Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Three More Ingush Activists Sentenced, Bringing Total to 21


Paul Goble

            Staunton, February 28 – Three more Ingush activists – Ruslan Dzeytov, Amir Oskanov, and Rashid Aushev -- were sentenced to terms in prison colonies for their roles in the March 2019 protest about the border agreement with Chechnya. Because of time served waiting for judgment, they are slated to be released in the next few weeks (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/346480/,  kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/346476/ and kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/346443/).

            That means that slightly more than half of those charged with attacking officials have now been sentenced and with their projected release, more than a dozen will be free and quite possibly ready to lead new demonstrations or give advice on them even as their lawyers continue to appeal their cases, to Moscow or even to the European Human Rights Court.

            Also today, the independent Fortanga agency continued its series on how Ingush should behave if they find themselves under arrest and charged with crimes they know they did not commit. The primary rule is do not answer any question about which there is any uncertainty (fortanga.org/2020/02/sotsialnaya-inzheneriya-na-doprose/).

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