Torture against detainees continues in ChechnyaBy Ruslan Isayev
GROZNY, Chechnya - On June 23, six people were taken away from the village of Ghikalo, located in the Grozensky district. They were two brothers Magomed and Akhmed Gazayev, their sister Milana, their neighbour and a father of three Magomed Zhamayev, along with two other men (Sayd-Salakh and Ali Dadayev, guests of the Gazayev family); all were taken by masked men belonging to an unidentified security force.
Several hours later Zhamayev and his two male guests were released having been told they'd been detained "by mistake." The three Gazayev family members were freed four days later.
The detainees recounted that they had probably been taken to Grozny where they were interrogated in Chechen and Russian. They were unable to say exactly where they had been as bags had been placed over their heads. Those interrogating them were interested in several of their relatives and former neighbours from the village of Guchum-Kale in the Itum-Kalinsky district.
According to human rights activists who had taken over the case, the Gazayev brothers and their sister were beaten as well as subjected to electric shock treatment. It has become known that one of the brothers had to seek medical help at the hospital.
So far, human rights activists have not been able to get any information about the brutal treatment the detainees received as they fear repercussion by federal and Chechen security forces.(MG/E,T,A)
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