Relatives of oppositionists abducted by Chechen security forces were released

The Chechen security forces released all the relatives of the opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov. this He announced on his telegram channel.

Lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" Abubakar Yangulbaev told the "Caucasian Knot" that now only two of his relatives, Said-Emin and Said-Akhmed Yangulbaev, remain abducted.

“The detentions took place at night, with the use of violence, some were beaten, not allowed to dress, they put bags on their heads. Everything, as during the deportation in 1944. Just before the New Year, everyone was kidnapped and kept not free. And two relatives who have not yet been released have been held for about 30 days,” Yangulbaev said.

According to the "Caucasian Knot", as of January 12, opposition blogger Khasan Khalitov had five people on the list of relatives held after the abduction, and Aslan Artsuev, director of the human rights organization Human Rights Center Ichkeria, had four.

reported the disappearance of his relatives On December 22, the Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov . made a similar statement The next day blogger Minkail Malizaev saying that his loved ones had been kidnapped and tortured. On December 24, Aslan Artsuev , a Chechen activist and director of the human rights organization Human Rights Center Ichkeria, announced the detention of relatives by Chechen security forces . On the same day, another opposition blogger Khasan Khalitov reported about the kidnapping of relatives . lawyer of the human rights organization "Committee against Torture", announced the kidnapping of 37 of his relatives On December 25 Abubakar Yangulbaev, .

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• Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov left Russia in 2015 due to a conflict with a relative of the head of Chechnya. In Russia, he was put on the federal wanted list on charges of participating in illegal armed formations in Syria. The blogger claims that he has never been there. On his YouTube channel, the blogger actively criticizes the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

• In 2019, Magomed Daudov, speaker of the Chechen parliament, called Abdurakhmanov and tried to find out his address. Later, according to the BBC, Daudov published a video where he announces a blood feud to the blogger. The speaker later deleted the video, and the Chechen authorities denied the threats.

• In February 2020, an unknown person attempted to attack Tumso Abdurakhmanov in Sweden. The killer entered the apartment where Abdurakhmanov was sleeping and hit him on the head with a hammer, but he woke up and was able to fight back the attacker. As a result, the victim neutralized the unknown person and, with the help of neighbors, called the police.