Novaya Gazeta: those who signed a letter to Chaika about the torture of Chechens will be forced to chant “We have been misled” on Putin Avenue

Residents of the Chechen village of Krasnaya Turbina, who signed a letter to Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika about torture, will be forced to go to a rally on Putin Avenue in Grozny, where they will chant “We have been misled.” this without specifying the source of information. reported Novaya Gazeta

According to the publication, people will be forced to say that they signed an appeal to the Prosecutor General without knowing the contents of the document.

Novaya Gazeta does not specify the date of the action; the publication uses the wording “in the near future.”

In addition, Salman Taramov and Magomed Tazbiev, relatives of young people who, during a court hearing in the case of an attempt to leave for Syria, reported that confessions were forced out of them, were again detained. They were required to appear at the upcoming rally.

After this, 162 residents of Krasnaya Turbina signed a letter to Chaika, and, according to Novaya Gazeta, Taramov and Tazbiev were taken to the police department on August 17 for a meeting with the speaker of the Chechen parliament Magomed Daudov and the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the republic Apti Alaudinov, and later beaten .

The defendants who reported torture soon pleaded guilty and refused lawyers, and the Human Rights Council later promised to investigate reports of torture.