Residents of Chechnya complained of coercion to participate in the Grozny rally in support of Muslims in Myanmar

At the held on September 4 at the Grozny mass rally in support of Muslims of Rohinge in Myanmar, the police officers did not allow people to leave the place of the action until its end, the Caucasian Knot site with reference to eyewitnesses reports. At the same time, the interlocutors of the portal expressed doubts that more than a million people took part in this event in the central square of the capital of the republic in front of the Chechnya Heart mosque.

“We were in the center of Grozny on September 4 from 09:00 in the morning, although the rally itself began only at 11:00,” the Portal quotes a promotion named Yusup. “There were a lot of people, they brought in buses from a variety of areas. They missed everyone without problems. Some began to leave even before the start of the action, it was quite hot and waited in the sun, when the stream of leaving began to grow, the police simply She blocked the street and did not let anyone out of the territory where the rally was organized.

Another member of the rally, a resident of the Grozny by the name of the Sultan, said: "The people gathered a lot, but no one took care to provide people at least with water. They waited for a long time. The management was blocked around the perimeter for a long time, posts stood several quarters from the Chechen Heart, before which they did not give a rally.

According to him, even those who complained about the poor health of women were returned back. “One woman was taken away from there, after some time,” Sultan said. “My friend and I were able to leave in a circular way through the courtyards, taking advantage of the moment when the police stood there were distracted. Otherwise, we would have to stand before dinner.”

The Caucasian Knot correspondent himself witnessed how, within 30-40 minutes, three ambulances have proceeded from the venue in the direction of the ninth city hospital of the Grozny, the publication notes.

Almost from all regions of the republic, they brought to the action to the Terrible people. From the municipalities, people were taken by buses, and at the rally each district designated itself with a large banner with the name, the portal writes.

“Myanmas issued posters and banners with various inscriptions in support of Muslims at the square,” the rally named Madin said. “They gathered a lot of people, but there were hardly a million people there. Such a number of people in a small area and even adjacent streets would hardly fit.”

The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs previously stated that 1.1 million people gathered in Grozny, that is, 378% of the city’s population or 78% of the Chechen population: according to Rosstat, about 1.4 million people live in the republic, and 291 thousand inhabitants live in Grozny. At the same time, eyewitnesses said that tens of thousands of people took part in the rally.

Residents of Chechnya are driven to a new rally in Grozny

Meanwhile, representatives of various budgetary organizations and educational institutions of Chechnya said that on September 6, another large -scale action was planned in Grozny, in which they were obliged to take part.

“Yesterday we were warned that on September 6 it would be necessary to take part in another rally, which will be held on the occasion of the celebration of the Republic Day,” the “Caucasian knot” quotes an employee of one of the Grozny universities. “The turnout, like yesterday, is strictly required.”

Earlier, the Chechen press reported that Muslims from all over the Caucasus gathered for a rally in Grozny. Other media claimed that civil servants, even on vacation, as well as students, schoolchildren, teachers and ordinary citizens, were attracted to participation in the event.

Teachers of Grozny schools told reporters about the abolition of classes on September 4, "because we must participate in a rally against Muslim murders in Myanmar" and attract "as many people, parents and students of grades 9-11 as possible."