Zelimkhan Bakayev with Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov (vk.com)
The Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has hinted that the disappearance of singer Zelimkhan ‘Zelim’ Bakayev was the doing of his own family. Kadyrov made the remarks during a government meeting in Grozny broadcasted by the state-run Grozny TV on 17 January.
Zelimkhan (Zelim) Bakayev (YouTube)
International queer rights group All Out, together with the Russian LGBT Network, have launched an online campaign urging Russian authorities to investigate the disappearance of Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakayev. #JusticeForZelim launched on 8 January — five months after his disappearance.
Maksim Lapunov (Novaya Gazeta /YouTube)
Russian investigative bodies are not properly investigating the campaign of persecution against queer people in Chechnya, Russian rights activists announced during a press conference on 16 October in Moscow. The activists have been assisting queer Chechens flee the republic.
Zelim Bakayev (Still from the video)
The European Commission has confirmed that disappeared Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakayev has not entered Europe, according to Russian rights activists.
(Still from the video)
A video has been posted on YouTube purportedly by missing Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakayev. Relatives and friends of the singer however, have expressed doubts about its veracity. [Read more…]
Zelimkhan (Zelim) Bakayev (Youtube)
Malika Bakayeva, mother of the disappeared singer Zelimkhan Bakayev, has recorded an audio message to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, pleading with him to help in the search of her son. [Read more…]
Zelimkhan Bakayev (vk.com)
Russian human rights activists have launched an online campaign to support the search for Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev, who disappeared in the Chechen capital Grozny on 8 August. [Read more…]
Zelimkhan Bakayev (vk.com)
More than 20 days after the disappearance of Chechen singer Zelimkhan (Zelim) Bakayev in Grozny, no criminal case has been filed despite attempts by family and friends to do so. [Read more…]
Zelimkhan Bakayev (vk.com)
On the evening of 17 August, rumours spread in social media that famous Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakayev was dead. Bakayev disappeared on 8 August in Grozny, which he was visiting for his sister’s wedding.
