Paul
Goble
Staunton, May 20 – The female
relatives of Ingush activists under arrest have pledged to work together to
defend the rights of the activists, yet another indication that repression in
that North Caucasus republic is not calming the situation but involving new
groups in the protests (fortanga.org/2019/05/materi-zhyony-i-sestry-zaklyuchennyh-po-delu-o-mitinge-v-magase-zayavili-o-gotovnosti-borotsya-za-prava-svoih-rodnyh/).
They are forming a Patriotic Union
of the Women of Ingushetia to do so, a group that will seek to find “legal
opportunities for the resolution of social and legal issues of the prisoners”
and provide support for their families, hold common iftars, and help inform the
community and the world about what is happening in Ingushetia via social networks.
Meanwhile, arrests continue, with
the siloviki in some cases confiscating Arabic language materials as supposed
evidence of opposition to Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/335665/),
and ever more court cases providing evidence that there is no reason for the
Ingush to trust the Russian FSB (zamanho.com/?p=7996).
Yevkurov for his part held a meeting
devoted to nationality relations in Ingushetia and said he would seek to
promote “constructive dialogue” between the powers that be and the institutions
of civil society, a commitment he has done little to meet over the last several
years (zamanho.com/?p=8008).
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