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OSCE Calls on Russia to Investigate 'Grave' Rights Abuses in Chechnya | The Moscow Times
Ramzan Kadyrov (C) Chechen warlord and strongman.
Strongman Ramzan Kadyrov manages the Republic of Chechnya for Vladimir Putin with an iron fist. Dozens of Russian journalists, among them Anna Politkovskaya, have been murdered for reporting on the brutality of the Kadrov regime. The rumors say Kadyrov has a special personal villa dedicated to torturing regime opponents and citizens of the LGBT community. It was former Kadyrov henchmen who [supposedly] assassinated Russian political activist Boris Nemtsov within a block of the Kremlin in 2015. Kadyrov has also sent Chechen forces into eastern Ukraine. It goes without saying that Vladimir Putin will continue to turn a blind eye to these abuses in Chechnya. He prefers having the warlord Kadyrov keep the Chechen Muslims on a short and painful leash.
Related: OSCE Cites Torture, Executions Among 'Grave' Rights Violations In Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov (C) Chechen warlord and strongman.
Europe’s OSCE security body has accused Russia of shielding human rights abusers in its southern republic of Chechnya instead of investigating accusations of extrajudicial killings. Chechen authorities led by Ramzan Kadyrov have been accused of kidnapping and torturing suspected jihadists, drug users, activists and sexual minorities. An investigation into the claims by the Novaya Gazeta newspaper in January 2017 named 27 Chechens it said were subjected to extrajudicial killings in the North Caucasus republic. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said in a report Thursday that “[t]here can hardly be any doubt” that allegations of widespread human rights violations in Chechnya are credible, based on interviews with victims, witnesses, lawyers and local and international organizations. “However, no evidence could be found about cases where law enforcement officers were brought to justice,” it said.
A senior member of the U.S. mission to the OSCE said the 16 countries that called for the investigation “will remain seized of the horrific human rights situation” and keep pressing Russia to “end impunity in Chechnya.” “We urge Russia to muster the political will to do so,” acting deputy chief of mission Gregory Macris told the OSCE’s permanent council in Vienna on Thursday. Moscow’s emailed response declining the OSCE rapporteur’s request to visit Russia to draft the report called the accusations of rights abuses in Chechnya “biased and groundless.” Russia declined to appoint a second expert and called the OSCE’s so-called human dimension mechanisms “outdated and redundant.”
Strongman Ramzan Kadyrov manages the Republic of Chechnya for Vladimir Putin with an iron fist. Dozens of Russian journalists, among them Anna Politkovskaya, have been murdered for reporting on the brutality of the Kadrov regime. The rumors say Kadyrov has a special personal villa dedicated to torturing regime opponents and citizens of the LGBT community. It was former Kadyrov henchmen who [supposedly] assassinated Russian political activist Boris Nemtsov within a block of the Kremlin in 2015. Kadyrov has also sent Chechen forces into eastern Ukraine. It goes without saying that Vladimir Putin will continue to turn a blind eye to these abuses in Chechnya. He prefers having the warlord Kadyrov keep the Chechen Muslims on a short and painful leash.
Related: OSCE Cites Torture, Executions Among 'Grave' Rights Violations In Chechnya