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Leaders of protests against changes in the borders of Ingushetia and Chechnya have their arrest extended
The Stavropol Regional Court issued a decision to extend the arrest of Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, the leaders of the protests against changing the borders of Ingushetia with Chechnya. About this writes the publication "Fortanga".
The term of arrest was extended by 17 days: both Malsagov and Chemurziev will be kept in a pre-trial detention center until at least April 12, 2020.
On March 21, the Essentuki City Court ruled to extend the detention period for Malsag Uzhakhov, the chairman of the Council of Teips, accused in the same case, until April 19, 2020, . Fortanga writes
By April 2020, it will be a year since 68-year-old Uzhakhov is being held in a pre-trial detention center. At a meeting on March 20, the defense raised the issue of medical assistance to the leader of the protests in Magas. “The court ordered the head of the investigation team to examine Uzhakhov in order to find out whether his condition worsened during his detention,” lawyer Dzhabrail Kuriev is quoted as saying.
- On April 12, 2020, it will be a year since Ingush activists Malsagov and Chemurziev were taken into custody.
- Musa Malsagov is accused of organizing an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), and Barakh Chemurziev is accused of participating in an extremist community (part 2 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Both are also charged with organizing violence against government officials (part 3 of article 33, part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). Malsag Uzhakhov is charged with organizing violence against police officers (part 3 of article 33, part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code), organizing an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and “creating an NPO that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens” ( part 2 of article 239 of the Criminal Code).
- According to Memorial, about 40 defendants are involved in the “case of protests in Ingushetia”, at least 29 of them are in custody. In a separate proceeding, the Investigative Committee singled out the case of the creation of an extremist community, in which at least 8 leaders of the March protests in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya appear.
- 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, 2019, about 10 thousand people came to the 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 .