In Dagestan, investigators start to reveal circumstances of clean-up in village of Khutrakh

In Dagestan, the investigatory authorities question residents of the village of Khutrakh of the Tsuntin District who were aggrieved during the special operation in late September. According to human rights defenders, in the course of the a mass clean-up (zachistka) in the village, power agents repeatedly violated the provisions of the Russian legislation with respect to local residents, showed cruelty and degraded people.

Let us remind you that the special operation in the village of Khutrakh was conducted on September 23-30; however staff members of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" and their colleagues from the organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" managed to reach this remote village, located in the Tsuntin District on the border with Georgia, only on October 8. The residents of the village complained to the human rights defenders on illegal actions of law enforcement and power agents.

According to the local residents, at present, representatives of the investigatory authorities question victims; the issue on initiating the criminal case on the fact of violence against villagers is to be solved. The situation in the village is tranquil, the statement of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" reports.