The court extended the arrest of protest participant in Ingushetia Zarifa Sautieva for two weeks.

The Essentuki City Court has extended the arrest of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautiyeva for two weeks in a criminal case over protests in Magas. This was reported by the press service of the Memorial Human Rights Center.

The court came to this decision due to the fact that the investigation of Sautiyeva's case ends on June 25. The defense side fears that the deadlines for completing the investigative measures will also be extended.

In the wake of the protests that took place in March 2019, Sautiyeva is charged with organizing violence dangerous to life and health of government officials (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code), as well as participation in an extremist community (part 2 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code).

Sautiev has been in custody since July 12, 2019; in March, her was again extended . arrest

• 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 .
• Based on the results of the rallies, the UK opened a criminal case on incitement to mass riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of violence dangerous to life and health against law enforcement officers (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). More than 20 people were sentenced to various terms. Sautiyeva and seven other people were accused of organizing the use of dangerous violence against government officials (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code with the use of part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code), as well as of involvement in the activities of an extremist community.