Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 10, 2002
Russia

The director of the information centre of the Russian-Chechen...

The director of the information centre of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, Imran Ezhiyev, provided statistics of crimes committed by Russian occupiers on the territory of Chechnya between July 15 and August 15

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The director of the information centre of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, Imran Ezhiyev, provided statistics of crimes committed by Russian occupiers on the territory of Chechnya between July 15 and August 15. According to Ezhiyev's information, over the said period, the occupiers executed 59 people without any court verdict and kidnapped 64 persons. Ezhiyev said that victims and their relatives had lodged complaints with the occupying prosecutor's office in Chechnya on more than half of the cases. However, none of the cases has been fully investigated or any of the culprits punished.
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  • (Sources: BBC Monitoring International Reports, Kavkaz-Tsentr News Agency Web Site, 10/09/2002)