Paul
Goble
Staunton, October 25 – The Memorial
Human Rights Center has released a report detailing the legal status of 33
Ingush activists charged with various crimes for participation in the March
26-27 demonstrations in the republic (memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-obnovil-spisok-privlechyonnyh-po-delu-o-mitinge-27-marta-zhiteley-ingushetii).
Of them, 26 remain in detention in
Nalchik, Vladikavkaz, Yessentuki, and Pyatigorsk, two are under house arrest,
and two have been released on their own recognizance. Information about them and potentially others
is very limited, Memorial says, because relatives and lawyers of those involved
“don’t want to make contact with rights activists and the media.”
Therefore, the Center says, “we
cannot exclude that the list now being published is complete.” Court records
show that as of this week, charges against 20 of the Ingush political prisoners
have been reduced, and in 15 cases, investigations have been completed and
those detained now face trial.
It is clear, Memorial says, that “the
logic of these decisions is to reduce the level of public support for the
accused in the course of the judicial processes, by shifting the place where
the cases are to be held not only out of Ingushetia but also out of other republics
of the North Caucasus.”
No trial dates have been set, and
lawyers for those under arrest have launched appeals of the official decisions
so far.
Appended to its report is a listing
of the state of play for all 29 Ingush detainees that Memorial has data
about.
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