Human rights activist reports mass detentions of Muslims in Moscow

On September 21, 2012, the police and riot police conducted mass detention of believers on their way to Friday prayers in the cathedral mosque on Prospekt Mira in Moscow. At the call of one of the detainees, he arrived there Head of the Society of Political Emigrants from Central Asia Bakhrom Khamrovev. By According to him, detentions were also carried out a week earlier, on 14 September.

Human rights activist managed to achieve release from the paddy wagon several detainees, but he himself was taken to the Tverskoye police station, where he lasted five hours. About 50 people were brought there with him. Their photographed and fingerprinted.

B. Khamroev was asked questions about whether he was going to collect Muslims to go to the mayor's office or beat the participants of the rally against construction of a mosque in Mitino .

The human rights activist is sure that the actions of the police are a provocation against Muslims.

On the same day, according to B. Khamroev, police officers leaving the mosque, a citizen of Tajikistan Muhammad-Sabur Rajabzoda was beaten.

Sources

• Muslims are suspected of intending to storm the Moscow mayor's office // IslamNews.ru. 2012. September 24.