UNCAT granted interim measures for Kazakh HRD; Sweden responds

HRiP has receives confirmation that Sweden has responded to a request by the UN Committee against Torture and temporarily suspended the deportation to Kazakhstan of our client, who faces torture, arbitrary prosecution, and psychiatric detention for her political opinions and exercising the right to dissent. HRiP is gratified that the UN Committee against Torture responded promptly and favourably to the request for interim measures in this clear and compelling case. The case forms part of the systematic repression of protesters and dissenters in Kazakhstan, which requires a decisive response from the international community. Yet the Swedish courts immigration process revealed a stark failure to engage with the clear and grave dangers arising in this case or the context in Kazakhstan. Credit is due to Sweden for this temporary suspension which should lead promptly to a longer term solution for our client. Torture survivors should not have to live with the constant fear of being delivered back to the same fate, or with the revictimisation they (often) receive at the hand of inadequate immigration processes.