01 December 2017, 21:45

Relatives report kidnapping of Grozny resident

On November 22, armed people took Zelimkhan Dikaev away from his home; he has not returned yet, his relatives told the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

According to Zelimkhan's brother, at night armed people in camouflage broke into their house; they forbade him to wake up his parents until they took the detainee away, and reported that Zelimkhan, the elder brother would be taken to some police station in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.

Relatives immediately turned about the kidnapping to the Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Division; and on November 27, they applied to the Ombudsperson's office in Chechnya. Their applications were accepted, but, according to relatives, no search actions were undertaken, the website of the HRC "Memorial" reports.

According to calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", since the start of the year, relatives of at least 43 residents of Chechnya have reported their kidnapping. However, it is almost impossible to find and release a kidnapped person with the help of the Investigating Committee or human rights organizations, Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, Director of the Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, believes.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

March 28, 2024 22:19

  • Court extends arrest of blogger Alyona Agafonova

    Alyona Agafonova, a blogger from Samara, accused of desecrating a symbol of military glory because of her video filmed near the monument "The Motherland is Calling!" has been left in custody until June 19.

March 28, 2024 22:13

March 28, 2024 22:03

  • Attack on Crocus City Hall highlights issue of state assistance to victims of terror acts

    In Russia, the status of victims of terror acts should be legislated and state assistance should be guaranteed to them, human rights defenders claim after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. According to the human rights defenders, the authorities still do not provide full-scale assistance to the victims of the terror act in Beslan and the militant attack on Nalchik.

March 27, 2024 16:51

March 27, 2024 14:49

News archive