
Chief Chechen propagandist admits authorities carry out unlawful abductions
The director of the state television and radio company, Chingiz Akhmadov, admitted to the practice of unlawful detentions and keeping people in ‘basements’.
The director of the state television and radio company, Chingiz Akhmadov, admitted to the practice of unlawful detentions and keeping people in ‘basements’.
According to eyewitnesses, her body was returned to relatives with signs of torture.
Snezhana Zagudaeva claimed to have been granted custody of the child, who is reportedly in the care of strangers in Chechnya.
Areg Shchepikhin was reportedly beaten for hours and forced to record a video apologising for ‘insulting the Chechen people’.
After her release, she sought asylum in Estonia, but was refused.
Azerbaijani pro-government media outlets have not yet shared any information about detained Talysh historian Zahiraddin Ibrahimov.
Zahiraddin Ibrahimov, a Talysh historian, disappeared in Russia and was found several days later in Azerbaijan.