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Ukraine releases Belarusian opposition activist | Amnesty ...
4 February 2010

Igor Koktysh had been held in a pre-trial detention centre since June 2007, when Belarus requested his extradition. He was considered to be a prisoner of conscience ...

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Ukraine: Prisoner of conscience Igor Koktysh released
4 February 2010

On 2 February, Belarusian musician and activist Igor Koktysh was released from the pre-trial detention centre in the Ukraine where he has been held for two and ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/003/2010

Ukraine: Ukraine obliged to halt extradition: Ahmed Chataev ...
22 January 2010

On 14 January 2010 the European Court of Human Rights called upon the Ukrainian authorities not to extradite an ethnic Chechen man, Ahmed Chataev, to Russia until ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/002/2010

Ukraine must not forcibly extradite Chechen man to Russia ...
14 January 2010

Ahmed Chataev, who had reportedly been tortured by Russian forces afterhe was detained in Chechnya during fighting in 2000, was visitingUkraine with a valid visa ...

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Ukraine: Chechen risks torture if returned to Russia
11 January 2010

Ahmed Chataev, an ethnic Chechen man, is threatened with imminent forcible return from Ukraine to Russia. If he is returned, he could face an unfair trial and would ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/001/2010

Ukraine: Further information: European Court rules on detained ...
11 December 2009

On 10 December, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Belarusian citizen Igor Koktysh, a male social activist, supporter of the Belarusian opposition and ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/007/2009

Ukraine must comply with Court ruling on Belarusian rock musician ...
11 December 2009

A European Court of Human Rights ruling has called for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh, detained in Ukraine since 2007, ...

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Ukraine: Detained Belarusian suffers asthma attack: Igor Koktysh ...
7 December 2009

Igor Koktysh, a male social activist, supporter of the Belarusian opposition and musician, has suffered a serious asthma attack in prison in Ukraine. The prison ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/006/2009

Ukraine: Further information: Forcible return for Afghan family
2 December 2009

Eight Afghan nationals were deported to Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 28 November. The group had been held in the departure lounge of Boryspil airport in the Ukrainian ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/005/2009

Ukraine: Afghan women and children held in airport
27 November 2009

Eight Afghan nationals, four women and four children aged between four and 10 years, have been detained in the departure lounge of Boryspil airport in Kyiv, Ukraine ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/004/2009