The human rights organization Amnesty International ( AI) called on 1 Russian authorities to immediately investigate arson at least five houses, which are believed to belong to the relatives of 11 men killed in clashes in Grozny on December 4. In AI called these burning manifestation of « collective punishment».
Human rights activists remind that on the day after fighting in Grozny, the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov promised that the families of insurgents will be deported from the country, and their houses will destroy. « relatives Punishment suspected of involvement in crimes ?? flagrant violation of international law, ?? AI said program director for Europe and Central Asia John Dalhousie. ?? Nothing can justify acts of collective punishment. The federal government must ensure independent and impartial investigation into the arson and fair trial of convicted ».
About the burning of several houses in Chechnya relatives of suspected militants previously reported Slon.ru. According to the human rights « Memorial”, four houses were burnt in the village of Yandi Achkhoi-Martan district, one ?? on the outskirts of Gudermes and another one ?? in the village of Engel-Yurt, Gudermes district, reports 2 BBC Russian Service. Internet resource « Caucasian Knot” referring to the « Memorial” published pictures of burned houses in the village of Yandi.
The Chairman of the Committee against Torture and a member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights Igor Kalyapin December 9 wrote a letter to the Prosecutor General’s Office to check the legality of statements Kadyrov and excite against him criminal case under the article on abuse of power.
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