Zalem Musaeva is facing new charges. Her son criticized Kadyrov
The mother of a prominent critic of Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov is facing further charges, Russia's independent website The Moscow Times reported. The ailing 55-year-old woman is currently in prison and has been charged with obstructing prison operations. She could receive an additional five years in prison.
Zarema Musaeva, mother of Chechen activist Abubakar Junglebayev and wife of a former federal judge, is currently serving a five-year sentence for fraud and assaulting a police officer. The 55-year-old suffers from chronic diabetes and was hospitalized last month.
As it turns out, the woman could face up to an additional five years in prison on charges of obstructing prison operations, human rights group Crews Against Torture announced. Musaeva denied these allegations.
Chechnya. Kadyrov critic's mother goes to jail. she heard a new accusation
According to the group, investigators visited a woman in prison in the Chechnya city of Argun and questioned her about an alleged assault on a prison guard who accompanied her to the hospital.
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News of the new charges reached 55-year-old lawyer Alexander Sawin. Crew Against Torture confirmed that it does not currently have details of the new incident.
Let us recall: The European Union appealed to the Russian authorities to immediately release Musaeva. In response, the European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay compensation to a woman and her family in connection with an “arbitrary” arrest seen as retaliation for the political activities of her three sons.
Zalem Musaev. She could face many more years in prison
Abubakar, Baisangur and Ibragim Youngerbayev are all vocal critics of Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov.
Musaeva was brutally detained in the western Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. The woman was then deported to Chechnya in January 2022.
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The 55-year-old will be sentenced on July 4, 2023. On the same day, masked assailants attacked Elena Milashina, a journalist with the independent Russian newspaper Nova Gazeta, and lawyer Alexander Nemtsov, who had arrived in Grozny for the Musaeva case. He beat me severely. Court hearing.
Abubakar Junglebayev is a prominent human rights activist and lawyer for the Crew Against Torture. He regularly spoke critically about the Chechen authorities and the persecution his family experienced.
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