Human Rights
Fax: +7 495 207-53-37

チェチェン共和国大統領:
Mr. Ramzan Kadyrov
President of the Chechen Republic
Fax: +7 8712 22 30 85

チェチェン共和国検事長:
Mr. Kuznetov V.A.
Prosecutor of the Chechen Republic
Fax: +7 8712 22 35 43

ロシア連邦国連大使:
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in Geneva
Av. de la Paix 15, CH-1211, Geneva 20
Switzerland
Fax: +4122 734 40 44, E-mail: mission.russian@ties.itu.int


<手紙の例文>

例文を添付いたします。手紙を出されるときにご活用ください。

Mr. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
President of the Russian Federation
Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Dear President Medvedev,

I am writing you to express my concern over the unknown whereabouts of Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev from the Chechen Republic. I would like to urge you the followings:

1. To immediately locate the whereabouts of Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev;
2. To guarantee, in all circumstances, his physical and psychological integrity and guarantee any medical treatment he may require and immediate and unconditional access to a lawyer of his choice and his family;
3. To order his immediate release in the absence of valid legal charges that are consistent with international law and standards, or if such charges exist, bring him before an impartial and competent tribunal and guarantee his procedural rights at all times;
4. To ensure the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.

I thank you for your kind attention to my request.

Yours truly,

<以下、原文>

Case RUS 080808
Forced disappearance/ Fear for safety

The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in the Russian Federation.

Brief description of the situation

The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by reliable sources[1] and by Antenna International, a member of OMCT SOS-Torture network, about the forced disappearance of 42 years old Moscow resident Mr. Mohmadsalah Denilovich Masaev, in Chechnya.
According to the information received, on 3 August 2008 at about 4pm, Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev was abducted by unknown individuals in camouflaged uniforms in Grozny. He had reportedly arrived in Chechnya on 2 August 2008 to attend the funeral of his sister and after the ceremony he had decided to visit his wife and children who were staying in Sernovodsk with relatives. Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev reportedly told his brother, Mr. Oleg Masaev, that he was going to catch a cab in the centre of Grozny and has since then disappeared. His relatives searched for him the next day and were informed that Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev had been seen being taken away by men in camouflaged uniform, outside the Rosselkhozbank building. Mr. Oleg Masaev subsequently tried to file a report on the abduction at a local police station but the police allegedly refused to register the report. Furthermore, according to the same information, comments made by the policemen led him to understand that his brother had been abducted by Chechen law enforcement officials allegedly acting on informal instructions of the republic's leadership.

Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev had been previously abducted from Gudermes[2] central mosque, on 28 September 2006, and unlawfully detained for four months, until 21 January 2007, in an unofficial detention facility thought to be in Tsenteroi, run by the then Prime Minister of Chechnya, Mr. Ramazan Kadyrov. Two of his acquaintances were reportedly abducted and detained along with him but freed earlier. Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev reported that, during his detention, he had been beaten on several occasions, detained in condition amounting to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and threatened with death.

Following this event, Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev reportedly sought a criminal investigation into his abduction and he also recounted his experience to the press. The prosecutor's office criminal investigation, launched early 2008, reportedly confirmed that he was a victim of abduction and illegal detention. The investigation is still ongoing.

Lately on 10 July 2008, an interview given by Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev to an independent newspaper, detailing his treatment throughout his detention and mentioning (Chechen President) Mr. Ramzan Kadyrov, was published.

The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned that the abduction of Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev is indented to punish him for seeking redress and for speaking out. It is further concerned that this might be an attempt to pressure him to withdraw the complaints he made to the authorities. OMCT is very much concerned for his safety as his whereabouts are currently unknown and fears that he may be subject to torture and ill-treatment. OMCT recalls that the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) both prohibit cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Action requested

Please write to the authorities in Russia and Chechnya urging them to:

i. Immediately locate the whereabouts of Mr. Mohmadsalah Masaev;
ii. Guarantee, in all circumstances, his physical and psychological integrity and guarantee any medical treatment he may require and immediate and unconditional access to a lawyer of his choice and his family;
iii. Order his immediate release in the absence of valid legal charges that are consistent with international law and standards, or if such charges exist, bring him before an impartial and competent tribunal and guarantee his procedural rights at all times;
iv. Ensure the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.

Addresses

- Mr. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Faxes:+ 7 095 206 5173 / 230 2408, Email: president@gov.ru;
- Mr. Vladimir Ustinov, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, 103793 g. Moskva K-31, Ul. B. Dimitrovka, d 15a, Russian Federation, Fax: + 7 095 292 88 48;
- Ms. Ella Pamfilova, Chairwoman of the Presidential Human Rights Commission of the Russian Federation, 103132 g. Moskva, Staraya ploshchad, d 8/5,pod 3, Russian Federation, Fax:+70952064855;
- Mr. Vladimir Lukin, Russian Federal Ombudsman for Human Rights, Fax: +7 495 207-53-37;
- Mr. Rashid Nurgaliev, Minister of Internal Affairs, ul. Zhitnaya, 16, 117049 Moscow, Russian Federation, Telegram: Rossiia, 117049, Moskva, Fax: + 7 095 237 49 25;
- Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Smolenskaya-Sennaya pl, 32/34, 121200 Moscow, Russian Federation, Telegram: Fax:+ 7 095 244 2203;
- Mr. Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic, Fax: +7 8712 22 30 85
- Mr. Kuznetov V.A., Prosecutor of the Chechen Republic, Fax: +7 8712 22 35 43
- Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in Geneva Av. de la Paix 15, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, e-mail : mission.russian@ties.itu.int, fax: +4122 734 40 44;

Please also write to the diplomatic representations of Russia in your respective countries.

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Geneva, 08 August 2008

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[1] Including from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
[2] Gudermes is Chechnya's second largest city.