Paul
Goble
Staunton, November 7 – The Administration
of the Russian Justice Ministry for Ingushetia has asked the republic Supreme
Soviet to liquidate the Council of Teips, the latest move by Moscow and Magas
against the body which brings together the basic units of Ingush society and
which has been a leader in the protests against changes in the borders of the
republic.
In March, the authorities arrested
Malsag Uzhakov, the head of the Council, for his role in the demonstrations. He
remains behind bars. Then in May, the Administration suspended the activities
of the Council, effectively driving it underground where it has continued to
operate. But if the Council is banned, its future remains uncertain (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/342117).
Meanwhile, the detention of Akhmed Barakhoyev,
a leader of the Ingush Commimttee for National Unity and an organizer of the protests
last spring, has been extended to February 2020 (fortanga.org/2019/11/sud-prodlil-arest-ahmedu-barahoevu-na-tri-mesyatsa/
and kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/342104/).
And an Ingush scholar, Roza
Ganiyeva, has released a new book on the families of those who went missing after
the 1992 war with North Ossetia. Entitled Post-Traumatic Growth, a Cure for
Relatives of MIAs,” it is based on extensive interviews with 32 Ingush
survivors of that conflict (zamanho.com/?p=14720 and ingnii.ru/?p=4934).
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