Leaving Russia forbidden to Khamzat Chumakov

Special services have not allowed the Ingush Imam Khamzat Chumakov to go for treatment to Georgia under the pretext that he and his wife are on the so-called "prophylactic list". Magomed Mutsolgov, a rights defender, has called on Russian President to stop the practice of unreasonable putting people on such lists.

Khamzat Chumakov is the Imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque and an authoritative Islamic preacher. On March 11, an attack on him resulted in four injured persons.

On August 6, at the border checkpoint "Verkhni Lars", special security agents did not allow Chumakov and his wife to cross the border, Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the human rights organization "Mashr", wrote in his blog that he runs on the "Caucasian Knot", emphasizing that in his preaches Imam Chumakov calls for peace in the republic and urges the authorities to respect people. He noted that the Imam needs to visit Georgia for treatment and replacement of his prosthetic leg, which he lost after one of the attacks on him.

Earlier Chumakov had taken his treatment in Germany, but only now he has faced problems with crossing the border, the portal "Voice of Islam" writes.

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