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2024-05-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Human rights activists call mass abductions a sign of instability in Chechnya
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Some of the 80 abducted after the arson of a car linked to Adam Kadyrov have already been released, human rights activists said. Mass kidnappings against the backdrop of high-profile resignations indicate an unstable situation in Chechnya and are explained by the desire of the security forces to show their importance, they pointed out.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, at least 80 residents of Chechnya were, according to human rights activists, kidnapped after the arson of a car with a DUSTUM license plate associated with the son of the head of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov. Volunteers were able to identify the names of some of the abducted people. In the village of Starye Atagi, Urus-Martan district, about 50 members of the family of Sayf-Islam Elmurzaev, who is suspected of setting fire to a car, were kidnapped, and about 30 people were kidnapped in the Shalinsky district, reported the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center*. Telegram channel opposition to the Chechen authorities reported on May 17 that most members of the Elmurzaev family had been released.
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Shali resident Abdulla Magomadov was abducted and taken to the security department, and on May 18 his relatives were given his body; his death was explained by cardiac arrest, said Chechen oppositionist Tumso Abdurakhmanov living abroad. “There are traces of torture on the body. The funeral procession is controlled by Kadyrov’s men in order to prevent photo and video recording of the body,” he wrote in his Telegram channel. Abdurakhmanov added that Abdullah was disabled; he was missing four fingers on his right hand.
Local residents confirmed the death of Abdulla Magomadov, who was kidnapped by security forces, an employee of the Memorial Human Rights Center* said on condition of anonymity. “He is not one of those abducted earlier. He was detained on May 17. Magomadov was not detained because of setting his car on fire,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
I haven’t remembered such a mass abduction for a long time. This only happened during the period of active hostilities.
No one except the kidnappers themselves can know the exact number of abducted people, because the relatives are silent, the human rights activist pointed out.
“Where they are being held is also unknown. It is unknown who was released and who was not. The kidnapped Elmurzaevs were apparently released, but not the family members of the arson suspect. They were not in the video released [on May 17],” he explained.
On May 17, a video recording of the Elmurzaev family was published by a Telegram channel opposed to the Chechen authorities. In the video there are eight men, mostly elderly, they speak Chechen. “Kadyrov’s men forced them to renounce their relative, who set fire to Kadyrov’s car,” the Telegram channel opposition to the Chechen authorities commented on the post. The entry was also published by Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who lives abroad, on his Telegram channel. “The good news is that the guy didn’t fall into their hands,” he commented on the video.
According to the human rights activist, such abductions in Chechnya are not uncommon and occur periodically. “They kidnapped more. Sometimes in the hundreds. In practice, they are released, but not all of them; some receive prison sentences. The work rate is raised. For the security forces, if they don’t imprison you, it means they don’t work. So they fabricate cases through torture, forcing them to write confessions,” - he noted.
Chairman of the Civic Assistance Committee, Svetlana Gannushkina, called the number of kidnappings in one week of May an extraordinary event even for Chechnya. “This is monstrous. Such a number of abducted people in a week. I don’t remember such a mass abduction for a long time. This only happened during the period of active hostilities,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
The fate of those abducted in peacetime can be different, the human rights activist noted. “Someone is being released. Cases are being opened against someone,” she stated.
Gannushkina saw a connection between the mass abductions and the political situation in Chechnya. “Some kind of strange seething is happening. Well-known officials are being removed from their positions. And there seems to be no order again. Although they believed that Ramzan Kadyrov had brought order there, it is now difficult to talk about a stable situation,” says Gannushkina*.
Prime Minister of Chechnya Muslim Khuchiev resigned due to a transfer to another job, and Isa Tumkhadzhiev became acting head of government, Ramzan Kadyrov said. This is the second resignation of a high-ranking Chechen official in less than a week - on May 15, it became known about the resignation of the Chairman of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov.
In Chechnya, the call sign "Dostum" and the number K13 are secretly reserved for people related to Adam Kadyrov, an employee of the Memorial Human Rights Center* confirmed to the Caucasian Knot correspondent on May 14.
There is indirect confirmation of the connection between cars with DUSTUM license plates and Adam Kadyrov. For example, on April 28, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published information about the open tactical shooting competition “Our People,” which took place at the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes. Second place in the competition was taken by the “Dostum” squad of the head of the security department of the head of the Chechen Republic, Adam Kadyrov, said the head of the republic. In February 2023, a video with Adam Kadyrov was published in the telegram channel “Adviser KRA”. On his jacket on the right there is a patch with the inscription DUSTUM Adam Kadyrov wore a cap with a DUSTUM badge when he demonstrated his shooting skills to a delegation from Guinea-Bissau, a video about which was published by Ramzan Kadyrov on May 10.
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