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The European Centre for Constitutional Rights and the Russian LGBT Network have sent a complaint to a German court against Chechen law enforcers and officials in connection with the persecution of people with non-traditional sexual orientation in Chechnya, The Guardian has reported.

The audio record, in which an official from the healthcare system demands from medical workers of the kindergartens of the Nadterechny District to ensure their employees' visiting the polyclinic for vaccinations and accompanies his order with threats of dismissal, reflects an atmosphere of intimidation that has formed in Chechnya, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

A video depicting Magomed Gadaev, detained by Chechen law enforcers, as alive and not tortured, only increases fears for his life, say human rights defenders interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

A video with Magomed Gadaev, deported from France, disseminated on the evening of April 14 on social media, was filmed in a basement, the man’s smile looks not natural, and he himself is wearing a winter jacket, which does not correspond to the season, users of the social media note.

The Russian authorities avoid examining the evidence of extrajudicial killings in Chechnya, states the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*. The human rights defenders requested the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to oblige Russia to involve international institutions in the investigation and to send a UN working group on enforced disappearances to Northern Caucasus.

In Chechnya, employees of kindergarten are being forced to vaccinate against coronavirus under threat of dismissal, local residents report.

Law enforcers have summoned an advocate to Magomed Gadaev, a Chechen native, who was deported from France; the detainee himself wrote a refusal to use the services of a human rights defender. There were no visible traces of torture on Gadaev's body; and he refused to communicate in private, the advocate, Semyon Tsvetkov, has stated.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has supported the human rights defenders who demanded to reconsider the refusal to initiate a torture case against Timur Debishev, an actor at the Grozny Theatre, and sent his complaint for a new consideration.

Law enforcers have detained Lipa Israilova, a 65-year-old resident of Urus-Martan, for providing occult services. After a public conversation with Adam Elzhurkaev, a doctor from the Centre of Islamic Medicine, she has partially admitted her guilt, the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) has informed.

In the videos posted in Chechen Instagram publics, Magomed Gadaev claims that he was not tortured or beaten up.