
Chechnya
Chechnya sentences mother of opposition figures to additional 4 years in prison
Musaeva is already serving a five-year sentence on charges of attacking a police officer.
Musaeva is already serving a five-year sentence on charges of attacking a police officer.
Russian authorities have charged Zarema Musaeva, the 55-year-old mother of three popular Chechen opposition activists, with assaulting a prison guard. The Crew Against Torture, a local rights group, told OC Media that Musaeva was charged with disorganising the activities of a prison colony on 13 December, after allegedly hitting a prison guard and tearing his epaulettes, which she denies doing. The incident allegedly took place as she was being transported back to the prison colony from the ho