HRC "Memorial": Chechen power agents use militants' relatives as "live shield"

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0400

Residents of Chechnya report that relatives of the young men, who went to the forest to join militants, are persecuted by local power agents. Human rights activist note that it happens under the initiative of Chechen leadership, since President Ramzan Kadyrov has openly stated that militants' relatives shall respond for their actions.