Information agency "For Human Rights" informs that three known Chechen
human rights activists: Sulumbek Tashtamirov, Mohammed Ekshayev and Shirvani Gunayev,
were detained at 17:00 o'clock on March 13 at a checkpoint near the Cossack village
Sleptsovskaya (Republic of Ingushetia) working for the interests of forced migrants
staying at temporary site "Satsita". Special uneasiness in this connection
causes the destiny of Sulumbek Tashtamirov, who for two weeks was holding hunger-strike
as a sign of protest against constitutional referendum in Chechnya. According
to reports received from Moscow, the detainees were shifted to Sunzhenskoi RUVD.
It is mention-worthy that on January 6 of this year already occurred the incident
of the detention of four temporary migrants from "Satsita"
camp, and disfigured corpse of one of the detainees was discovered on January
11. All-Russian movement of the human rights addressed to President of Ingushetia
M.M. Zyazikov with the request to immediately control the situation. We request
to all human rights organizations to take notice of the situation regarding the
detention of three Chechen human rights activists. Contacts on telephone (095)202-22-24.
Kavkazcenter 16-03-2003
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See also the related press release
of March 4, 2003.