Grozny. Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

13 January 2017, 19:17

HRC "Memorial": information about murder of Madina Shakhbieva, detained in Chechnya, confirmed

The information about the fact that Madina Shakhbieva, an alleged member of a group of militants, wounded during a special operation in Grozny, was taken away from hospital, shot dead and buried, has been confirmed by a reliable source, said the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 17, 2016, in Grozny, policemen were attacked, after which a large-scale special operation was deployed in the city, in which, according to power agents, seven suspected militants were killed and four others were detained. A source from the Chechen Ministry of Public Health reported that three wounded detainees were in hospital, but armed men took them away and killed. Among those killed was Madina Shakhbieva, born in 1998, whom law enforcers called a girlfriend of Islam Altemirov, killed in the special operation.

According to the source, law enforcers were among the relatives of the detained girl; besides, Madina's relatives "have refused from her."

Rights defenders have added that the sent requests to the prosecutor's office, Department of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, as well as to the republic's department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), asking to check the information about the murder of the detainees.

On December 31, 2016, the page of Ramzan Kadyrov in the Instagram posted a refutation of the information about the killings of the wounded detainees.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Комментирование через Кавказский узел
All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

March 14, 2025 22:55

March 14, 2025 20:40

  • ECtHR recognizes violation of media employees’ rights by Azerbaijan

    The European Court of Human Rights has found that the rights of Faig Amirov, the former financial director of the “Azadlig” opposition newspaper, and Aytadj Tapdyg, a “Meydan TV” journalist, have been violated. The European Court has obliged the authorities of Azerbaijan to pay the journalists 14,500 euros in compensation.

March 13, 2025 23:57

March 13, 2025 23:15

March 13, 2025 22:57

News archive
Пн
Вт
Ср
Чт
Пт
Сб
Вс
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6