Chechen ombudsman demanded to have a case to the journalist of “Novaya Gazeta” – RBC

The Chechen Ombudsman demanded that the SC to initiate criminal proceedings against a journalist of “Novaya Gazeta” Elena Milashina. He accuses her of spreading false information about the speaker of parliament of Chechnya Magomed Daudov

The Chechen ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiyev asked the TFR management for the republic, a statement that a criminal case against the correspondent of “Novaya Gazeta” Elena Milashina. This was reported on the official website of the Ombudsman.

As explained in the message, Nukhazhiev journalist accuses of spreading false information about the speaker of parliament of Chechnya Magomed Daudov with the aim of discrediting his honor and dignity.

This is a Milashina material published in “Novaya Gazeta” on 10 March. It believes Nukhazhiev, journalist claims that Chechen police on the orders of Daudova tried to steal one of the defenders of the “Committee against Torture”.

«This Helena Milashina reliably known that in respect of Magomed Daudov not a criminal case under article” kidnapping “, there is no conviction, and also that everyone charged with a criminal offense shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty is proved as provided by federal law and established by a court verdict, “- found at the Ombudsman’s quote from his statement to the Investigative Committee

According to Nukhazhiev in action Milashina contain signs of a crime. st.128.1 under Part 5 of the Criminal Code (slander, coupled with the accusation of committing serious or especially serious crime). In a statement, he asked the head of the management of the TFR in Chechnya, Sergei Sokolov initiate this criminal investigation and to bring to criminal responsibility Milashina.

Over the last week in Chechnya, there have been several attacks on human rights defenders. In the evening on March 16 in the center of Grozny unknown persons attacked the head of the “Committee for the Prevention of Torture” Igor Kalyapin. In fact the incident began to check the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya. According to the Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the region Apti Alaudinova previously found that the human rights activist threw “cake and eggs».

9 March on the territory of Ingushetia, near Chechnya border, unknown assailants attacked a bus in which there were human rights activists and journalists. The attackers beat up people, and the bus -. Burned

Later, the correspondent of “Mediazona” Yegor Skovoroda told RBC that after the attack in the burned bus investigators found no traces of burnt computers and cameras of journalists. According pans, electronics could not burn down completely, and, most likely, was kidnapped in the attack.

A few hours after the attack on the track lawyer “CPT” (PPC) Dmitri Utkin said on Twitter, that the armed men attacked the headquarters of the defenders of the Joint mobile group PPC in the Ingush town of Karabulak. According er donkeys, armed men arrived at the headquarters of five cars, one of them turned off the CCTV cameras installed in the entrance, and the other three got into the room through the window.