Defense succeeds in extending Movlaev's legal status in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani authorities have extended the validity of the asylum seeker certificate of Cheni native Mansur Movlaev.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, the process of extraditing Chechen native Mansur Movlaev to Russia has been suspended until Kazakhstan considers his asylum request. Kazakhstan is not under the jurisdiction of the ECHR, , while the country's authorities will decide for themselves whether to comply with the decisions of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of the extradition of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev to Russia. The deadline for considering Chechen native Mansur Movlaev's asylum request in Kazakhstan expires on August 19, but a hearing on this matter has not yet been scheduled, the lawyer said. The delay in the trial raises concerns for Movlaev's fate, commentators noted. The defense asked the Kazakh authorities to stop any actions aimed at Movlaev's extradition and to extend his asylum seeker certificate.

The Kazakh authorities extended the validity of Mansur Molvayev's asylum seeker certificate, which allows him to . legally stay in the country while his asylum application is being considered.

"Our client, Chechen opposition activist Mansur Movlaev, has had his asylum-seeking status in the Republic of Kazakhstan extended," one of his lawyers, Murat Adam, reported on his Instagram page*.

As can be seen from the photos attached to the publication, the certificate is dated August 14, and its expiration date is not visible in the photo.

While studying at the university, Mansur Movlaev helped the Chechen opposition movement "Adat" (an organization recognized as extremist, its activities are banned in Russia) with information about kidnapped people. In 2020, Movlaev was sentenced in Russia to two years in prison on charges of drug trafficking. He told his lawyers that investigators gave him a "choice" of two articles: possession of weapons or drugs, and he was supposed to go to prison anyway. In 2022, Movlaev was released on parole, but was detained by security forces in Chechnya and held in an illegal prison. He escaped from there and in January 2023 was able to illegally reach Kyrgyzstan after a case of financing extremism was fabricated against him.

In August 2023, security forces in Kyrgyzstan detained Movlaev, who was wanted in Russia for financing extremist activity. On October 4, 2023, a court in Bishkek sentenced Movlaev to six months in prison and subsequent deportation from the country. In October 2024, Mansur Movlaev announced the kidnapping of his relatives by security forces in Chechnya.

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