The court in Makhachkala dismissed the cases of human rights activist Anokhina and shelter volunteers in Makhachkala. They were detained after a raid by Chechen security forces

The Leninsky District Court in Makhachkala dismissed administrative cases of disobedience to the police against volunteers of the shelter for victims of violence "Marem" in Makhachkala and human rights activist Svetlana Anokhina, lawyer Olga Gnezdilova reports .

Anokhina, as well as volunteers Maisarat Kilyashkhanova, Iraida Smirnova and another girl, whose name was not disclosed for security reasons, were taken to the police department after Chechen and Dagestan security forces broke into a crisis apartment (shelter) in Makhachkala and rudely kicked out everyone who was there. inside.

The women complained about the beatings. Photos of traces of violence were published by MBH-media.

Protocols were drawn up for women under Art. 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the requirements of a police officer). The cases of Anokhina, Kilyashkhanova, Smirnova and another girl were terminated due to the absence of an event of an offense.

On June 10, police officers from Dagestan and Chechnya broke into a crisis apartment in Makhachkala looking for a Chechen girl, Khalimat Taramova. According to some reports, Khalimat is the daughter of the Deputy Minister of Housing and Utilities of Chechnya, Ayub Taramov. The girl ran away from home after being beaten and threatened because of her sexual orientation. She wanted to leave for a safe place with her friend Anna Manylova from Perm and turned to the Russian LGBT Network for help.

As a result, the security forces abducted and forcibly took Khalimat to Chechnya, and Manylova was dropped off on the way to Grozny, after which she flew to St. Petersburg. Among those detained during the raid was also a minor girl - the daughter of Smirnova.

Lawyers filed applications for the kidnapping of Khalimat in Chechnya.