Kabardino-Balkaria: Ministry of Interior in the Republic of
Kabardino-Balkaria Lodged an Application against the Weekly
Newspaper "Gazeta Yuga"
Human Rights Center "Memorial" reported earlier about the
kidnapping, tortures and the subsequent prosecution of resident of
the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (KBR) Inal Berov by police
officers (
http://www.memo.ru/eng/news/2012/04/26/2604121.html).
We sent an appeal to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of
the Russian Federation, A.I. Bastrykin with the request to
investigate and take under his control crimes committed by the
officials of law enforcement agencies. Also the letter briefly
described a case of tortures of Berov.
The story of abduction and harassment of Berov by police was
published by some media. The weekly newspaper "Gazeta Yuga"
described the torture and beatings in the Interior Ministry building
in the KBR in detail (Oleg Guseinov, "Where do we have a needle with
AIDS?" / / "Gazeta Yuga", № 16 (945) April 19:
http://www.memo
.ru/uploads/files/751.pdf. Oleg Guseinov, "The key was found in the
closet" / / "Gazeta Yuga", № 17 (946) April 26, 2012:
http://www.memo.ru/uploads/ files/752.pdf).
As it became known to HRC "Memorial", Ministry of Interior in the
KBR lodged an application to protect the honor, dignity and business
reputation with the requirement to "oblige the weekly newspaper
"Gazeta Yuga" to publish the disclaimer to the information contained
in the article "Where do we have a needle with AIDS? " as
contradicting with reality and discrediting honor, dignity and
business reputation of the Ministry of Interior in the KBR"(a claim
of the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation:
http://www.memo.ru/uploads/files/753.pdf).
HRC "Memorial" will monitor the developments of the events around
the weekly newspaper "Gazeta Yuga."
May 14, 2012