The court arrested another participant in the protests against the transfer of part of the lands of Ingushetia to Chechnya

On July 19, the Nalchik City Court arrested Khasan Zyazikov, a participant in the March protests in Ingushetia, for two months on charges of using force against a policeman. by Reported Yug. MBKh media” with reference to lawyer Fatima Evgazhukova.

“We believe that there is no basis for the case. They refer to some eyewitness accounts, but they did not show us a single protocol of interrogations. These are all the conclusions of the security forces. This morning, my client was searched, but nothing was found. Now they want to replace me with a lawyer under an agreement with the Republic of Ingushetia, but if this does not happen and the client wants to appeal the decision, we will do it. But looking at what happens in all other similar cases, it seems pointless, ”the lawyer told the publication on the day of her arrest.

Khasan Zyazikov was detained the day before his arrest and taken to Nalchik. After that, his house was searched. The activist is charged under part 2 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against a police officer that is dangerous to health). According to the "Caucasian Knot", more than 20 people are in jail because of the March protests in Ingushetia.

• Earlier it became known about the beating of another Ingush activist, Bagaudin Myakiev, in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Nalchik, where he is being held on the same charge. Prisoners of pre-trial detention center No. 1 went on a hunger strike as a sign of solidarity.
• This week, was sent another rally participant, Zarifa Sautiyeva, to a pre-trial detention center. A criminal case was initiated against her under Part 2 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code with the application of Part 3 of Art. 33 of the Criminal Code (complicity in the use of violence against government officials).
• On March 26, in Magas, local residents held a concerted rally against the redistribution of borders with Chechnya, its participants demanded the resignation of the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. After the official end of the action, as the "Caucasian Knot" reported , about two thousand protesters remained on the square all night. On the morning of March 27, the security forces began to disperse the protesters, clashes broke out .