- June 4, 2015
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The head of the “Committee against Torture”, to whose office in Grozny was attacked on the eve of Igor Kalyapin firmly rejected the version that members of human rights organizations can themselves provoke aggression.
“All the numerous comments in the media, who were mainly from the words of Ramzan Kadyrov Akhmatovich that someone someone from behind the door rudely replied that someone out there from the balcony said something to the protesters – that’s a lie. I absolutely responsibly declare, “- he said at a meeting of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia.
According Kalyapin, because of the actions of the attackers is no way to reach a peaceful rally in the street and engage them in human rights not was.
Members of the HRC roundly criticized present at the meeting the head of the HRC under the President of Chechnya Timur Aliyev and representative of Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Gaydova who were unable to provide answers to many questions of human rights defenders. From their statements came that they are at least partially supported by the version of Kadyrov.
“The representatives of the audience did not come out and said that the protection of the present case are not engaged. Such statements caused the anger of the crowd, which affected the following events “- I explained to investigators Hyde.
The head of the” Committee against Torture “called for investigation into the attack to pass” at least “to the level of the North Caucasus Federal District, as human rights activists do not trust the police and the Chechen Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian republic . The head of the HRC Mikhail Fedotov promised to send letters to the heads of the Interior Ministry, the TFR and Prosecutor General called for to investigate the matter.
“The Committee against Torture,” previously filed in the management of the TFR in a statement on Chechnya, police inaction. In the morning at the meeting of the HRC representative of the Interior Ministry did not have information of a criminal investigation, but on Thursday evening yet it became known that the Chechen Interior Ministry initiated a case under article “damage to property from hooligan prompting a group of persons”, involving up to five years in prison.
“Deuce” by the FH
The rally disgruntled Jambulat Dadaeva investigation into the death, which was originally scheduled in the Square journalists and later transferred to the office of human rights defenders, began at about 10 am. According Kalyapin, employees of the organization knew about the meeting, and one of them – Albert Kuznetsov – was supposed to go to the meetings and invite their leaders to the office to talk.
However, as soon as he opened the door, he saw running upstairs crowd of young people in the medical dressings, armed with crowbars and sledgehammers.
“No negotiations, no dialogue – not polite or offensive – unfortunately, it was not simple, we were not given this opportunity,” – Kalyapin said, commenting on Kadyrov.
According to the human rights activist, despite two hours of calls to the police at the scene did not the police arrived. Phones divisions of law enforcement bodies in Chechnya and the various duty units in Grozny did not respond. The police officers called as the main office of the organization in Nizhny Novgorod.
The representative of the Ministry of Interior Hyde, who works in Moscow and heads of administrative and legal management of the contractual-legal department of the Russian Interior Ministry, said that the call to the duty of the Ministry of Interior of Russia Grozny arrived at 10:50 from Nizhny Novgorod.
“According to our information, immediately after receiving the information went respective groups,” – said the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When it is the police arrived on the scene accidents, Hyde could not say how and could not answer many other questions. In particular, he could not answer questions from members of the HRC Paul Chikova, on what basis were detained 30 people, if the criminal case has not yet been.
“We have to ask you specific questions. What does it mean -” immediately “? Through five minutes, 10? Was made a video on the site of the incident? In fact, you do not inform us, is limited to general answers. When I was at school, for such answers put “two”, – said board member Gaydova Andrei Babushkin.
“emotional statement”
Hyde also claimed that it had no information whether the cleaning carried out in the office after the attack. According Kalyapin to put things in the morning unknown order in two of the defeated apartments (located in the same office, the second mobile group living), which is why there may have disappeared proof.
“Today, both the apartment clean, they have nothing. There’s no wreckage, no single piece of wire. Who cleaned it all where it’s taken out, I do not know. It worked yesterday, the police and the Investigative Committee, “- said Kalyapin.
Сомнения Head of “Human Rights Committee” the desire of law enforcement agencies to investigate the matter Hyde constantly called “emotional statements.” This phrase he repeated so often that Grandma asked him seem any emotional issues HRC members.
Not less strict criticized the HRC and the head of the Presidential Chechnya Timur Aliyev, who also could not answer most of the questions the members of the council. He was asked to closely monitor such high-profile cases in the country.
In his speech, Aliyev talked a lot about as the case of the death Jambulat Dadaeva have ignored federal media. According to him, the rally organized by the relatives of the deceased, however, according to the head of the HRC Fedotov, which refers to independent journalists who were present at the meeting, the majority of the audience did not understand why they are there, and They said that they were asked to come.
According to investigators, in September 2014 Dzhambulat Dadaev shot Stavropol local businessman, after which he was put on the federal wanted list. April 19, 2015 in Grozny Dadadeva shot Stavropol police – according to Ramzan Kadyrov, without the knowledge of the Chechen colleagues. After that Kadyrov has made a resonant statement “Allow” to local law enforcement officers to shoot at fellow newcomers.
“provocation” human rights defenders
The Chechen human rights activists at least partly confirm the version Kadyrov’s “provocation”. According to Aliyev, the initiative to transfer the meeting to the building where the office is located, “the Committee against Torture” in general could belong to human rights defenders themselves, but they are allegedly contrary to the promise did not come out to the protesters.
“One of his (Committee – Note Bi-bi-si) employees went to the balcony and said that they do not protect criminals, “- said another member of the TASS HRC under the President of Chechnya Kheda Saratova, citing eyewitnesses.
Kalyapin denies it, calling such statements are false. Human rights activists, “the Committee against Torture” earlier confirmed that the deal does not really matter Dadaeva because no one spoke to him with such a request. Kalyapin also said that their organization is not obliged to deal with all criminal cases in the country.
On the eve of the lawyer, “the Committee against Torture,” Anton Ryzhov told BBC BBC called the attack “a well-planned action,” and expressed the hope that this time will not be accused of human rights defenders in that they have hired thugs. The announcement was made shortly before the appearance in “Instagrame” Kadyrov’s statement that human rights defenders have provoked the attackers in order to receive foreign grants.
According Ryzhov, after the organization’s office burned down in December, also “was launched version themselves burned, allegedly set fire to us “.
About the arson office says, in particular, in a documentary about Ramzan Kadyrov,” Family “, filmed a public organization Mikhail Khodorkovsky” Open Russia “, published last week. In this film, which is in a very bad light exposes the current regime in Chechnya and its relations with Moscow, there are human rights organizations.
The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs expectedly Hyde said that no information on the investigation of the incident in December, he, too, no.
For a thorough investigation of the two attacks on the “Committee against Torture” called on Western governments and human rights organizations.
The organization Freedom House said that the second half of the attack shows any involvement of Russian authorities acts of violence against human rights defenders, or their failure to ensure the safety of the activists.
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