Your Excellency,
We, the co-signing not-for-profit, human rights organizations, are writing to you to express our grave concerns about Mr. Mukhtar Dzhakishev’s medical state and ask you to grant him pardon on humanitarian grounds.
As you may be aware, Mr. Dzhakishev was arrested on May 21, 2009 and subsequently sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. As part of our mandate as human rights defenders we have been following his case closely ever since. Over the years our findings have given rise to serious concerns about his health condition. As of late we have come to fear for Mr. Dzhakishev’s life if he is not to be released.
Following years of suffering from high blood pressure, Mr. Dzhakishev is now at risk of stroke and heart attack, both of which may potentially be life threatening. In 2009 Dzhakishev was diagnosed with arterial hypertension – a form of high blood pressure – as well as left ventricular hypertrophy – also known as enlarged heart – which can lead to heart failure if not treated properly. According to medical personnel, he is also suffering from kidney complications as a result of his heightened blood pressure. In late 2017 doctors diagnosed him with angioencephalopathy – a serious vascular disease that can ultimately result in death. Underlining the seriousness of his condition, we call to your attention that in 2001 Mr. Dzhakishev’s father, Erkin Dzhakishev, suffering from the same condition, passed away following a sudden stroke.
His condition requires extensive treatment including regular controls by medical personnel specializing in this particular vein of disease, as well as timely examinations and medical care from specialists in regenerative medicine. Kazakhstan’s prison conditions do not provide him with the needed care. It is furthermore doubtful that he is able to receive necessary medical attention inside Kazakhstan – his defenders argue that such medical care can only be provided in certain Western countries.
We are respectfully asking you to grant Mukhtar Dzhakishev pardon on humanitarian grounds, so that he be released and may receive necessary and life-saving medical attention abroad.
Sincerely
Bjørn Engesland, Secretary-General, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Nadejda Atayeva, President, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia
Источник http://nhc.no
