Further information on UA: 07/10 Index: EUR 50/0 02 /2010 Ukraine Date: 22 January 2010

URGENT ACTION

UKRA IN E O BL IG ED TO HAL T E XT RAD IT ION

On 14 January the European Cou rt of Human Rights called upon the Ukrainian auth orities not to

extradite an ethnic Chechen man, Ahmed Chataev, to Russia until further notice. As a state party

to the European Convention on Hu man Rights, Ukraine is obliged to adhere to the Court’s ruling.

Ahmed Chataev , who is physically d isabled , was detain ed on 3 January by police in the city of Uzhhorod, close to

Ukraine's border with Slovakia , based on a Russian international arrest warrant, allegedly on charges relating to

terrorism . Since then, he has been held in a pre-trial detention centre in Uz hh orod.

Ahmed Chataev has b een granted refugee status in Austria and was visiting th e Ukraine with a valid visa. Following

h is detention, Ah med Chataev’s lawyer filed a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights and, at the same

time, applied to th e Court to grant a so -called interim measure, p rotecting Ahmed Chataev against irrevocable

measures before the Court has considered his case.

Amnesty International bel ieves that if Ahmed Chataev is returned to Russia, h e could face an unfair trial and would

be at risk of torture and other ill-tr eatment in ord er to extra ct “confessions” from him.

PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Russian, Ukrainian or your own language:

 Urging the Ukrainian au thorities to comply with the ruling of the Eu ropean Court of Human Rights of 14 January

and not to extradite Ahmed Chataev to Ru ssia un til further notice;

 Reminding the Ukrainian au thorities that as a state party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the UN

Convention again st Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Pun ishment, they must not forcibly

return refugees or asylum-seekers to any country where th ey would face a serious risk of the death penalty, torture or

other grave human righ ts abuses.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFO RE 05 MARCH 2010 TO :

Prosecutor General

Oleksandr Medvedko

vul. Riznitska 13/15

01601 Kyiv

Ukraine

Fax: +380 44 280 2851

Salutation: Dear Prosecutor General

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives of Iran accredited to your country. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after

the above date . This is the first update of UA 07/10 (EUR 50/001/2010) . F urther information:

www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR50/001/2010/en