Public Apologies in Chechnya

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A Daghestani police officer. Image: Grozny-inform.ru

Confrontation between Chechen and Daghestani police provokes swift response from Kadyrov

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Footage of Daghestani police confronting their Chechen counterparts has prompted a swift response from the head of Chechnya, and has led to a public apology from the man who filmed the video. In the video, published by the pro-Chechen government Instagram account Chp_Checchnya, Daghestani police are seen stopping a Chechen police car which has flashing lights on. As they begin an inspection, an eyewitness is heard saying, ‘That’s right, the demons shouldn’t turn their flashing lights on

Ramzan Kadyrov. Screengrab from Grozny TV video.

Chechnya

#Kadyrovshaitan — Kadyrov’s public humiliation of children

by OC Media

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When a 15-year-old boy in Russia called Ramzan Kadyrov a shaitan, an Islamic term for a demon, using an anonymous Instagram account, it did not take long for the Chechen authorities to track him down and force him to apologise. But despite backlash over the practice of forced apologies, Chechen minors are routinely abused and humiliated in Russia. During a livestream on Instagram on 17 May in which Ramzan Kadyrov showed his followers a strawberry field at a private residence in the centre of

Chechnya

Krasnodar Krai opens investigation into abduction of Chechen government critic

by OC Media

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The authorities in Krasnodar Krai have opened a criminal investigation into the alleged abduction and torture of a Chechen man from the city of Gelendzhik. In September, a video circulated online showing Salman Tepsurkayev, the moderator of a Telegram channel critical of the authorities, torturing and humiliating himself while apologising for his actions. [Read more: Chechen government critic sodomises self with bottle in apology video] Evidence has since emerged implicating Chechen polic

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Chechen women scolded and forced to remove niqabs on state TV

by OC Media

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A group of women have been publicly scolded and forced to remove their niqabs on Chechen State TV. The report was aired on Monday on the state-run Grozny TV in a programme billed as an ‘educational meeting’ between Chechnya’s Mufti and the head of Grozny’s Interior Ministry. Mufti Salakha Mezhiyev, the traditional Muslim religious leader of the region, scolds women for wearing the niqab, an item of clothing that covers a women’s entire face except for her eyes. ‘The face and hands are not

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Chechen government critic sodomises self with bottle in apology video

by OC Media

•4 min read

A moderator of a Telegram channel critical of the authorities has appeared in a video torturing and humiliating himself, reportedly after being abducted by armed men. In the video posted to Telegram channel 1adat on Monday, a naked man standing on his knees in the corner of the room introduces himself as 19-year-old Salman Tepsurkayev. The man claims to be the administrator of the 1adat channel. ‘This is a dirty group, they discuss strangers, the Chechen Government, create pictures and write

Chechnya

Mother of Chechen woman ‘killed by husband’ publicly apologises

by OC Media

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Khutmat Davletmirzayeva apologised on the state-run Grozny TV channel, saying that she ‘hastened to conclusions’ about her daughter’s death being a result of domestic violence. Madina Umayeva died on 12 June under unclear circumstances and was buried the same night. Khutmat Davletmirzayeva, Madina Umayeva’s mother, apologised to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, for saying that her daughter died as a result of domestic violence. The apology was broadcast on Grozny TV on Tuesday, follo

An interview with Khutmat Davletmirzayeva published by activist Kheda Saratov.

Chechnya

Body of young woman exhumed after appeal to Kadyrov

by OC Media

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The body of a 23-year-old woman from Chechnya has been exhumed after her mother claimed she was beaten to death by her husband. Khutmat Davletmirzayeva, whose daughter Madina Umayeva passed away on 12 June, uploaded an audio message to WhatsApp last week asking Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov to investigate her daughter’s death. According to Davletmirzayeva, residents of Gudermes, the town in east Chechnya where her daughter lived, informed her that she was beaten to death by her husband. ‘For