Please take action to prevent continued abuses of a released Guantanamo prisoner!
Ravil Mingazov is a Russian national of Tatar origin and Muslim faith who was held without criminal charges in Guantanamo for nearly 15 years. He was then transferred from Guantanamo to the UAE in 2017, based on an agreement with the US Government. The US’ diplomatic assurances allegedly include a six-month residential rehabilitation program, followed by release, reintegration in Emirati Society, and reunion with his family. The assurances also allegedly included protection against forced return to the Russian Federation, where Mingazov would be risking grave violations of his human rights, including torture, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, based on his religious beliefs and his status as a former Guantánamo detainee.
“We are deeply concerned by the reported imminent risk to forcibly repatriate Mr. Mingazov to the Russian Federation, in absence of minimum judicial guarantees, or individual risk assessment,” UN experts said. For more, here is an article by the UN: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/09/uae-and-usa-un-experts-warn-against-refoulement-ex-guantanamo-detainee-and
Here’s a sample letter to Tina Kaidenow, US State Department.