European Court of Human Rights rules that the expulsion of an activist from Russia must be suspended | World news
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia’s extradition to Uzbekistan of human rights activist Valentina Chupik should be suspended until at least October 17, has declared his lawyer on Thursday.
Chupik is an Uzbek citizen who until recently had refugee status in Russia since 2009.
“The Russian Federation must suspend the deportation proceedings until at least October 17. The court can then decide to extend this decision for the duration of the proceedings if it sees the risk that she will be subjected to ill-treatment. Chupik’s lawyer Daria Trenina said.
Russia is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and widely observes the decisions of the Court.
The country passed a law last year giving its domestic legislation precedence over international treaties and decisions of international bodies in the event of conflict with the Russian constitution. In February, he rejected the court’s call to release Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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Chupik, a human rights lawyer who runs a migrant helpline in Russia, said on Saturday she was detained at a Moscow airport after the country’s security services revoked her status. refugee.
She told Reuters on Thursday that she was still in a special detention center at Sheremetyevo airport and was aware of the decision.
Russian security service FSB banned Chupik from entering Russia for 30 years, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported, citing a document provided by Chupik.
The FSB did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
Chupik’s organization, Tong Jahoni, provides free legal assistance to migrants for illegal non-payment of wages, deportation or detention.
Millions of economic migrants, many of whom come from poor Central Asian republics whose economies rely on sending part of their wages home, work in Russia in the informal economy, where they can be exploited or deceived by employers.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; additional reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by Toby Chopra)
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