Tamara Maltsagova Convinced Husband, Murad Yandiev, Being Persecuted Because of Work for Organisation “MASHR”
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Mar 14, 2012, 4:43:09 AM3/14/12
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Tamara Maltsagova Convinced Husband, Murad Yandiev, Being
Persecuted Because of Work for Organisation “MASHR”
Murad himself still under administrative arrest
On March 8, 2012, the Nazran (Republic of Ingushetia) office of Human Rights Centre “Memorial” received a written application from Tamara Maltsagova, a resident of Karabulak, Republic of Ingushetia. On February 29, her husband, Murad Yandiev, a member of the human rights organisation “MASHR”, was detained in Nazran by officials from the Republic's law enforcement agencies. His relatives were not informed of his detention, and his whereabouts were not known until the following day, after the head of “MASHR”, Magomed Mutsolgov, had telephoned the office of the President of the Republic of Ingushetia.
According to official information, Yandiev and three other persons were detained in the apartment of one Torshkhoev, from whom was seized a large amount of literature published by an organisation which is banned in Russia, “Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami” (Islamic Liberation Party) (see http://www.memo.ru/eng/news/2012/03/13/1303123.html).
That same day, by the decision of magistrate A.M.-S. Tomov, Yandiev and the other detainees were made administratively liable for resisting arrest. They were sentenced to six days' arrest.
According to Tamara Maltsagova's statement, Murad served this sentence in temporary detention centre in the police department of the Malgobeksky region of the Republic of Ingushetia. They did not allow him to see a lawyer, neither did they allow him accept parcels. Maltsagova contacted the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Ingushetia, A. Kotiev, and complained to him of the actions of some members of the police. Kotiev rudely advised her that she had rather turn her attention towards her husband and persuade him to “change direction”, if she wanted him to be freed. The secretary of the Security Council also stated that Murad would not need a lawyer, as he had received “no more” than an administrative sentence.
The term of detention expired on March 6 at 9.30pm. That morning, the detainees were transferred to the police department in Nazran, and they underwent some “operational activities”, with the involvement of A. Kotiev, head of the Nazran city Police Department, M. Tambiev, and other members of the police force. Attempts by Yandiev's lawyer to meet with his defendant failed: he was not permitted onto the premises. Around 4pm, the detainees were transferred to the Main Office of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in the Republic of Ingushetia, in the city of Magas. It is unclear what took place there.
On March 7, A. Kotiev informed a member of staff in the office of Ombudsman of the Republic of Ingushetia, Isa Daurbekov, that a meeting would take place that day with relatives of the four detainees, after which they would be released. The meeting took place at 11am, and it was reported on the Republic's evening news bulletin. However, the detainees were not released. Some time after 7pm, magistrate Tomov announced the extension of the administrative arrest of the detainees by a further five days. He sited as the reason their resistance to the first arrest, for which they had already received and served out six days of arrest.
In a statement also addressed to the President of the Republic of Ingushetia, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, Maltsagova wrote: “All this legal chaos with relation to my husband has occurred without any explanation of the reasons. My husband is not a criminal and he has not violated any administrative laws. The fact that this arbitrariness involves both members of the Ingushetian Security Council and other high-standing officials suggests that there is some sort of conspiracy against him, most likely connected with his activities in the human rights organisation “MASHR”, where he monitors the human rights situation in Ingushetia, often harshly criticising law enforcement agencies which violate human rights in the Republic. There can be no other explanation for the persecution of my husband.”
March 14, 2012
Murad himself still under administrative arrest
On March 8, 2012, the Nazran (Republic of Ingushetia) office of Human Rights Centre “Memorial” received a written application from Tamara Maltsagova, a resident of Karabulak, Republic of Ingushetia. On February 29, her husband, Murad Yandiev, a member of the human rights organisation “MASHR”, was detained in Nazran by officials from the Republic's law enforcement agencies. His relatives were not informed of his detention, and his whereabouts were not known until the following day, after the head of “MASHR”, Magomed Mutsolgov, had telephoned the office of the President of the Republic of Ingushetia.
According to official information, Yandiev and three other persons were detained in the apartment of one Torshkhoev, from whom was seized a large amount of literature published by an organisation which is banned in Russia, “Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami” (Islamic Liberation Party) (see http://www.memo.ru/eng/news/2012/03/13/1303123.html).
That same day, by the decision of magistrate A.M.-S. Tomov, Yandiev and the other detainees were made administratively liable for resisting arrest. They were sentenced to six days' arrest.
According to Tamara Maltsagova's statement, Murad served this sentence in temporary detention centre in the police department of the Malgobeksky region of the Republic of Ingushetia. They did not allow him to see a lawyer, neither did they allow him accept parcels. Maltsagova contacted the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Ingushetia, A. Kotiev, and complained to him of the actions of some members of the police. Kotiev rudely advised her that she had rather turn her attention towards her husband and persuade him to “change direction”, if she wanted him to be freed. The secretary of the Security Council also stated that Murad would not need a lawyer, as he had received “no more” than an administrative sentence.
The term of detention expired on March 6 at 9.30pm. That morning, the detainees were transferred to the police department in Nazran, and they underwent some “operational activities”, with the involvement of A. Kotiev, head of the Nazran city Police Department, M. Tambiev, and other members of the police force. Attempts by Yandiev's lawyer to meet with his defendant failed: he was not permitted onto the premises. Around 4pm, the detainees were transferred to the Main Office of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in the Republic of Ingushetia, in the city of Magas. It is unclear what took place there.
On March 7, A. Kotiev informed a member of staff in the office of Ombudsman of the Republic of Ingushetia, Isa Daurbekov, that a meeting would take place that day with relatives of the four detainees, after which they would be released. The meeting took place at 11am, and it was reported on the Republic's evening news bulletin. However, the detainees were not released. Some time after 7pm, magistrate Tomov announced the extension of the administrative arrest of the detainees by a further five days. He sited as the reason their resistance to the first arrest, for which they had already received and served out six days of arrest.
In a statement also addressed to the President of the Republic of Ingushetia, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, Maltsagova wrote: “All this legal chaos with relation to my husband has occurred without any explanation of the reasons. My husband is not a criminal and he has not violated any administrative laws. The fact that this arbitrariness involves both members of the Ingushetian Security Council and other high-standing officials suggests that there is some sort of conspiracy against him, most likely connected with his activities in the human rights organisation “MASHR”, where he monitors the human rights situation in Ingushetia, often harshly criticising law enforcement agencies which violate human rights in the Republic. There can be no other explanation for the persecution of my husband.”
March 14, 2012
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