VIII Europe and Central Asia Summary of Amnesty International’s Concerns in the Region, January – June 2007 “H” and Reda Dendani ................................................................................................... 132 Abu Qatada (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ........................................................ 132 Appeals against deportation to Libya ............................................................................... 132 Moloud Sihali ............................................................................................................... 133 Algerian test cases in the global fight against torture: update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007 and EUR 45/001/2007 ......................................................................................................... 133 Renditions (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) .......................................................... 133 Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ......................... 134 Police shootings ................................................................................................................ 135 Jean Charles de Menezes (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ..................................... 135 Forest Gate operation (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) .......................................... 136 The Al Skeini litigation and the Baha Mousa case (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ......... 136 Court martial ............................................................................................................... 136 JCHR scrutiny of ‘conditioning’ techniques ....................................................................... 137 Further allegations of unlawful killings in Iraq ....................................................................... 138 Killings by, or with the alleged collusion of, the UK security forces in Northern Ireland (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ................................................................................................. 139 Operation Ballast .......................................................................................................... 139 UK’s compliance with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ............................ 140 Pearse Jordan (update to AI Index EUR 45/010/2001) ...................................................... 140 Gervaise McKerr (update to AI Index: EUR 01/005/2004) .................................................. 141 Patrick Kelly and others (update to AI Index: EUR 45/024/2001) ....................................... 142 Dermot McShane (update to AI Index: EUR 45/005/2002) ................................................. 142 Billy Wright (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ........................................................ 143 Patrick Finucane (update to AI Index: EUR 01/007/2006) .................................................. 143 Decision by the Northern Irish prosecuting authorities on Stevens III investigation material .. 144 JCHR r eport on the UK government’s response to the ECtHR judgments ............................. 145 UK government announces the establishment of a panel on dealing with the legacy of the past .................................................................................................................................. 145 Asylum-seekers and refugees (update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ................................... 145 Policy on detention following a dispute over the age of an asylum-seeker ............................ 145 JCHR report on the treatment of asylum-seekers .............................................................. 145 UZBEKISTAN ..................................................................................................................... 146 Relations between the European Union (EU) and Uzbekistan (Update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ...................................................................................................................................... 146 Review of sanctions ...................................................................................................... 146 The second anniversary of the Andizhan events................................................................ 147 EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue ............................................................................ 147 Relations between the UN and Uzbekistan............................................................................ 148 Fourth Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) ...................................................... 148 Government Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders – Update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) 148 Silencing dissent .......................................................................................................... 148 Harassment of Human Rights Defenders .............................................................................. 149 The case of Bakhtior Khamroev and his son Ikhtior: ......................................................... 149 Members of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan: ...................................................... 149 Elena Urlaeva: ............................................................................................................. 150 Convictions and detentions of human rights defenders .......................................................... 150 Saidzhakhon Zainabitdinov ............................................................................................ 150 Mutabar Tadzhibaeva .................................................................................................... 151 Umida Niazova ............................................................................................................. 151 Gulbahor Turaeva ......................................................................................................... 152 Isroil Kholdorov ............................................................................................................ 153 Dzhamshed Karimov ..................................................................................................... 153 Allegations of torture or other ill-treatment .......................................................................... 154 The case of Erkin Musaev .............................................................................................. 154 Extradition requests by the Uzbekistani authorities (Update to AI Index: EUR 01/001/2007) ..... 155 Amnesty International AI Index: EUR 01/010/2007