ALBANIA – SP Joint Statement oon Selami Simsek – Albania – UA ALB 2:2020 (December 20, 2020)
This joint UN Special Procedures urgent appeal concerns the continued detention and risk of imminent deportation of Selami Şimşek from Albania to Turkey, following allegations of short-term enforced disappearance, denial of procedural safeguards, and flaws in asylum proceedings. It raises concerns about violations of non-refoulement, arbitrary detention, and the risk of torture or ill-treatment, and urges Albanian authorities to halt removal and comply with interim measures and international human rights obligations
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