Police keep young woman who fled family due to domestic violence under custody, defender says she may be forcibly returned to relatives
The police are keeping Leyla Gireeva of Ingushetia, 18, under custody in Saint Petersburg. Gireeva recently left her family home due to domestic violence, as per NC SOS , Rotonda , and Marem , a human rights group. Gireeva left her family home for Saint Petersburg on 14 November. She found out several days ago that she was wanted, declared charges unknown. Today, her relatives found the apartment she has been hiding in.