11 June 2004, 12:25
Chechen-Ingush Diaspora in Samara protests against mass detentions
The Chechen-Ingush Diaspora in Samara staged a meeting at the building of the regional administration on June 10. Organizers of the action explain that the people were forced to take such a step by mass arbitrary detentions of Chechens on the basis of nationality which security agencies of the town of Samara practice in the aftermath of the terror attack committed by unknown people on the Kirovsky market on June 4, 2004. The meeting was not sanctioned by the authorities. Approximately 100 protesters gathered on the square in front of the administrative building.
Mass detentions of ethnic Chechens began in Samara after the terror attack, meeting participants said. Even those people who were in the town in passing, including those driving their own cars, were detained. The matter concerns many tens of detained people, according to preliminary information. Some of them have been released, but their cars have not been given back to them. Relatives and close friends of the other detainees do not know anything about their whereabouts. It is also unknown whether any charges have been brought against the detained people. Among those whose destiny remains unknown are Adam, Alkhazur and Shamkhan Israilovs, Musa Tutayev, Akhmatov, Aldam Dasuyev, Shirvani Dukayev, Rukshan Sugaipon, Ruslan Khachukayev, Anzor Movlayev, and Bekhan Parshayev.
Editors note: See also the article "Chechen Diaspora in Samara to hold meeting".
Source: Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship
