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Tursunov and the seven other individuals in the mosque to show them their ID cards. The FSB
members physically threatened them and forced them to get into a bus, which drove them to
Tyumen City Police Station No.2. At the police station, they were forced to face the wall and
were forbidden to speak. They were taken one by one to an office where they were interrogated
about who financed the mosque and why they attended the mosque. The FSB members demanded
that they stop attending the mosque and agree to cooperate. They also threatened that if they
refused to co-operate, they would plant narcotics on them and bring false charges against them.
257. The three Russian detainees were subsequently released. However, the six Tajik detainees
were taken to a bus at gun point. They were made to lie on the floor in the bus and taken to the
Lenin Regional Ministry of Interior office in Tyumen. At the Lenin Regional Ministry of Interior
Office, Abdu Salim Navruzov, whose residence permit had expired, was taken away somewhere.
When the other five individuals asked where he had been taken, they were told, “Soon you will
see him in heaven.” The FSB members then counted their bullets in front of the detainees and
discussed if they had enough bullets for all of the detainees. The whereabouts of Abdu Salim
Navruzov are still unknown.
258. The remaining five Tajik nationals were taken in a bus to forest near the village of
Antipino. As they were getting out of the bus, the FSB members told them to be happy and smile
because they were going to meet with Allah. One of them, Sakhabuddin Tursunov, was subjected
to a mock execution by one of the FSB members who forced him to his knees, put a pistol put to
his head and clicked the trigger. The FSB members demanded that the men stop going to the
mosque and stop praying, and threatened them with death if they went to the mosque. They then
forced them to run into the forest and aimed their guns at them and clicked the triggers as they
ran away.
Observations
259. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that she has not received a response from the
Government. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur would like to refer to her most recent annual
report to the Human Rights Council where she also covers the issue of “Violations linked to
counter-terrorism measures” (A/HRC/4/21, para. 40): “The Special Rapporteur is conscious of
the fact that the States’ obligation to protect and promote human rights requires them to take
effective measures to combat terrorism. However, she would like to underline that States must
ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under
international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law.”
Communication sent on 13 September 2006 jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the
question of torture and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences
260. The Special Rapporteurs brought to the attention of the Government information they had
received regarding Ms. X, aged 23, from Argun in Chechnya. On 19 March 2006, she was
detained by local law enforcement officers, following allegations by her husband that she had
committed adultery with a serviceman of Christian faith. She was taken to a law enforcement
compound in Argun where she was beaten, while being told “Turn around and be condemned by
Allah”. Her eyebrows and head were shaved and her scalp was painted green, the colour
associated with Islam. A cross was also smeared on her brow. She was ordered to strip, and