During a special operation to combat “Islamic extremists” in Moscow, a Memorial employee was beaten

On December 7, 2010, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB held a special operation to detain "Islamic extremists". As part of the operation, a search was conducted in an apartment rented by a native of Kyrgyzstan, a citizen of the Russian Federation named Aziz. During the search religious literature was seized.

Aziz summoned an employee of the Human Rights Center (HRC) "Memorial" Fringe Khamroev. A journalist from the Uzbek service of Radio Liberty arrived with him. They were not allowed into the apartment where the search took place. The security forces checked both documents, but did not introduce themselves. Human rights activist to leave the entrance, The journalist was banned from filming.

One of the representatives of the special services beat B. Khamroev. IN hospital, where he was taken by ambulance, bruises were recorded and concussion.

The police squad called by B. Khamroev arrived after how an ambulance took away a human rights activist. To the policemen who arrived, the special services reported that they were here in connection with information about an unauthorized rally.

We do not have information about the special operation and the seized religious literature and cannot assess the legitimacy of the actions of the special services.

HRC "Memorial" considers this incident as an attempt pressure. Memorial Human Rights Center does not rule out the possibility that the attack on Bahrom Khamroev is connected with the fact that our organization has been repeatedly drew the attention of the media and the public to the fact that in Moscow the number of gross violations of human rights in the course of special operations against people accused of "Islamic extremism". In addition, over the past three month, Memorial HRC recorded at least 12 cases in Moscow disappearances and kidnappings of Muslims, in which employees of power structures. Memorial Human Rights Center reported with alarm that the disappearance of people according to the "Caucasian scenario" spread to Moscow," the statement says. organization's press release.

9 December B. Khamroev told IA IslamNews that during the operation 12 people who were soon released. FSB officers asked them if they were whether they are members of Hizb ut-Tahrir or another Islamic organization. Everyone has detainees were seized computers, mobile phones, religious literature.

Sources

• Press release of the Memorial Human Rights Center. 2010. December 8.
• Special operations against Muslims in Moscow were carried out in order to call witnesses - human rights activist // islamnews. 2010. December 9th.