Barakh Chemurziev and Musa Malsagov left under arrest

The Yessentuki City Court has extended the custody of the Ingush activists, Barakh Chemurziev and Musa Malsagov, accused under the article of creating an extremist community, until April 11, 2020. Chemurziev needs medicines that are not available at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in January it became known that Barakh Chemurziev, Musa Malsagov and four other Ingush activists were charged with creating an extremist community. In the opinion of Timur Akiev, the head of the Nazran branch of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", investigators failed to define whether the facts of the case relate to each of his defendants.

On March 19, the Yessentuki City Court considered the petitions asking to extend the arrest of Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev.

"The custody has been extended until April 11 inclusive," the advocate, Magomed Abubakarov, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to his version, this court ruling is "absurd and unjustified."

Asya Chemurzieva, Barakh's wife, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband did not complain about the attitude of the SIZO staff towards him. "The only problem is the provision of medicines. He asked me to give him what he needs. I brought there aspirin and medicines against a cold, but the staff returned them back," the woman has complained.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 20, 2020 at 02:39 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.