Ali Feruz

Ali Feruz (Russian: Али Феруз) is an Uzbek Russian journalist and gay rights activist who worked at Novaya Gazeta.[1]

Ali Feruz
Born
Khudoberdi Nurmatov

Gorno-Altaysk, Russian SFSR
NationalityRussian Federation (since 1986), Uzbekistan (since 2004)
OccupationJournalist

Biography

Ali Feruz was born in the USSR, where he spent his childhood in the Altai region of the Russia. He is a citizen of the Russian Federation (formerly USSR) upon his birth on jus sanguinis principle. He moved to Uzbekistan to join his stepfather at the age of 17, and he also became a national of the Uzbekistan.

At some point in 2009, he was detained and tortured by the Uzbek National Security Service, who were seeking to force him to become an informer. Feruz fled from Uzbekistan in 2009 and eventually resettled in Russia in 2011.[2] He filed for asylum in Russia, but in October 2017 Russia rejected the latest of his asylum claims.[3]

Since 2014, he has been reporting on hate crimes, migrant workers' rights, LGBTQ-related issues for Novaya Gazeta. Due to his knowledge of several languages (including those spoken by major groups of migrant workers in Russia), Feruz is able to have a first-person perspective on these topics, resulting in unique journalistic work.[4]

On August 2, 2017, Feruz was arrested near the office of Novaya Gazeta, and was escorted to a police precinct. On the same day, he was put before the judge in Basmanniy Court, which ordered his deportation to Uzbekistan.[5] It was reported that, after the deportation decision, he attempted to commit suicide, which was prevented by the guards.[6] After the court decision, Feruz's lawyer appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, which issued an injunction requesting to stop Ali Feruz's deportation while the case is being discussed.[7]

On November 21, 2017, Basmanniy court fined Feruz for 5,000 rubles, and ordered his deportation to Uzbekistan for illegal labor activity in Russia. The deportation to Uzbekistan was suspended until the EHCR reviews the journalist's case.[8]

Awards

In 2017, Feruz was presented with Award of Courage named after Andrei Sakharov.[9]

References
  1. "Court proceeds Novaya Gazeta journalist for deportation to Uzbekistan". fergananews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  2. "Moscow Court Orders Novaya Gazeta Reporter's Deportation To Uzbekistan". Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  3. "Moscow Court Rules Against Gay Uzbek Journalist's Asylum Claim". The Moscow Times. 2017-10-20.
  4. "Pitka -- ih professiya". Novaya Gazeta. 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  5. ""Novaya gazeta" jurnalisti O'zbekistonga ekstraditsiya qilinadi". BBC. 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  6. "Infamous journalist Ali Feruz facing deportation from Russia tries to commit suicide in court". Crime Russian. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  7. "Gay journalist appeals against Russian deportation order". CNN.com. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  8. "Newspaper journalist fined for illegal work activity in Russia". RAPSI. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  9. "Journalist in detention for deportation in Moscow awarded Order of Courage named after Andrei Sakharov - Ferghana Information agency, Moscow". enews.fergananews.com. Retrieved 2017-12-03.


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