Kremlin endorsed Chechen President, Ramzan Kadyrov, Recently Proclaimed that Russia’s North Caucasus Region will soon be 'the safest place in the world'!
Chechen Save the Generation Charity worker, Zarema Sadulayeva has been found shot to death along with her husband, Alik Dzhabrailov, just hours after being abducted from their place of work by men masquerading as police officials. This is just the latest callous attack on human rights activists in Chechnya in a matter of months which is controlled by Kremlin endorsed Ramzan A. Kadyrov.
Prominent Russian human rights campaigner, Natalia Estemirova (50), was abducted from the Chechen capital, Grozny, and later found assassinated in neighbouring Ingushetia. Estemirova had been a tireless campaigner for the Russian Human Right’s Organisation, 'Memorial', involved in investigating human rights atrocities and systematic abuse in Chechnya.
Amnesty International described the ruthless killings as a stark global reminder "of the climate of impunity in Chechnya," They also sited the failure of both Russian and Chechen government officials to properly investigate the indefensible murder of human rights activists as a "strong indication that those authorities are at least acquiescent to these crimes." Moscow Helsinki human rights group representative, Ludmila Alexeyeva expressed her revulsion about the murders;
“This is just unimaginable. They killed a young woman, she was probably 25, and her husband, who was about the same age. They had just got married,”
Zarema Sadulayeva’s charity, Save The Generation, actively work in the war-pillaged enclave with Chechen children who were injured and traumatized during the 15 year violent conflict in the region. In 2005 another Save the Generation member, Murad Muradov, was arrested and subsequently murdered by Chechen security service with accusations of being an insurgent leveled against him. Kadyrov’s increasing tyrannical grip in this region of the North Caucasus, has become synonymous with a violent and threatening offensive against opposition politicians and human rights organisations. This has all to often manifested itself in murderous silencing and blatant cover up.
The recent spate of killings in the region has prompted the United States to request urgent intervention by Russia to investigate the atrocities. A US State Department official said;
"We do have deepening concern about the violence of those who are advocating human rights, the rule of law and independent media and humanitarian assistance in the North Caucasus,"
The Russian governmental officials have claimed that they have sent a forensic team to the Chechen capital, Grozny, to aid the investigations.
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1 comments:
Interesting article, good point
Cyrus
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