One of the participants in the Ingush protest had her arrest extended at a closed meeting

The Essentuki city court extended for three months, until June 11, the arrest of one of the leaders of the Ingush protest, Zarifa Sautiyeva. This is reported by "Caucasian Knot".

The meeting was held behind closed doors, only the participants in the process were allowed to attend - Sautiyeva herself, the investigator and the lawyer. Sautiyeva's lawyer Magomed Bekov considers the closed session unlawful:

“According to Article 241 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the meetings must be open. There must be good reason for closing a meeting. This is mainly due to the safety of participants in the process or the participation of a minor in the case. There are certain compositions according to which the court can declare the session closed, but this is not the case," the words of the lawyer "Caucasian Knot" convey.

Sautiyeva's relatives reported that the investigators did not allow her to visit her in the Nalchik pre-trial detention center either.

41-year-old Zarifa Sautiyeva is accused of organizing violence that is dangerous to health (part 3 of article 33, part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) because of a rally in Magas last spring and of participating in an extremist community (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in connection with the community of IKNE (Ingush Committee of National Unity). She has been in custody since July 12, 2019, in the Nalchik pre-trial detention center.

On March 25, the Stavropol Regional Court on appeal upheld the arrest of Zarifa Sautiyeva, reports . MBKh Media

The defense asked to release Sautiyeva from the pre-trial detention center so as not to increase the risk of her contracting the coronavirus.

• On March 5, in Ingushetia, was detained the 42nd person involved in the Ingush “bolotnaya case” . He is suspected under an article on the use of violence dangerous to health against a security official (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code).
• The courts have already issued 22 sentences to protesters against the transfer of part of the Ingush lands to Chechnya. Many defendants were sentenced to more than a year in prison.
• In September 2018, the authorities of Ingushetia and Chechnya signed an agreement to change the border between the republics, after which protests began in Ingushetia. On March 26, about 10,000 people came out to a rally in Magas. About two thousand protesters remained on the square all night. In the morning they began to be dispersed, as a result of which clashes broke out between the security forces and the protesters .
• The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on incitement to mass riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of life-threatening and health-threatening violence against law enforcement officers (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) immediately after the March protests in Magas in 2019. In it, according to the Human Rights Center "Memorial", 42 defendants and at least 29 defendants are in custody. *