The human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners" has announced Zarema Musaeva to be a political prisoner; the woman is being tried in Chechnya under the articles of an assault on a law enforcer and a fraud.
The judge has dismissed the advocate's petition to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case of Zarema Musaeva, who is accused of a fraud and assault on a law enforcer.
On July 5, at least seven persons in several vehicles all day followed advocates of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya, the defenders themselves reported. They took the surveillance of law enforcers as a method of pressure and requested to launch an inspection.
A challenge to a duel offered to Ibragim Yangulbaev by a Chechen police officer contradicts Chechen traditions and looks like a bravado of a public officer, Caucasus experts Alexei Malashenko and Ruslan Kutaev point out.
Four law enforcers from Chechnya took part in the abduction of Zarema Musaeva, Ibragim Yangulbaev said, revealing their names. His brother, Abubakar Yangulbaev, entered into a public dialogue with one of these law enforcers when the latter declared that he was "ready for any form of duel."
The self-withdrawal of the third judge in the case of Zarema Musaeva indicates the unwillingness of the judiciary in Chechnya to be involved in considering the case of Musaeva, whose husband, Saidi Yangulbaev, is their former colleague, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
On July 5, a court in Grozny extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, accused of assaulting a law enforcer, until September 12. An ambulance was called for Musaeva during the trial, but doctors concluded that she could take part in the court session, her son, Abubakar Yangulbaev, has informed.
Echoes of Ukraine in Southern Russia: fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery and persecution of pacifists; transfer of Zarema Musaeva’s case to a court in Grozny; end of the strike at the “Borjomi” factories, and protest action against the current authorities in Georgia; refusal of the initiator of the protest movement in Armenia to participate in street actions, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 20-26, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has considered the complaint against the ruling of the first instance court to extend the arrest of Zarema Musaeva until July 12, and refused to satisfy it, Dmitry Kazakov, a lawyer for the "Team against Torture", has informed.
On June 10, a court in Grozny extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva; the case of her attacking a law enforcer is being checked by the prosecutor's office, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a Musaeva's son, has informed.
Doctors began treating Zarema Musaeva as prescribed, Abubakar Yangulbaev, her son, has informed, expressing his concern over his mother's custody in Grozny.
Judges of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) can use self-withdrawal as a trick to avoid participating in the trial of Zarema Musaeva; and in case of self-withdrawal of the entire court composition, the territorial jurisdiction of the case can be changed, the lawyers believe.
Dmitry Gorbovtsov, a Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, has self-withdrawn from considering the case of Zarema Musaeva, referring to close relations with her husband, a former federal judge, Saidi Yangulbaev.
Members of the Yangulbaev family have failed to receive any investigators' reaction to their threat claims, incitement of hatred and slander by top Chechen officials.