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ECHR prohibits Russia from deporting refugee after FSB killed her husband in Crimea
28.05.2021
The European Court of Human Rights has halted Russia’s planned deportation of
Sokhiba Burkhanova, who has been in Russian custody since the FSB killed her refugee husband,
Nabi Rakhimov in occupied Crimea on 11 May. This is the only good news, since Russia is refusing to return Rakhimov’s body to the family, essentially confirming the suspicion that the FSB tortured him to death and then staged a ‘shootout’. .
ECHR has applied Rule 39, meaning that any deportation is halted, pending the Court’s consideration of Burkhanova’s application. According to Darya Trenina, the lawyer representing Burkhanova in Strasbourg, the application has yet to be lodged, and, given the Court’s workload, it could take a long time to consider. Despite Russia’s usual disregard for international law, it does usually comply with Rule 39 stays of procedure.
This undated combination of photos shows Nabi Rakhimov and his 11-year-old daughter. Photo by
Crimean Solidarity
Lawyers believe that the FSB in Russian-occupied Crimea first tortured Nabi Rakhimov, and then staged a ‘shootout’ on 11 May, quite possibly to hide the real cause of the Uzbek refugee’s death. The enforcement bodies are refusing to hand over the slain man’s body, claiming that it is part of their ‘investigation’. There is, in fact, nothing to suggest that there was ‘an investigation’ before the FSB killed Rakhimov. Human rights lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov explains that they have yet to see any warrants to search either the home where Rakhimov’s wife was living with the couple’s two younger children, or the semi-built house where he was sleeping while he continued construction work. As if all of this were not enough brutality, Rakhimov’s widow, Sokhiba Burkhanova is now facing deportation to Uzbekistan, with the children’s