The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has accepted a request to investigate the actions of security forces against Mintsayeva.
In response to an appeal from State Duma Deputy Ksenia Goryacheva, the Russian Prosecutor's Office announced that the republican agency had been instructed to conduct an investigation. The Chechen Prosecutor's Office reported that the appeal had been accepted for review.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the Investigative Committee must review the grounds for Belkisa Mintsayeva's detention in Chechnya, as the kidnapping charge in this case is inconsistent with law enforcement practice, State Duma Deputy Nina Ostanina stated in a letter to the head of the Investigative Committee. She asked for information about Mintsayeva's whereabouts and condition, and to seek a mitigation of her pre-trial detention.
On April 14, Lidiya Mikhalchenko, head of the human rights project "Motherless Caucasus," reported that security forces had detained 33-year-old Belkisa Mintsayeva in the Nadterechny District of Chechnya "without any grounds." According to the human rights activist, Mintsayeva's children are with her ex-husband. Mintsayeva arrived in Chechnya under pressure from security forces, who threatened to send her brother to the SVO. Activists subsequently reported that Mintsayeva was under arrest at a Chechen police station, where lawyers were being denied access to her and were being intimidated. The prolonged lack of contact with Belkisa Mintsayeva, who was detained in Chechnya, and the lack of information about her legal status pose a serious threat, a human rights activist and lawyer interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated.
Ksenia Goryacheva, a member of parliament from the New People party, contacted the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office regarding the disappearance of Belkisa Mintsayeva. On May 12, the Chechen Prosecutor's Office accepted a request to conduct an investigation into suspected illegal actions against Belkisa, according to the human rights group Marem.
The "Motherless Caucasus" project published screenshots of official responses to an appeal by State Duma deputy Ksenia Goryacheva from the New People party to Russian Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan. On May 8, First Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Anatoly Razinkin announced that the Chechen Republic Prosecutor General had been instructed to conduct an investigation into the fate of Mintsayeva and her minor children and inform the deputy of the results.
On May 12, Deputy Prosecutor of Chechnya Anishchenko informed the deputy that the appeal had been accepted for consideration. As of May 25, no further responses to the inquiries have been received, writes "Caucasus Without a Mother."
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