- Title: Russian court halts deportation of journalist to Uzbekistan after ECHR ruling
- Date: 8th August 2017
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 8, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KHUDOBERDI NURMATOV, WHO USES PSEUDONYM ALI FERUZ AS A JOURNALIST, IN COURT ROOM MEDIA NURMATOV LOOKING ON JUDGE READING OUT CHANGES TO PREVIOUS COURT DECISION THAT HAD ORDERED KHUDOBERDI NURMATOV TO BE DEPORTED, SAYING KHUDOBERDI NURMATOV WILL NOT BE DEPORTED BASED ON AN AUGUST 4TH RULING BY THE EUROPEAN COURT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NURMATOV LISTENING TO JUDGE, HUGGING HIS COLLEAGUE NURMATOV SPEAKING TO HIS MOTHER SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS POLICE OFFICER NURMATOV BEING ESCORTED FROM COURT BUILDING APPLAUSE HEARD AS NURMATOV IS ESCORTED INTO POLICE VAN, VAN DRIVING OFF WOMAN HOLDING PLACARD IN SUPPORT OF NURMATOV LAWYERS WALKING OUT OF COURT BUILDING MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LAWYER, DANIIL KHAYMOVICH, SAYING: "This decision means that luckily there will be no real deportation of Mr. Nurmatov to Uzbekistan. Yes, it is very good." MEDIA VARIOUS OF COURT BUILDING
- Embargoed: 22nd August 2017 10:49
- Keywords: Ali Feruz Novaya Gazeta journalist deportation to Uzbekistan human rights gay activist ECHR European Court for Human Rights
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TAQLAF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A court in Russia on Tuesday (August 8) ruled to halt the deportation of a journalist to his native country Uzbekistan, heeding a European Court for Human Rights ruling.
The Moscow City court suspended an earlier ruling to deport independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper journalist and LGBT activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov - who writes under the pseudonym Ali Feruz.
Nurmatov, who was born in Russia but moved to Uzbekistan at the age of 17, will be held in at a special temporary detention facility for foreign citizens in Moscow pending his case in Strasbourg.
Nurmatov is charged with violating emigration rules.
According to Amnesty International, Nurmatov fled Uzbekistan in 2009 after his arrest and torture by local security forces. Nurmatov came to Russia in 2011 and has repeatedly claimed asylum.
Nurmatov and rights activists fear his life would be in danger if he returns to Uzbekistan. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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