Movlaev's lawyers faced a ban on pickets in his support.

Kazakh lawyers for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev twice filed notices to hold solitary pickets against his extradition, but were denied.

As "Caucasian Knot reported, at the end of December 2025, the commission for reviewing asylum applications in Kazakhstan refused to grant Mansur Movlaev refugee status. This decision was appealed, and Movlaev's defense also sent appeals to the relevant UN structures with a request to suspend his extradition to Russia. On January 30, it became known that the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan decided to extradite Chechen native Mansur Movlaev to Russian security forces. The defense challenged this decision. The court has not yet considered the appeal against the denial of refugee status to Movlaev, the lawyers indicated.

The lawyers of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev, who is in Kazakhstan, were twice denied permission to hold solo pickets scheduled for February 12 to protest his extradition, Movlaev's lawyer, Rena Kerimova, told the Caucasian Knot.

"We have been denied permission to hold pickets – twice already," she said.

According to her, at least two court hearings are scheduled in February. "The court hearing scheduled for February 11 to challenge the court's decision to deny asylum has been postponed to February 26. "And on February 24, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan will hear our appeal against the decision of the Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan to extradite Mansur Movlaev. So far, we have not come up with anything else to do in this case," she noted.

Kerimova also emphasized that the lawyers have not received any response to their previously filed appeal to the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan.

Movlaev was born in 1995 in Shali. He told the lawyers that while studying at university, he helped the Chechen opposition movement "Adat" (an organization recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) with information about people abducted by Kadyrov's men. "He was persecuted for this active position," Rena Kerimova reported Movlaev's words to Kursiv Media.

In 2022, Movlaev was detained by security forces in Chechnya and held in an illegal prison. After escaping, he managed to reach Kyrgyzstan in January 2023. In August 2023, security forces in Kyrgyzstan detained Movlaev, who was wanted in Russia for financing extremist activity. A court in Bishkek sentenced Movlaev to six months in prison and subsequent deportation from the country. On November 20, 2023, Movlaev was released, but the decision to deport him remained in effect, and he voluntarily left Kyrgyzstan to avoid being sent home.

In October 2024, Mansur Movlaev reported the kidnapping of his relatives by security forces in Chechnya. "Two of my brothers, Zelimkhan and Khamzat, have been kidnapped. They are being held and tortured, in an attempt to put pressure on me," he said in a published video.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on February 11, Chechen activists in Vienna picketed the Kazakh embassy, ​​demanding that the decision to extradite Mansur Movlayev to Russia be reversed and that protection be provided to Zelimkhan Murtazov, a deserter from Chechnya, be provided. The protesters appealed to the President of Kazakhstan, urging him to consider the possible consequences for the lives, health, and safety of refugees from Chechnya.

Zelimkhan Murtazov went to the SVO to ensure the safety of his brothers, as Chechnya required that only one person from the family sign the contract. But his three-year contract was extended without his consent, and attempts were made to coerce his other brothers into signing contracts. Murtazov decided to defect. He has been in the transit zone of Astana Airport for more than 45 days and hopes to be sent to a third country. Kazakh authorities are trying to force Murtazov to leave the transit zone voluntarily. However, due to the lack of a passport, he can only fly to countries where there is a high risk of extradition to Russia, his brother pointed out, adding that he has sought help from human rights organizations.

Caucasian Knot publishes materials about human rights violations in Chechnya, Kadyrov's attacks on the opposition, and his fight against dissent in the republic on the thematic page "Dissent in Chechnya".