Mikel and Nina Malyshev’s family have been told by the UK Border Agency that they have been moved from Yarls Wood to an undisclosed location before deportation to Uzbekistan tomorrow. The UK government continues to refuse to acknowledge the terrible human rights situation in Uzbekistan in general, or the fate that awaits the Malyshevs in particular. No reply has to date been received to a fax to the European Court of Human Rights asking for a suspension.
Please take action – contact your MP, and contact William Hague and Teresa May. The UK government cannot be allowed to continue to pretend that it does not know about the human rights situation in Uzbekistan.
Please repost this and my appeal yesterday on any website on which you can.
UPDATE
Could someone kindly give Amnesty International a call and see if they will urgently contact the British government on this one? They have run cases recently against Uzbeks being deported back from the Ukraine and from Kazakhstan. I have to dash to a meeting on another asylum case.
Gaddafi has been killed. The blood lust of Hague, Cameron, Fox, Sarkozy, Berlusconi and all the NATO warmongers will be satisfied.
Gaddafi’s death hasn’t been confirmed yet but seems likely. I guess Iran has got to start bracing itself.
Is not Syria suppose to be next? I have no sympathy for Gaddafi but it would have been better if he was tried in court. On the other hand he did not give himself up and has chosen to stand till last. He was ruling Libya for over 30 years. Do not you think that it was enough for both Libyans and himself?
Any news on Malyshevs? The plane to Tashkent departs at 9.15 pm tomorrow.
Tried for what? Bombing Libyan cities? Oh no, that was Cameron. Shooting people from helicopters? Oh no, that was Sarkozy. Using Libyan oil money to fund Islamist terrorists? Oh no, that was Obama.
I guess he will buried in the same “islamic way” as Obama was supposedly buried
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FbL8WDtrYI
Tried for being in power for over 30 years. Surely one cannot rule a nation by just being nice and popular supported by everyone and not oppressing anyone.
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In the same way you are trying to justify Gaddafi one could justify any dictator. Dictators usually do not bomb cities on their nation they just kill few hundreds or thousands and plant fear in hearts and minds of millions. That is how they manage to stay in power for a very long time.
On the other hand life is very interesting and sometimes controversial thing.
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One who is out of desperation steals some food or clothes can be tried and if found guilty face penalties or even imprisonment because laws of the state where one lives are particularly harsh.
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Another one who rules a nation for over 30 years (surely not always supported by popular content), deposits large sums of money in foreign accounts cannot be tried and prosecuted JUST BECAUSE it is against International law to intervene on the matters of sovereign state.
In the same way you are trying to justify Gaddafi
huh? If you have to resort to that sort of nonsense, Uzbek, either you don’t believe what you’re saying or your mind is very confused. I didn’t ‘try to justify’ him; I referred to some things which he did not do, but others did, the sort of things he has been accused of by lying propagandists. It may be that he did something he should be tried for, but facts are hard to come by. Do you have any? Killing people – Libya has capital punishment, I believe. Did he order extra-judicial killings? Oh no, that was Obama. Do you think Obama and friends should be tried also?
Not quite on topic, but closer than Colonel Gadaffi – idiotic British immigration rules.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/arts/britains-conflicting-entry-rules-stymie-visiting-artists.html
Uzbek, no news on the Malyshevs. It’s disturbing. The waiting is like Troy Davis all over again. I suspect the outcome will be as disappointing.
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As to Gaddafi, yes he was despotic, but what the west has done is just as bad, if not worse. And it’s all for Libyan oil. I can see civil war for the foreseeable future. Our TV reports are replete with victory celebrations but there are others, not so supportive, who are lying low for the moment until their day comes.
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Also there is no clear idea who the UK/US puppet is who will replace Gaddafi. There are a lot of factions in the National Transitional Council and finding a leader to knit together the various strands will not be easy.
Another one who rules a nation for over 30 years (surely not always supported by popular content),
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
But seriously, are you suggesting there should be a cut-off date in international law – right, Mr President, you’ve been in charge for 29 years, 11 months and 29 days. We’ll be round at the crack of dawn. Will you come quietly?
deposits large sums of money in foreign accounts
It’s said that Germany has gold on deposit in New York. Do you think Frau Merkel should be prosecuted? Perhaps you think Hugo Chavez can be let off the hook as he has asked for Venezuela’s gold to be returned from London. What about the Chinese holding all that US debt? Perhaps you are too ready to make assumptions – why did Libya have funds on deposit in the USA? Perhaps something to do with their Sovereign Wealth Funds? Hm?
I did not say that I support killing of Gaddafi but it is true that I have no sympathy for him or any other dictator who either behaves like charismatic leader or keep his profile low but on the same background based on lies, deception and fear of prosecution of anyone who dare to stand against them.
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As I mentioned earlier it is hard to judge whether military operation in Libya is morally right or wrong. International law prescribes all states do not intervene on the matters of each other despite of horrible crimes that are taking places within the border of one particular state. So basically lets say educated and liberal people of the West (like yourself probably) can go to bed at night without any guilt just because Karimov in May 2005 has slaughtered few hundred people including women and children BECAUSE International law prescribes you not to intervene. Is this right? Wrong perhaps? Who knows?
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Today as of yesterday people are dying in another state that is ruled by brutal dictatorship that not only stayed in power for a long time BUT has managed to establish a sort of the dynasty. Yes, mate I am talking about Syria. But you should not feel any guilt for these dying people BECAUSE International law prescribes you that if you decide to intervene you will be WRONG. Will you be wrong? Who knows?
To see film of Gaddafi’s body, with his eyes staring wide open, being dragged through the streets and guns being fired in the air in celebration was terrible. Another extra judicial killing sanctioned by the likes of Clinton and Cameron. We have reached yet another nadir.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbtWhXeiK6Q
In theory it is easier than you think. Democracy should not only be promoted but also defended in International law and by International institutions. Every government of every state in the world should be elected by popular vote WITHOUT any exceptions. Such exceptions like culture, religion, ethnic and territorial differences are all pure and smelly bull shit (pardon my English). Let nations decide who they want to rule them. It is as simple as it sound (but only in theory).
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In practice there are so many states and amongst them there are regional powers, superpowers etc. Each with its own narrow minded interests. Some run by governments elected by popular vote but which are under influence of some (sometimes very nasty) corporations and so called (sometimes also very nasty) interests groups. Others are run by dictatorships where governments do not care of interest of their nations but only of their own (sometimes imaginary) interests.
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So in practise it is very hard to insure that everyONE of us WITHOUT exception of our nationality and luckiness of birth have the same rights and the most importantly FREE from tyranny. That is why I am personally very satisfied when another dictatorship falls although it might be for a short time but when another nation is FREE of tyranny (although I totally understand that my opinion is WRONG according to the current International law).
Add the the creep and US stooge Ban Ki-Moon to my list above.
Done – I hope, even if my message to my own MP is too late, that the government has more sense than to do this.
Craig’s role in exposing such things is valuable and needed (a necessary part of the Opposition in the wider sense in a democracy), but the Conservatives look to be in power for a few years. Therefore, apart from working through what influence the Lib Dems have, it seems to me that it will also be necessary to persuade the Tories in terms of enlightened national self-interest, to get real progress on such matters.
Mr Hague replied:
Hi Louise
Not constituent, sorry.
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emailed my MP. We’ll see what good it does.
Mary
Ban Ki-Moon
The UN needs to avoid appointing not only citizens of the permanent five as Sec Gen, but also citizens of countries under their sway. Perhaps a good way of assessing this is whether they have military bases of P5 members on their territory. Ban is a real shocker, I agree, he’s said things which are completely inappropriate for a UN Sec Gen to say.
Here is my letter to:
Dear Theresa May and William Hague,
It has come to my notice that Mikel and Nina Malyshev have been taken to Yarlswood Detention Centre and will be deported to probable imprisonment and torture in Uzbekistan on Friday 21 October. You could hardly have picked a more despotic country than Karimov’s Uzbekistan. This act wreaks of bargaining human lives for a free passage to Afghanistan as a supply-route for our troops. Of course nobody wants to see our troops without supplies, but I fear this is a big mistake. Please use your powers to prevent this deportation against the wishes of these good law-abiding citizens.
Kind regards,
John Goss
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And the reply I just received.
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Dear John Goss,
Thank you for your letter about the immigration matters of Mikel & Nina Malyshev .
We appreciate you taking the time to write and would like to assure you that the views you expressed have been noted.
Yours Sincerely
Public Correspondence Team
UKBA
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I meant ‘reeks’ of course, but it’s not the worst mistake I’ve made.
I notice that you also received the same form letter as I did, John.
Angrysoba, that doesn’t surprise me. When I wrote about my concerns about the first Gulf war in Iraq I got a large heavy envelope which thudded on the porch like a letter-bomb. It contained a hardly readable (it had been photocopied that many times) copy of Douglas Hurd’s Mansion House Speech, nothing concerned with the specific concerns I raised.
In other words, John and angrysoba, the bureaucracy is saying to us all: ‘Dear Peasants, Know Thy Place!’
Suhayl, if the Malyshev’s are deported, and anything happens to them, the answer from Hague and May’s support team, shows that they are very well aware of the possible fate of the couple, and have proceeded despite that. UKBA stands for UK Border Agency. I wish I could find out who the Malyshev’s legal representative is, or even if they have one.
I’ve just done another search regarding the Malyshevs. Quite a few blogs are running the story (all quoting directly from Craig’s blog). Has there been any response from the Court of Human Rights yet? It’s 1700 hours now and the plane is due to go in half an hour.
ARE THERE any news on Malyshevs? Does anyone know?
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John, if Malyshevs are deported nor Hague or May or Cameron will be able to do anything to secure their well being. Can they claim at least to see Russian Ambassador in the UK. I know that they are not Russian citizens but they are Russian by ethnicity (at least it sound like this) and considering that relations between Putin and Karimov are getting worse there is a chance (although slight chance) that Russia might accept them. I know that it sounds hideous but at least they will be better off in Russia than in Uzbekistan where I feel that after these publications they are awaited by SNB.
As Malyshev name can suggest, they are o Russian origin. Under Russian legislation all ethnic Russians and all former Soviet citizen are eligible to Russian citizenship.
What sense does deporting Russians to Uzbekistan make?
British authorities are given a hint here.
Nina & Mikel were deported from the UK on Friday, there was brief contact from Moscow Airport then one phone call from Uzbekistan, no more contact for over 24 hours. Can anyone help making contact?
They were legally represented, the solicitor said that it shouldn’t have gone this far, they were in the UK for seven years.
swansea ukba refused their appeal also their representitive applied for last minute emergency injunction to a high court judge
plane was delayed until they had reply but was refused you can follow the story in south wales evening post
Gill