"Let's let this man go quietly and peacefully. He has children as small as kittens. You're a Muslim, you have a heart."
A lawyer for the Anti-Torture Team was held hostage by the parents of a girl he helped escape domestic violence. reported, that her lawyer Magomed Alamov they threaten to kill.
In early October, he accompanied a 27-year-old Marina Yandyeva, who fled from Ingushetia. Young woman said Olga,, who had already attempted to escape in 2016, but her relatives tracked her down, beat her, returned her home, threatened her with an honor killing, and fabricated a certificate of mental illness. After that, she lived in isolation for three years, without any means of communication.
Yandieva had been preparing for a new escape from Ingushetia for almost four years. She was unable to escape to freedom. helped SOS Investigative Committee crisis group. A lawyer from the "Team Against Torture" was with her for part of the journey: for safety reasons, he didn't even know her name or route details. The fact that the girl's aunt— Zarema Antoshkieva — he is acting Minister of Health of Ingushetia, and his uncle works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he found out later.
Marina's relatives initially reported her missing, then filed a theft report. On October 11, Magomed Alamov began receiving calls from the Ingushetia Center for Combating Extremism, asking about her disappearance. Three days later, Chechen police officers forcibly took his brother to Kadyrov's regiment, essentially holding him hostage.
Yesterday, the "Team Against Torture" learned that the lawyer himself is being held hostage by Yandieva's family. He is receiving death threats. He reported this in a phone conversation with the girl.
«I'm at your home, surrounded by your relatives. My life and the lives of my relatives are under threat. They've given me one week to come home. If you don't return within that week, they'll kill me.“,” Alamov said.
After that, the girl’s aunt picked up the phone - Zukhra Mestoeva: "Let's do this without consequences for people, without consequences for our family. Let's let this man go quietly, peacefully. He has five children, and his father is seriously ill with cancer. They're little children, like kittens. You're a Muslim, you have a heart.».
The "Anti-Torture Team" has appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor's Office demanding that they ensure the safety of Magomed Alamov and his family members. An appeal has also been sent to the Russian Federation Human Rights Commissioner. To Tatyana Moskalkova.
Photo: Team Against Torture