The Ministry of Justice found violations in the work of the Ingush human rights organization "Mashr"

In Ingushetia, the Ministry of Justice found nine violations in the work of the human rights organization Mashr, the Caucasian Knot reports , citing the head of the organization, Magomed Mutsolgov.

In particular, the department found violations in the organization’s charter and demanded that they be eliminated. In turn, Mutsolgov said that the charter was registered 15 years ago and at that time it complied with all standards.

“The fact that now some official is trying to find violations to please the customer, without taking into account the date of drawing up the charter and the date of its registration, speaks more of unjustified bureaucratic zeal than of the fact that the violations brought against the Mashr organization can be considered legal.” , said Mutsolgov.

In May, the Ministry of Justice announced an unscheduled inspection of a human rights organization at the request of the prosecutor's office. At the same time, the scheduled inspection was supposed to take place in July. Mutsolgov called this decision “one of the elements of repression that is now taking place in Ingushetia.”

In April, Mutsolgov’s house and the office of the Mashr organization were searched in connection with clashes with security forces during the March protests. The human rights activist said that the security forces then seized documentation and a video surveillance system from the organization’s office.

In March, a protest in Magas against changes in the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya escalated into clashes with security forces. As a result, the Investigative Committee opened a case on the use of violence against government officials (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) and calls for mass riots (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). According to them, more than 20 activists are in pre-trial detention.