France must bring back to its soil an Uzbek it expelled. In any case, this is what the Council of State, the highest French administrative court, is asking him in an order issued on Thursday, December 7. A month ago, despite a contrary decision by the European Court of Human Rights, France returned this man suspected of Islamist radicalization to his country of origin.
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The French State must bring back this Uzbek expelled on November 14 as quickly as possible and at its own expense, believes the Council of State. An injunction which, however, is not accompanied by a penalty.
It is therefore a symbolic victory for this 39-year-old man, who has returned to his country of origin for a month despite a decision by the European Court of Human Rights. In March 2022, the ECHR banned his expulsion to Uzbekistan where he risked being tortured.
France has ignored this ruling, a first. For the intelligence services, this Uzbek – subject to an administrative ban on entry since 2021, but who has never been convicted, or even indicted – is a radical Islamist “ very dangerous “. On X (formerly Twitter), Gérald Darmanin congratulated himself on his expulsion.
Several associations – including Amnesty International, Cimade and the Syndicat de la magistrature – then accused France of “ violate » the rules of law, particularly European. Following this decision by the Council of State proving him wrong, the Ministry of the Interior did not wish to make any comments.
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