Former Guantánamo detainee faces forced repatriation to Russia after release, say experts

Ravil Mingazov, who spent 15 years in the US prison camp, could be sent to Russia where he will not be free for the rest of his life,' experts warn

A former Guantanamo detainee is facing forced repatriation from the United Arab Emirates to Russia where he faces a substantial risk of torture" according to UN human rights experts.

Ravil Mingazov is a Muslim Tartar who spent 15 years without charge in the US prison camp on Guantanamo Bay before being transferred to the UAE in January 2017. The conditions of the transfer were kept secret, but his family and legal team were given assurances that he would be freed after a few months. Those assurances were not kept.