Publicist charged under Article 282 reports torture in Grozny

Publicist Rizvan Ibragimov, accused of extremism for publishing books about the chosenness of Chechens, at the hearing on the merits of his case, which began on May 5 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Grozny, reported on the electric shock torture that he and his colleague Abubakar Didiev were subjected to after being abducted in April 2016 in the basement Grozny OP "October". It is reported by "Grani.ru" with reference to Ibragimov's Facebook.

Ibragimov accuses Magomed Khitanaev, who is an assistant to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and a qadi (Sharia judge) of Grozny, of torture and kidnapping. The publicist called the fabrication of a case against himself a consequence of this kidnapping.