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Worse than a War view details>>

Russian Federation: What justice for Chechnya’s disappeared? view details>>

“As If They Fell From the Sky” Counterinsurgency, Rights Violations, and Rampant Impunity in Ingushetia view details>>

Enforced disappearances Russia


Numbers and Context
UNWGEID Cases
468 disappearances have been denounced , from which 11 have been clarified and 457 remain outstanding
NGOs Numbers
Over 2000 mainly in the regions of Ingushetia and Chechnya according to the human rights organisation Memorial
Context
Most cases denounced to the UNWGEID have taken place in Ingushetia 1992 and in Chechnya since 1994 during the Northern Caucasus armed conflict. Specifically in Chechnya disappearances have been occurring in 2004 and 2005.
Ingushetia According to the human rights organisation Memorial 29 people were detained in irregular conditions in operations by law enforcement and security agencies in Ingushetia in 2007. From those 29 three cases have resulted in enforced disappearances. According to Human Rights Watch in the report "As If They Fell From the Sky" those abducted by security and law enforcement services are typically "young males suspected of involvement with illegal armed groups and terrorist activity. Three categories of young men are especially vulnerable to abduction:
  • individuals related to or acquainted with presumed insurgents or terrorism suspects
  • those previously detained and whose names are on police and security forces’ databases, regardless of whether they were charged or cleared of any alleged wrongdoing;
  • and religious Muslims who either adhere to “non-traditional” Salafite Islam, or are suspected of such adherence by security services."
Chechnya According to the Russian Human Rights Center Memorial about 175 people have disappeared in Chechnya in 2004 believed to have been performed by both Russian federal forces and Chechen rebels. Russian law-enforcement organs show no commitment to investigate these cases. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated in its October 2004 Resolution 'There is little progress in the prosecution of perpetrators of human rights violations by the national lay enforcement bodies', and that 'a climate of impunity is prevailing in the Chechen Republic due to the fact that the Chechen and Federal lay enforcement authorities are still unwilling or unable to hold accountable for their actions the vast majority of perpetrators of serious human rights violations'
Federations and Organisations
Organisation Memorial
Website http://www.memo.ru
Contact e-mail: frolov(at)memo.ru
Focus Human Rights in Russia