Chechnya
Rallies in support of Seda Suleymanova held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg
The actions were timed to coincide with International Women’ s Day.
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Chechnya
60 people allegedly kidnapped in Chechnya over WhatsApp group
The WhatsApp group was reportedly a chatroom focused on Islamic literature.
Austria
Chechen native disappears after being deported to Russia
A Chechen native has disappeared after being detained in Cairo and deported to Moscow. Local media reported on Tuesday that Yusup Musayev had been detained at Cairo International Airport earlier this month at the request of Russian authorities. On 18 September, Musayev was deported to Russia. No one has heard from him since his plane arrived at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow later that same day. According to Chechen opposition movement 1adat, once in Russia, Musayev was kidnapped by Che
Chechnya
Chechen Deputy Minister of Information ‘kidnapped’ after intimate video shared online
Chechnya’s Deputy Minister for National Policy, External Relations, and Press and Information, Said-Magomed Bashirov, has reportedly disappeared following the distribution online of an intimate video. On 7 September, opposition blogger Khasan Khalitov published a recording of a WhatsApp video call in which Bashirov allegedly showed his genitals to another man. Khalitov wrote on Telegram that he received the recording from an anonymous source, via a Telegram feedback bot. ‘The most disg
Chechnya
Russia investigates disappearance of Chechen woman six months after reported abduction
Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the disappearance and possible murder of Seda Suleymanova, over six months after her reported abduction to Chechnya from Saint Petersburg. The North Caucasus SOS Crisis Group (NC SOS) reported that the Investigative Committee began its investigation into Suleymanova’s possible murder on Wednesday. The organisation, which legally represents Suleymanova, works with queer people and people fleeing from domestic abuse in the Nor
Chechnya
‘Thousands’ demand investigation into possible murder of Seda Suleymanova
A North Caucasus rights group reports that more than two thousand people have demanded that Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office investigate the possible murder of Seda Suleymanova. The North Caucasus SOS (NC SOS) Crisis Group, which works with queer people and people fleeing domestic abuse in the North Caucasus, shared a form for submitting requests to Russia’s Prosecutor’s Office, Investigative Committee, and Commissioner for Human Rights on 13 February in its Telegram channel. They urge
Aishat Kadyrova
Kadyrov’s daughter sole woman appointed to Chechen women’s rights council
Just one woman has been appointed to a newly established council for women’s rights in Chechnya: Aishat Kadyrova, the daughter of Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrova, 24, also serves as the republic’s minister of culture. On 2 October, Kadyrov announced that his daughter had been nominated for appointment to the role of deputy prime minister ‘for social issues’. Kadyrova is the Head of Chechnya’s eldest daughter. In 2020, she became Chechnya’s deputy minister of culture, becoming minister
