Paul
Goble
Staunton, June 2 – The mothers and
wives of Ingush protesters now under arrest decided to join with their children
a regime-organized excursion to a historic monument in Magas. But within
seconds, they were surrounded by siloviki who demanded that they explain
themselves and disperse.
The women were not doing anything but
taking part in the general procession, but the police knew which ones were
related to the arrested dissidents and demanded among other things that they
not film what was taking place. The wives and mothers of Ingush protesters
under arrest ignored that and have posted a clip online.
This action, offensive to so many,
has attracted widespread attention in Ingushetia only days before the end of Ramadan
and the start of new protests (zamanho.com/?p=8569, fortanga.org/2019/06/sotrudniki-tspe-ingushetii-sdelali-nezabyvaemym-1-iyunya-dlya-detej-arestovannyh-aktivistov/
and doshdu.com/2019/06/02/в-ингушетии-сотрудники-цпэ-мвд-вмешал/).
The Yevkurov regime and its Moscow
backers seem committed to offending as many Ingush as possible. On Friday,
Rossiya 24 broadcast a program describing Ingush protesters as bandits, a description
that has sparked a sharp rejoinder from republic Mufti and Yevkurov opponent Isa
Khamkhoyev (fortanga.org/2019/06/muftij-isa-hamhoev-o-peredache-na-rossiya-24/).
But perhaps the most consequential
development of the last 24 hours has been the release of a declaration of the Union
of Teips of the Ingush People. Not only does it reject the basis on which Russian
officials suspended its operations for the last three month but also outlines
all its legal arguments about that and about the bases of the protests last
fall and again this spring.
That document – available at fortanga.org/2019/06/zayavlenie-soveta-tejpov-v-svyazi-s-popytkami-minyusta-pomeshat-ih-rabote/
-- is likely to form the agenda of new
protests which various groups in Ingushetia say will resume as soon as Ramadan
ends.
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