Cases at the ECHR

label:text type:text uri:url courtnumber:text status:text violation:text location:text location2:text date:text lodged:text communicated:text admissible:text judgmentdate:text representative:text description:text imageurl:text labelurl1:text url1:text labelurl2:text url2:text labelurl3:text url3:text labelurl4:text url4:text Medova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Medova%20v.%20Russia 25385/04 Admissible Disappearance Ingushetia Village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya 2004-06-17 2004-07-16 2007-10-04 EHRAC/Memorial In the evening on 15 June 2004 Adam Medov left Nazran by car. He did not return that night. On 17 June 2004, the Medovs were informed that Adam was being detained at the Sunzhenskiy department of the Interior (ROVD) in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya. Later that evening, they were told that he had been driven to Chechnya. Adam has been missing since. The circumstances of his detention remain unclear. An investigation into his disappearance was initiated but it has not produced any results. Salatkhanova and Salatkhanov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Salatkhanova%20and%20Salatkhanov%20v.%20Russia 17945/03 Admissible Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Village of Dyshne-Vedeno 2000-04-17 2000-11-24 2007-09-20 L. Khamzayeva On 17 April 2000 at about 1 p.m. Ayub Salatkhanov, aged 16, went to the village market in Dyshne-Vedeno. A convoy of Russian military vehicles passed by. One of the servicemen raised his automatic rifle and shot at Ayub. He died on the way to the hospital. The same day, one officer was identified as the perpetrator. The criminal investigation into the murder has since been opened and closed on several occasions. In April 2005, the officer was arrested and the case committed for trial to a military court. The court has not yet delivered a judgment. Aliyeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Aliyeva%20v.%20Russia 1901/05 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Grozny 2002-10-29 2004-12-04 2007-09-21 International Protection Centre At 2.00 a.m. on 29 October 2002 around thirty armed and masked men broke the door of the Aliyevs' flat in Grozny. The servicemen awakened Abu Aliyev, forced him onto the floor and beat him. Then they took Abu with them and left. A neighbour saw the men dragging Abu, who was disabled with only one leg, to one of their vehicles before they drove away. Abu has been missing since. The official investigation into his disappearance has not produced any results. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=824210&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Khambulatova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khambulatova%20v.%20Russia 33488/04 Communicated Torture; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Village of Saveliyevskaya 2004-03-18 2004-09-15 2007-09-24 EHRAC/Memorial At about 2.30 a.m. on 18 March 2004 a group of armed men burst into the Khambulatov's house in the village of Saveliyevskaya. They searched the house and awakened Timur Khambulatov. He was handcuffed and put in a vehicle that drove away. In the morning of 19 March 2004 Timur was found dead in a cell of the department of the interior of the Naurskiy District (“the Naurskiy ROVD”). His body bore numerous signs of injuries. The investigation into his arrest and death has not produced any results. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=824209&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Arapkhanova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Arapkhanova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 2215/05 Communicated Extra-judicial execution Ingushetia Village of Galashki 2004-07-20 2004-12-30 2007-10-04 SRJI Early in the morning on 20 July 2004, a group of armed men burst into Beslan Arapkhanov's house in the village of Galashki, Ingushetia. They searched the house and dragged Beslan to the court-yard. His wife who had been locked into one of their rooms heard machine-gun fire shortly thereafter. Beslan was later found dead in the courtyard. Zelimkan Arapkhanov, Beslan's cousin, who lived close by heard the shots and went outside. The armed men started to interrogate him and beat him before leaving. The investigation into Beslan's murder has not yielded any results. Bitiyeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Bitiyeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 36156/04 Communicated Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Village of Duba-Yurt 2004-03-27 2004-10-06 2007-10-04 SRJI At around 2 a.m. on 27 March 2004, eleven inhabitants of the village of Duba-Yurt were abducted by armed men. The abduction of all eleven; Bayali and Sharip Elmurzayev, Khusin and Isa Khadzhimuradov, Lechi Shaipov, Api Murtazov, Zelimkhan Osmayev, Idris and Suleyman Elmurzayev, and Umar and Ibragim Elmurzayev, followed the same pattern. Groups of masked and armed men burst into their respective houses and forced them into their military vehicles before driving away. Three of the men, Suleyman, Umar and Ibragim Elmurzayev, were let free and returned home the same day. The other eight men never returned. On 9 April, dead bodies were discovered in the forest near the village of Serzhen-Yurt. Eight of the bodies were identified as the missing men from Duba-Yurt. The bodies bore signs of a violent death with numerous gunshot wounds. The investigation into the disappearances and executions has not produced any results. Gisayev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Gisayev%20v.%20Russia 14811/04 Communicated Torture Chechnya Grozny 2003-10-23 2004-04-19 2007-09-20 EHRAC/Memorial In the morning of 23 October 2003 at about 7 a.m. five grey UAZ vehicles arrived at the home of the Gisayev family. Around twenty or thirty masked and armed men burst inside. Several servicemen searched the house. Having examined Akhmed Gisayev's papers, they put him in one of the UAZ vehicles and drove away. After ten or fifteen minutes the vehicle stopped and Gisayev was ordered out of the vehicle. He was blindfolded and handcuffed and brought to a room where he was interrogated. When he denied involvement in any illegal activities the men beat him and attached electric wires to his hand and foot; from then on they repeatedly passed electric current through his body. They also burned him with cigarettes, beat and insulted him. The interrogations, beating, insults and electrical shocks continued, in three different locations, until 8 November when he was released after a relative paid for his release. Gisayev has since experienced major health problems. The investigation into his abduction and detention has not been efficient, it is to date unclear whether the investigation has been completed. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=823942&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Bersunkayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Bersunkayeva%20v.%20Russia 27233/03 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Urus-Martan 2001-06-13 2003-07-10 2007-07-10 EHRAC/Memorial At around 4 a.m. on 13 June 2001 in Urus-Martan, a group of servicemen arrived at the house of Ayundi Bersunkayev where his nephew Artur Bersunkayev was temporarily residing. Six armed men wearing camouflage uniforms entered the house and hit Ayundi and Artur Bersunkayev with their machine-guns. Artur Bersunkayev lost consciousness. They then tied his hands and covered his mouth and eyes with adhesive tape. Ayundi Bersunkayev was allowed to go back to his room, when he returned Artur Besunkayev was gone. Neighbors state that they saw Artur Besunkayev being forced into one of the military vehicles before they drove away. His relatives has not seen him since. The criminal investigation into his case has not produced any results. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=821708&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Ayubov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Ayubov%20v.%20Russia 7654/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Grozny 2000-01-19 2002-01-31 2007-07-05 EHRAC/Memorial When his parents fled hostilities in Grozny in the winter 1999-2000, Adam Ayubov stayed behind to look after the family's house and property. On 19 January 2000, a group of soldiers arrived in the street where the house was located. They checked the residents' documents and ordered three men, including Ayubov, to get into their Ural military truck before they drove away. About an hour later the same truck and soldiers returned and destroyed the house and two cars using a flame-thrower. The two men who were detained with Ayubov were released later that day stating that they had been detained by a unit of the Special Police Force (OMON). Ayubov is still missing. His relatives applied to prosecutors at various levels and other administrative bodies but never received any substantive information about the investigation into his disappearance. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=821724&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Goygova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Goygova%20v.%20Russia 74240/01 .Decided Extra-judicial execution; Torture Chechnya City of Grozny, Staropromyslovsky district 2000-01-19 2006-05-18 2007-10-04 SRJI When the applicant's mother was wounded by shrapnel in the Staropromyslovsky district in the city of Grozny on 19 January 2000, three men including the applicant's brother tried to take her out of Grozny in a wheel barrow. A witness saw the three men with the wheel barrow being stopped by Russian military servicemen. Without warning a serviceman shot the applicant's mother in the head and the three men were taken away. Their bodies were discovered in garage nearby on 10 February. The bodies had numerous gunshot wounds. Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into the summary executions, but the investigation has not been meaningful.

The two men detained together with the applicant's brother were Khamid Khashiyev and Rizvan Taymeskhanov. The European Court of Human Rights held Russia responsible for their deaths in the case Khashiyev and Akayeva v. Russia, (57942/00 and 57945/00).

Dozens of people were killed in the Staropromyslovsky district in the relevant period. The following cases are also related: Goncharuk v. Russia (58643/00), Makhauri v. Russia, (58701/00), Tangiyeva v. Russia, (57941/00, 58699/00, and 60403/00). http://www.srji.org/i/events/news/34.jpg Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=824147&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=805956&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 HRW: Civilian Killings http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/russia_chechnya/ Goncharuk v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Goncharuk%20v.%20Russia 58643/00 .Decided Extra-judicial execution Chechnya City of Grozny, Staropromyslovsky district 2000-01-19 2006-05-18 2007-10-04 EHRAC/Memorial On 19 January 2000, the federal forces carried out a massive attack on the Staropromyslovskiy district in Grozny. Yelena Goncharuk and five other persons hid in a cellar to avoid the shelling. When the shelling subsided, several military servicemen ordered them out of the cellar. The soldiers told them that they should be killed and subsequently commanded them back into their hiding place. Shortly thereafter, tear-gas grenades were thrown into the cellar. The six persons were then asked to come out again one by one. As they did, the soldiers shot at them with machine guns. Goncharuk lost consciousness. When she awoke, she discovered that the others were dead. She had gunshot wounds in her legs and chest, and later had to undergo surgery. An official investigation into the summary executions was opened but it has not been meaningful. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=824143&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=805979&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Makhauri v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Makhauri%20v.%20Russia 58701/00 .Decided Extra-judicial execution Chechnya City of Grozny, Staropromyslovsky district 2000-01-22 2006-05-18 2007-10-04 EHRAC/Memorial On 22 January 2000, Kheyedi Makhauri returned to the Staropromyslovskiy district in Grozny with two other women, Larisa and Nura. They had decided to return after having watched a Russian TV channel broadcast the news that the federal forces had full control of their settlement, and that it was hence safe to return. The women wanted to check on the houses that they had left behind. Turning a street corner, they came across a large group of soldiers who were taking valuables out of the houses and stacking them into armoured personnel carriers. The soldiers stopped the women, covered their eyes and escorted them into a courtyard. Two soldiers suddenly started to shoot at them with machine guns. Makhauri lost consciousness. When she woke up, she had lost a lot of blood. A bullet had entered her arm and exited her neck. Larisa and Nura were both dead, killed by several gunshots. The official investigation has not produced any conclusive results. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=824145&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=805957&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Vakayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Vakayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 2220/05 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Duba-Yurt 2001-03-15 2004-12-30 2007-09-20 SRJI On 15 March 2001 at about 12.45 p.m., two APC's and several other military vehicles arrived at the Vakayevs' home in the village of Duba-Yurt, Chechnya. Around thirty armed men got out of the vehicles and opened fire. Shamil Vakayev and his neighbour, Ms. Ch. were wounded. Then the armed men beat Salambek Tatayev, Ramzan Dudayev, Yunus Abdurzakov, Shamil Vakayev who were in the house. Shamkhan Vakayev was captured in an upstairs bedroom. The five men were thereafter brought outside and put in the military vehicles that drove away. They have all been missing since. The investigation into their disappearances has not yielded any results. On 2 April 2005, a group of armed masked men burst into the Vakayevs' home. This time, Shamshudi Vakayev were forced to come with them as they left. He has not been seen since. It remains unclear whether his case has been investigated to date. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=823944&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Albekov and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Albekov%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 68216/01 Admissible Death due to negligence; Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Village of Akhkinchu-Barzoy 2007-09-13 EHRAC/Memorial Between March 2000 апd February 2001 military unit no. 73881-2 was stationed near the village of Akhkinchu-Bazzoy in Chechnya. The military unit occupied land used by the residents for tillage and pasture and soldiers mined the arеа around the unit. On 23 October 2000, Vakhazhi Albekov went out to collect the family's cattle but never returned home. The villagers went out to search for him. He was found dead the next day, the upper part of his body disfigured by an explosion. In the course of the search for him, Khasayn Minkailov, Mr. I, Mr. Sh. M., and Nokha Uspanov were injured by two mines exploding in the forest. Khasyan Minkailov died of the injuries sustained whereas Mr. SH. M., and Nokha Uspanov both had to have their right legs amputated. On 11 January 2001, Nokha Uspanov was detained during a sweeping operation together with Vakhazhi Albekov's brother. The police beat them up and questioned them about the death of Vakhazhi Albekov. Nokha Uspanov subsequently disappeared and was found dead in the end of January. The criminal investigations into their cases have to this date not produced any results. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=824235&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Zabiyeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Zabiyeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 35052/04 Communicated Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Ingushetia Galishky 2003-06-10 2003-11-11 2007-09-05 SRJI In the evening of 10 June 2003, Tamara Zabiyeva and her sons, Ali and Umar Zabiyev, were driving home. Their lorry approached the Galashky village when it came under heavy fire. Umar, the driver, was wounded and lost control of the vehicle that crashed into a tree. His brother ran to the village for help. Returning with policemen and villagers some forty minutes later, he found his mother lying on the ground but Umar had disappeared. Villagers found him dead in the forest the next day. His body had gunshot wounds and bruises. The criminal investigation into his murder has not produced any results. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=823658&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 HRW: Spreading Despair http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/russia0903/ Musayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Musayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 74239/01 .Decided Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Urus-Martan 2000-08-08 2001-09-20 2006-06-01 2007-07-26 L. Khamzayeva On 8 August 2000 a Russian armoured personnel carrier (APC) was attacked and blown up in the vicinity of Gekhi and the military responded with a "sweeping" operation in the village. During this operation, an armed man entered the Musayev family's house and the military strafed the house using machine-guns and grenade launchers. After the armed man was killed, the military detained and took with them Ali and Umar Musayev. On 13 September 2000, the relatives discovered the remains of Ali and Umar together with two other men in a mass grave indicated to them by military servicemen. All the bodies bore signs of violent death. The authorities admit to having detained the brothers, but claim that they were later released. The authorities know the hull number of the APC that was used in the operation and they know what military units took part. However, the investigation has failed to identify who detained and subsequently killed the Musayev brothers. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=821572&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=806208&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Musayev, Labazanova and Magomadov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Musayev%2C%20Labazanova%20and%20Magomadov%20v.%20Russia 57941/00; 58699/00; 60403/00 .Decided Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Novye Aldy 2005-12-13 2007-07-26 EHRAC/Memorial On 5 February 2000 Russian forces began a "mopping-up" operation in the district of Novye Aldy in Grozny. In the course of the operation dozens of civilians were killed and numerous houses were burnt down. The three applications, which the Court joined into one case, concern the killing of 11 people that day: Yusup Musayev witnessed seven of his relatives being killed in Novye Aldy. Suleyman Magomadov and Tamara Magomodova who had fled the hostilities later found out that Magodev's two brothers, one of them married to Magomodova, had both been shot to death. Khasan Abdulmazhidov and Malika Labazanova, husband and wife, witnessed the execution of Abdulmazhidov's sister and brother. The servicemen set their house and barn on fire before they left. The criminal investigation into the extra-judicial excecutions has not produced any tangible results.

On 12 October 2006, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the case Estamirov and Others v. Russia, holding the Russian government reponsible for the extra-judicial execution of five family members of the Estamirov family in Novy Aldy on the same day. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=821526&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=791388&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 HRW: A Day of Slaughter http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/russia_chechnya3/ Magomadov and Magomadov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Magomadov%20and%20Magomadov%20v.%20Russia 68004/01 .Decided Disappearance Chechnya Village of Kurchaloy 2005-11-24 2007-07-12 EHRAC/Memorial On 2 October 2000 an armed unit of the Federal Service Agency arrived at the Magomadov's house in the village of Kurchaloy. Ayubkhan Magomadov was arrested and driven away. He has not been seen since. His family immediately complained about his disappearance to several state agencies. A criminal investigation was opened but it failed to identify his whereabouts or the persons responsible for his abduction. In April 2004, Ayubkhan's brother, Yakub Magomadov, was in Moscow. On 19 April, he contaced his relatives for the last time. A month later, his family recieved a note from him saying that he was detained in the Russian military base in Khankala. However, the Russian authorities deny that they have had anything to do with his disappearance. The criminal inevstigation into his case has not produced any results. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=820315&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=791078&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Summary http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/ehrac/ehrac-litigation/case-summaries/chechnya/magomadov-&-magomadov-v-russia.cfm Musikhanov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Musikhanov%20v.%20Russia 27243/03 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Village of Urus-Martan 2002-11-09 2005-06-07 2007-07-10 SRJI At 3 o'clock in the morning on 9 November 2002 several members of the Russian armed forces entered a home in the village of Urus-Martan where they conducted an illegal search checked the documents of each family member and detained twenty-six year old Vakhid Musikhanov. He was driven away in a military vehicle and has not been seen or heard from since. The criminal investigation into his disappearance has been suspended and re-opened repeatedly but the investigation has not produced any meaningful results. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=821707&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Alikhadzhiyeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Alikhadzhiyeva%20v.%20Russia 68007/01 .Decided Disappearance Chechnya Town of Shali 2000-05-17 2005-12-08 2007-07-05 EHRAC/Memorial On 17 May 2000 at 11.15 a.m. several armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of the Russian forces surrounded the house of Ruslan Alikhadzehiyev, speaker of the Chechen parliament from 1997 to 1999, while two helicopters hovered above the district. Around twenty armed men in camouflage uniforms entered the house. They handcuffed Alikhadzehiyev, took him to one of the APCs and drove away towards Grozny. Five of his neighbours were abducted together with him. At their subsequent release they stated that they had been blindfolded and questioned about Alikhadzehiyev. Alikhadzehiyev was separated from the other men in detention. Alikhadzehiyev's family has had no news from him since. The official investigation into his case did not produce any results, it was adjourned in 2004 as no perpetrators could be identified. On 5 July 2007, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the disappearance, and presumed death, of Alikhadzehiyev. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819766&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=791382&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Summary http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/ehrac/ehrac-litigation/case-summaries/chechnya/alikhadzhieva-v-russia.cfm Lyanova and Aliyeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Lyanova%20and%20Aliyeva%20v.%20Russia 12713/02; 28440/03 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya City of Grozny 2000-06-28 2005-01-05 2007-06-20 EHRAC/Memorial; SRJI On 28 June 2000 a Russian Ministry of Interior unit detained then fifteen-year-old Islam Dombaev and two of his friends Murat Lianov and Timur Tabzhanov. Dombaev's mother has been looking for her son ever since. Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance but have failed to question key witnesses. Although the investigation established the units involved in the boys' detention prosecutors did not identify any suspects in the disappearance and the investigation was subsequently suspended. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=821321&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Bitiyeva and X v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Bitiyeva%20and%20X%20v.%20Russia 57953/00; 37392/03 .Decided Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Naursky district, Kalinovskaya 2003-05-21 2005-10-20 2007-06-21 EHRAC/Memorial At around 3.30 a.m. on 21 May 2003 a group of armed men, by witnesses recognized as the special forces, entered the house of Zura Bitiyeva in Kalinovskaya. Within minutes, several sounds of muffled blows were heard. Bitiyeva's son later found the bodies of his mother, father, brother, and uncle inside the house. The criminal investigation into the killings failed to follow leads to identify the perpetrators. Full autopsies on the bodies were never conducted. The investigation was further adjourned and reopened on several occasions over the years. Before she was killed, Bitiyeva had lodged a complaint with the ECHR concerning ill-treatment in detention. The complaint referred to events in January and February 2000 when she, as well as her son, were detained at the Chernokozovo detention facility. Her detention was never linked to any criminal investigation. In detention, she was kept in a small cell with many other women. They did not recieve any medical attention. Bitiyeva witnessed how other detainees were beaten and humiliated and could sometimes hear her son's screams when he was beaten outside her cell. NGO reports and statements from the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture support the allegations of ill-treatment in Chernokozovo. The Russian authorities has not investigated the allegations, nor taken steps to provide redress to Bitiyeva and other detainees. On 21 June 2007, the ECHR held Russia responsible for Bitiyeva's illegal detention, the inhuman and degrading treatment she suffered during detention, and for her subsequent death. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819060&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=790330&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Summary http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/ehrac/ehrac-litigation/case-summaries/chechnya/bitiyeva-and-x-v-russia.cfm Israilova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Israilova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 35079/04; 4571/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Grozny; Village of Khankala 2003-02-13; 2002-12-30 2004-08-23; 2003-12-04 2007-06-18; 2007-06-15 SRJI Early in the morning on 13 February 2003 forty armed men broke into the apartment of Ilyas Yansuyev in Grozny. They searched the flat and beat several of the awoken family members. When they left, they took Ilyas Yansuyev and his brother, Isa Yansuyev, with them. The brothers were loaded into Armoured Personnel Carriers that drove towards Khankala. The Yansuyev brothers have not been seen since. An official investigation into their case was opened but it has not produced any results.; On 30 December 2002, Adlan Dovtayev was driving from Grozny to Urus-Martan with four acquaintances. Sharpuddin Israilov followed the same route accompanied by three police officers. At about 5.00 p.m. when Dovtayev's car was around 1000 metres from federal military check-point no. 18, two armoured personnel carriers ("APCs") crossed its path. The passengers of the APCs, armed men wearing camouflaged uniforms and masks, fired at the car and forced it to stop. Dovtayev and his passengers were forcibly loaded into the APCs. At about 5.30 p.m. Israilov's car approached the same military check-point. About 1000 metres from the check-point, a group of armed men forced the car to stop. The men fired at the car with machine-guns wounding Israilov and two of his passengers. The four men were thereafter driven to the woods were the APCs were parked. On the way, one of the wounded passengers died. All apprehended men, including Dovtayev and Israilov, were driven to the Khankala military federal base. The servicemen interrogated the detainees, beat and tortured them with electricity forcing them to confess in participation in a terrorist attack. On 31 December 2002, Dovtayev and Israilov were blindfolded and put in an UAZ vehicle that drove away. They have not been seen since. Their families have requested assistance in establishing their whereabouts from numerous official bodies but to no avail. The criminal investigation into their case has not produced any results. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819552&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Saydaliyeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Saydaliyeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 41498/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Serzhen-Yurt 2002-04-16 2004-11-02 2007-06-18 SRJI On 16 April 2002, the Saydaliyev family gathered their relatives at their house in the village of Serzhen-Yurt for the funeral of a family member. At about 1.00 p.m. two armoured personnel carriers (''APCs'') and three Ural vehicles arrived at the house. Around fifty or sixty armed men in camouflage uniforms descended from them. They blocked the gates to the courtyard and lined up all men against the wall to check their identity papers. When they left, they took Vakha Saydaliyev with them. He has been missing since. Witnesses have later stated that they have seen him in a military detention facility. The official investigation into his case has not produced any results. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819558&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Abdurzakova and Abdurzakov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Abdurzakova%20and%20Abdurzakov%20v.%20Russia 35080/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Urus-Martan 2002-10-25 2004-08-19 2007-06-15 SRJI At about 3.00 a.m. on 25 October 2002 barking dogs awoke the Abdurzakov family in their house in Urus-Martan. Thirty armed men wearing camouflaged uniforms and masks had gathered in their courtyard. The men entered and searched the house. When they left they took Vakha Abdurzakov, the son in the family, with them. He has not been seen since. A few days before his apprehension, a woman visited the family demanding 400 U.S. dollars to prevent the arrest of Abdurzakov. The family did not pay as Abdurzakov had not been involved in any illegal activities. The woman returned a few days after his disappearance, now demanding 3000 U.S. dollars for his release from the military commander's office. Abdurzakov's parents paid but their son did not return. The woman has later testified that Abdurzakov was detained in the military commander's office and that she gave the money to two named wardens. However, the criminal investigation has not produced any results. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819552&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Idalovy v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Idalovy%20v.%20Russia 41515/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Akhkinchu-Borzoy 2002-11-22 2004-10-06 2007-06-14 SRJI At about 6.00 a.m. on 22 November 2002 an armoured personnel carrier, an infantry battle vehicle and an Ural vehicle arrived at the Idalov's house in the village of Akhkinchu-Borzoy. A group of armed men wearing masks and camouflage uniforms descended from the cars and started to break the entrance door and windows. Inside the house, they hit Agdulmusum Idalov, tied his arms and pointed a machine-gun at him. Thereafter, they entered the room of his son, Marvan Idalov, a graduate student of secondary school. They tied his arms, put a sack on his head and took him with them in one of their vehicles. Marvan Idalov has not been seen since. Neighbours have submitted that the vehicles drove towards the base of military unit no. 24 which was located near the village The investigation into his disappearance has not produced any results. Communication http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819559&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Akhiyadova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Akhiyadova%20v.%20Russia 32059/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Village of Makhketi 2002-02-13 2005-06-02 2007-06-07 SRJI On 13 February 2002, a group of armed military servicemen broke into the house of the Khumaidov family in the village of Makhketi. When the servicemen left, they took Magomed and Kharon Khumaidov with them. The investigation into the disappearance has not produced any results. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819628&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Atabayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Atabayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 26064/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Village of Tsa-Vedeno 2001-05-03 2005-06-02 2007-06-07 SRJI On 3 May 2001 during a special operation in the village of Tsa-Vedeno Russian federal forces detained Ramzan Kukuev. After his detention his wife appealed to various authorities in an attempt to establish his whereabouts or his fate but all of her attempts were in vain. The procuracy opened a criminal investigation into his disappearance but failed to conduct a thorough and effective investigation. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=819624&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Tagirovy v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Tagirovy%20v.%20Russia 20580/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Urus-Martan 2003-02-07 2004-05-07 2007-05-30 SRJI At about 3 a.m. on 7 February 2003 around twenty masked men wearing camouflage uniforms burst into the courtyard of the Tagirov family. The men were armed with sniper rifles equipped with silencers. A group of the men broke into the house and compelled the family to proceed to the courtyard. All family members, except Movsar Tagirov, the family's oldest son and a Chechen special task force trainee, were then forced back into the house. From the inside, they could see how the servicemen led Movsar Tagirov to the UAZ and Ural vehicles parked nearby. Movsar Tagirov has been missing since. The official investigation into his disappearance has not yielded any results. Bantayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Bantayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 20727/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Komsomolskoye 2003-01-02 2004-05-18 2007-05-30 SRJI Early in the morning on 2 January 2003, a group of masked men wearing camouflage uniforms and armed with machine guns broke into the house of Abubakar Bantayev in the village of Komsomolskoye. The men seized some valuables and took Abubakar with them in an UAZ vehicle. Shortly thereafter, the same operation was repeated in the nearby house of his brother, Salman Bantayev. Salman was forced into an UAZ vehicle that drove towards Guedermes. The brothers have not been seen since. A criminal investigation was opened but it was later suspended for a failure to identify those responsible. Zakriyeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Zakriyeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 20583/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Aldy 2002-06-25 2004-05-18 2007-05-24 SRJI On 25 June 2005, Aslanbek Khamzayev was stopped by a group of armed men at a Russian military checkpoint near the village of Aldy. Khamzayev was ordered to leave his car and was put into one of several armoured personnel carriers. The carriers drove towards Grozny and entered the military commander's office in the Zavodsky District of Grozny. Khamzayev has not been seen since. Despite his family's tireless inquiries concerning his whereabouts, the official investigation has not produced any results. Elsiyev and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Elsiyev%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 21816/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Tsotsi-Yurt 2002-09-07 2003-06-19 2007-05-14 SRJI From 2 to 7 September 2002 Russian federal forces carried out a large-scale mop-up operation in the village of Tsotsi Yurt, Chechnya. Several people were detained during the operation, including Salakh Elsiyev, Iskhadzhi Demelkhanov, Adam Boltiyev, Dzhabrail Debishev, Lom-Ali Abubakarov, Ramzan Madiyev, Akhmed Demilkhanov and Aslambek Agmerzayev. When the operation ended on 7 September, most of the detainees were released. The eight people mentioned above, however, have disappeared. An investigation into the disappearances was opened, but it has not produced any tangible results. Khaydayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khaydayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 1848/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Duba-Yurt 2002-06-09 2003-11-26 2007-05-14 SRJI On 9 June 2002 at 3 pm Suliman Malikov, Adlan Khatuyev, Sayd-Salu Akhmatov and Mansur Ismailov were stopped at a checkpoint manned by federal forces in Duba-Yurt, Chechnya. The men were detained and placed in a truck, which drove away escorted by an armored personnel carrier. The relatives of the detained men managed to establish that they had been detained by battlion no. 348 of the Ministry of the Interior. Over the next couple of years the authorities several times admitted that the five had been detained by federal forces, but nobody has been held responsible for the detention and the prosecutor's office responsible for the investigation denies that they were detained by federal forces. http://www.srji.org/files/timeline/pics/khadaevsmall.jpg Nasukhanova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Nasukhanova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 5285/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Pervomayskaya 2003-02-03 2004-01-22 2007-05-11 SRJI At about 2.00 a.m. on 3 February 2003 four armoured personnel carriers ("APCs") and four Ural vehicles pulled up in front of a house in the village of Pervomayskaya and around thirty armed men wearing camouflage uniforms broke into it. When they left, they took Ruslan Kasumov with them. The military servicemen detained one more person that night. They both disappeared. Akhmadova and Sadulayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Akhmadova%20and%20Sadulayeva%20v.%20Russia 40464/02 .Decided Disappearance Chechnya Argun 2001-03-12 2007-05-10 SRJI During a March 2001 sweep operation in Argun, Russian federal forces detained Shamil Akhmadov, along with at least ten other men. Although the dead bodies of four of the men were found days later outside the Khankala military base, Akhmadov's relatives searched for him for over a year. In May 2002, they found his remains, bearing signs of extrajudicial execution, in a vacant lot on the outskirts of Argun. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=816680&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=788790&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Dolsayev and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Dolsayev%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 10700/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Martan-Chu 2002-10-21 2007-05-07 SRJI At about 4.00 a.m. on 21 October 2002 around thirty men wearing camouflage uniforms and masks and armed with machine-guns entered the Dolsayevs' courtyard. The servicemen ordered the Dolsayev men to stand along the wall, checked everyone's identity papers and seized Beslan Dolsayev's duty gun. Some of them searched the house without producing any warrant. Then the servicemen instructed Beslan, Rizvan, Rizavdi and Shuddi Dolsayev to proceed to the courtyard not allowing the latter to get dressed and loaded them in the APC. The four brothers have not been seen since. The investigation into their disappearance have not produced any results. Akhmadov and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Akhmadov%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 21586/02 Admissible Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Komsomolskoe 2001-10-27 2007-05-03 SRJI On 27 October 2001 Zalina Mezhidova and Amkhad Gekhaev were driving home from a turnip field in Komsomolskoe when military helicopters opened fire on their car. Although soldiers took them away alive though injured the military returned their dead bodies both missing limbs to the families several days later. The official investigation has failed to identify any suspects in the case and the military procuracy informed the applicants that no wrongdoing had been found in the 27 October operation. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=817582&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Yusupova and Zaurbekov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Yusupova%20and%20Zaurbekov%20v.%20Russia 22057/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya October district, City of Grozny 2000-10-17 2007-05-03 SRJI On 17 October 2000 Abdulkasim Zaurbekov entered the temporary police precinct in the October district of Grozny to collect his pay for work done at the precinct as a car mechanic. Zaurbekov never exited the police precinct and remains missing to this day. Zaurbekov's wife Roza Yusupova has unsuccessfully looked for her husband ever since. Russian prosecutors launched a criminal investigation but the investigation has yielded no results. Admissibilty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=817581&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Khadzhialiyevy and Yelikhanova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khadzhialiyevy%20and%20Yelikhanova%20v.%20Russia 3013/04 Communicated Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Village of Samashki 2002-12-15 2007-04-11 SRJI Between 14 and 15 December 2002, military servicemen into the house of the Khadzhialiyev family in the village of Samashki, Chechnya. The armed men forced Ramzan and Rizvan Khadzhialieyv out of their beds and onto the floor where they beat them with their rifle butts. The brothers were then handcuffed and taken away while the other members of the family were locked in a room. On 22 December 2002, fragments of human bodies were found over an area of 500 square meters. It was later established that the remains originated from corpses that had been decapitated and then exploded. The remains were identified as belonging to the Khadzhialiyev brothers. The investigation has produced no results. Dangayeva and Taramova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Dangayeva%20and%20Taramova%20v.%20Russia 1896/04 Communicated Extra-judicial execution Chechnya City of Grozny 2002-10-23 2007-04-11 SRJI On 23 October 2002, Saikhasan Dangayev, a senior bailiff, was at his home in Grozny together with his family when 9-10 armed men in camouflage and masks entered the family's courtyard asking whether there were any weapons in the house. While Dangayev showed them his officer's badge, one of the servicemen was shouting at a woman present, using swearwords. When Dangayev told the man to watch his language, the servicemen started hitting him. When Dangayev made a grab for his duty weapon, the servicemen shot him several times and then left the courtyard. Dangayev died several minutes later from the wounds. An investigation into the incident has not established who carried out the alleged document check and killed Dangayev. Baysayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Baysayeva%20v.%20Russia 74237/01 .Decided Disappearance Chechnya Grozny district, Pobedinskoye 2000-03-02 2007-04-05 SRJI Russian federal troops detained Shakhid Baysayev during a sweep operation in Pobedinskoe (near Grozny) on 2 March 2000. Baysayev's wife, Asmart Baysayeva, has been looking for her husband ever since. In August 2000, armed masked men sold her a videocassette containing footage of her husband's detention. Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation, but failed to take basic and necessary steps to determine the perpetrators of the crime. The Chechnya Justice Project submitted the videotape to the prosecutor's office with a request to identify the individuals on the videotape and question them, but never received a response. On 5 April 2007, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the illegal detention, disappearance and murder of Shakhid Baysayev. http://www.srji.org/files/timeline/pics/baysayeva.jpg Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=815097&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=791283&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Video http://www.srji.org/en/news/2007/04/29/ Dikayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Dikayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 20731/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Urus-Martan 2002-07-06 2007-04-04 SRJI In the night between 5 and 6 July 2002, twelve military servicemen wearing camouflage and masks entered the house of the Dikayev family in the village of Urus-Martan. The man took Lema Dikayev out of his bed and into the corridor where they beat him. They then took Lema away and locked the rest of the family into a room. When one of the applicants managed to break out of the room, she saw that Lema was taken away on two armored personnel carriers. The servicemen returned twice during the two following days, allegedly searching the house for weapons. Lema's relatives received information from several witnesses, including police officers, that Lema had been taken to the temporary department of the interior and later transferred to the military commandant's office where he had been accused of the murder of a law enforcement agent. Lema has alter disappeared and all law-enforcement agencies deny that he was ever detained. The investigation into the disappearance has not produced any results. Magomedova and Iskhanova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Magomedova%20and%20Iskhanova%20v.%20Russia 33185/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Mesker-Yurt 2002-11-14 2007-03-29 SRJI Early in the morning of 14 November 2002, armed military servicemen in camouflage and masks arrived at the houses of Viskhadzhi Magamadov and Khasan Mezhiyev, who are neighbors and live in the village of Mesker-Yurt. The two men were forced into armored personnel carriers and driven away. The investigation into the disappearance of Magamadov and Mezhiyev has not produced any results. Ilyasova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Ilyasova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 1895/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Mesker-Yurt 2002-11-15 2007-03-29 SRJI Early in the morning of 15 November 2002, armed military servicemen in camouflage and masks arrived at the house of the Ilyasov family in the village of Mesker-Yurt. After having broken furnitures, doors and windows in the house, the servicemen detained Adam Ilyasov and took him away in one of their three armored personnel carriers. Adam Ilyasov has been missing since. The investigation into the disappearance has not produced any results. Sagayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Sagayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 4573/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Urus-Martan 2002-08-30 2007-03-29 SRJI Early in the morning of 30 August 2002, armed military servicemen in camouflage and masks arrived at the house of the Sagayev family in the village of Urus-Martan. There they detained and took away Ilias Sagayev. From their house, the family could hear the sound of armored personnel carriers as they took away Sagayev. He has not been seen since. The investigation into the disappearance has not produced any results. Tsurovy v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Tsurovy%20v.%20Russia 29958/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya City of Grozny 2003-04-26 2007-03-21 SRJI On 26 April 2003, Ibragim Tsurov was driving in his car in Grozny together with three military servicemen when his car was forced to stop by three cars, including a volga with a blue flash light. A number of masked men got out of the cars, pointed their weapons at the passengers and forced everybody out of the car. The armed men then hit Tsurov with the butt of their rifles, put him in the boot of his car and drove him away. Tsurov's relatives immediately started search for him. In July 2004, the Ingush Ministry of Interior confirmed that Tsurov had been detained by officers from the Malgobek town department of the Interior. However, Tsurov's whereabouts have not been established and nobody has been held accountable for his disappearance. Khadayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khadayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 5351/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Urus-Martan 2002-04-19 2007-03-20 SRJI Early in the morning of 19 April 2002, 12-14 men broke into the house of the Khadayev family in Urus-Martan and detained Ali Khadayev. After 11 days in detention, he was released from detention with the FSB after the relatives paid 2.000 USD as they had been requested. Khadayev was very weak after his time in detention where he been given almost no food and had been ill-treated. In the night between 4 and 5 January 2003, about 20 armed men again broke into the house of the Khadayev family. The relatives recognized one of the them as belonging to the FSB. When the servicemen left, they took with them Ali Khadayev. One of his relatives managed to follow the cars in which the servicemen traveled and saw that they stopped at the Military Commandant's Office in Urus-Martan. Russian law-enforcement agencies later denied that they had detained Ali Khadayev and he has been missing since. The investigation into his disappearance has produced no results. Khalidova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khalidova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 22877/04 Communicated Disappearance Ingushetia Village of Psedakh 2002-11-29 2007-03-19 SRJI On 29 November 2002, 10 armed men wearing camouflage uniforms and masks arrived at the factory where Isa and Shamil Khalidov worked and detained the two men without any explanation. Although a prosecutor's office in Ingushetia established that Isa and Shamil had been detained by a police unit from Chechnya under the command of a named officer, prosecutor's offices in Chechnya deny that this is the case. Isa and Shamil's whereabouts have not been established and nobody has been held accountable for their disappearance. Takhayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Takhayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 23286/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Mesker-Yurt 2002-11-13 2007-03-19 SRJI During the night of 13 November 2002, several armed men in camouflage uniform and masks broke into the house of the Takhayev family in the village of Mesker-Yurt. When they left they took Ayub Takhayev with them. The next day, the family discovered tracks from armored personnel carriers close by and several neighbors confirmed that they had seen an APC that night. The investigation into Takhayev's disappearance has produced no results. Utsayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Utsayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 29133/03 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Shali district, Novye Atagi 2002-06-02 2007-02-15 SRJI Early in the morning of 2 June 2002, Russian troops on armored personnel carriers and other military vehicles drove to the village Novye Atagi for a targeted military operation. The soldiers burst into the Utsaev home, detained Islam Utsaev, and drove him away in an APC. The troops then proceeded to detain Movsar Taisumov, Idris Abdulazimov and Masud Tovmerzaev in their respective homes. On this same day, troops also detained Said-Magomed Imakaev (see Imakayeva v. Russia). None of the men have been seen or heard from since. Authorities within the procuracy have provided only perfunctory responses in reply to the families' exhaustive inquiries as to the whereabouts of their relatives and the investigations into their disappearances. Beginning in July 2004, one of the families in the case suffered repeated raids on their home, during which federal forces beat one elderly applicant severely, threatened other family members with violence and death, and stole the vast majority of the family's household possessions. The family was forced to leave their home and relocate to another village, but continue to fear for the safety of their relatives. Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=814307&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Umarov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Umarov%20v.%20Russia 12712/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya City of Grozny, Staropromyslovsky disctrict 2000-05-27 2007-02-08 EHRAC/Memorial On 27 May 2000, around 6 a.m., a group of armed men in camouflage uniforms entered the house of Ruslan Umarov in Grozny. Umarov and his family were still asleep. The armed men searched the house, after first having broken the door, and dragged Umarov out to the courtyard. They started to kick him and beat him with rifle butts. As Umarov's son, Magomed Umarov, tried to stop the beating, he was himself seized, beaten and finally forced into a vehicle. The following day, the men returned to collect Magomed Umarov's passport and identity card. Magomed Umarov has been missing since. Released detainees have however stated that they have seen him at the Khankala military base. The official investigation has not produced any tangible results. Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=814057&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Musayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Musayeva%20v.%20Russia 12703/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya City of Grozny 2000-02-05 2002-02-03 2007-01-18 EHRAC/Memorial On 5 February 2000, about 50 military servicemen arrived on armored personnel vehicles and started checking documents at Zabolotny Lane in the city of Grozny. They detained Yakub Iznaurov together with four other people. Iznaurov and three of the detainees later disappeared while the fourth was released. Nazurov has not been seen since. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=813564&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Chitayev and Chitayev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Chitayev%20and%20Chitayev%20v.%20Russia 59334/00 .Decided Torture Chechnya Chernokozovo 2000-04-12 2000-07-19 2003-08-24 2005-06-30 2007-01-18 SRJI Russian federal troops detained Arbi and Adam Chitayev in April 2000. The brothers were held in the Chernokozovo detention facility until their release in September of that year, and both men suffered ill treatment and torture. Criminal charges against them were dropped shortly after their release. The Human Rights Centre Memorial filed a complaint on behalf of the brothers to the European Court of Human Rights in July 2000. In summer 2001, both sides requested that the Chechnya Justice Project represent the brothers in further proceedings. The project initiated appropriate action in the domestic legal system and filed an additional submission in the case Chitayev and Chitayev v Russia to the European Court in November 2002. On 18 January, 2007, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the illegal detention and torture of the Chitayev brothers. http://www.srji.org/i/events/news/25.jpg Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=812996&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=781930&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Sabanchiyeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Sabanchiyeva%20v.%20Russia 38450/05 Communicated Non-return of bodies Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik 2006-12-14 SRJI Early in the morning of 13 October 2005 law enforcement officers in the city of Nalchik were attacked, reportedly by armed insurgents. Around 135 people were killed in the ensuing battle, and dozens of unidentified bodies were taken to the town morgue. Each of the applicants in the case lost a relative during the fighting, and claims that the Russian authorities unlawfully interfered with their right to privacy and family life by refusing to return the bodies to them, instead keeping them in the town morgue under appalling conditions. Although the relatives of the dead appealed to the authorities for the release of the bodies, they were told that the bodies would be released only after the conclusion of criminal investigations opened in connection with the armed attack on Nalchik. Several applicants appealed this decision in the courts, but their applications were rejected as premature. Isigova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Isigova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 6844/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Sunzha district, village of Sernovodsk 2001-07-02 2006-12-12 SRJI During a 2 July 2001 sweep operation in Sernovodsk Russian troops detained hundreds of men including Apti Isigov and Zelimkhan Umkhanov. Most men were released the same evening but Isigov and Umkhanov "disappeared." Their relatives have since unsuccessfully sought to establish their whereabouts. A criminal investigation was opened but later suspended on the grounds of failure to identify a suspect despite the fact that the procuracy questioned several servicemen who participated in the sweep operation and even members of the APC crew that detained the two men. Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=812327&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Imakayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Imakayeva%20v.%20Russia 7615/02 .Decided Disappearance Chechnya Shali district, Novye Atagi 2000-12-17 2006-11-09 SRJI On 17 December 2000, twenty-three year old Said-Khusein Imakaev was driving home from the market when a group of armed men stopped his car and detained him. Said-Khusein subsequently disappeared. Investigators failed to question key witnesses and soon suspended the investigation. In February 2002, Said-Khusein's parents filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights. Four months later, on 2 June 2002, Russian federal forces detained Imakaev's father, Said-Magomed Imakaev, at his home. Said-Magomed subsequently also disappeared.

The official investigation failed to follow leads that could help identify the officers who detained Imakaev. That same month, the Chechnya Justice Project filed an application regarding the second disappearance to the European Court. In response to a request from the European Court about the father's disappearance, the Russian government asserted that, most likely, rebel fighters disguised as federal forces had detained Said-Magomed Imakaev. The Russian government later acknowledged that they had detained Said-Magomed, but claimed that he had been released the same day. On 9 November 2006, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the illegal detention, disappearance and murder of Marzet Imakayeva's son and husband. http://www.srji.org/i/events/news/22.jpg Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=810211&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=717901&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Luluyev and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Luluyev%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 69480/01 .Decided Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya City of Grozny 2000-06-03 2006-11-09 SRJI On 3 June 2000, armed masked men on an armored personnel carrier detained Nura Luluyeva, her cousins and several other people at the Northern market in Grozny, where they had been selling strawberries. In March 2001, Luluyeva's body and those of her cousins were discovered among those retrieved from a mass grave in Dachny village, outside Grozny. Russian prosecutors failed to conduct a meaningful investigation. No full forensic examination was conducted on the body, and physical evidence, including clothing and blindfolds, was not saved as material evidence. On 9 November 2006, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the illegal detention, disappearance and murder of Nura Luluyeva. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=810166&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=781910&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Khamila Isayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khamila%20Isayeva%20v.%20Russia 6846/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya Alkhan-Kala 2001-04-29 2006-10-24 SRJI On 29 April 2001 Russian troops conducted a sweep operation in Alkhan-Kala. In the course of the operation they detained eleven men including Sultan Isaev who subsequently disappeared. Isaev's wife, Khamila Isaeva, has since sought to establish the whereabouts of her husband but to no avail. At the request of SRJI Professor Bill Bowring of London Metropolitan University filed an application with the European Court on behalf of Isaev's wife in December 2002. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=810235&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Kaplanova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Kaplanova%20v.%20Russia 7653/02 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya City of Grozny 2001-05-12 2006-10-24 EHRAC/Memorial On 12 May 2001, 20 federal servicemen arrived in armoured personnel carriers at Khadizhat Kaplanova's household in Grozny. The armed servicemen searched the house and left with Kaplanova's son, Isa Kaplanov, her son-in-law, Ruslan Sadulayev, and her neighbour. The three men were detained and interrogated at the Staropromyslovskiy military check-point. The neighbour was released after one night in custody. Kaplanov and Sadulayev were instead taken away in an all-terrain vehicle. They have both been missing since. The official investigation into their case has not produced any results. Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=810236&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Khatsiyeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khatsiyeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 5108/02 Admissible Extra-judicial execution Ingushetia Arshty 2000-08-06 2006-10-23 SRJI On 6 August 2000 without apparent reason a Russian military helicopter opened fire at a group of men who were mowing grass in the hills near the Ingush village of Arshty (just across the border with Chechnya). Two of the men were killed. The military prosecutor's office opened a criminal investigation but the investigation has not been meaningful. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=810232&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Kukayev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Kukayev%20v.%20Russia 29361/02 Admissible Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya City of Grozny 2000-11-26 2006-10-23 EHRAC/Memorial On 26 November 2000, Aslanbek Kukayev, a Chechen OMON officer, was detained along with other policemen of Chechen origin during a "sweeping-up" operation at Grozny central market. Some of the policemen were released later that day, whereas Kukayev disappeared after being apprehended. On 22 April 2001, two corpses bearing signs of a violent death were found in a basement located close to the spot where Kukayev was last seen alive. One of the bodies was identified as Aslanbek Kukayev. The criminal investigation into his death has not produced any results. Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=810233&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Estamirov and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Estamirov%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 60272/00 .Decided Extra-judicial execution Chechnya City of Grozny, Oktyabrsky district 2000-02-05 2006-10-12 SRJI On 5 February 2000, Russian federal troops summarily executed five members of the Estamirov family in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny. Among the victims were a one-year-old boy and a woman who was eight months pregnant. The criminal investigation into the killings failed to secure physical evidence at the scene of the crime or conduct full forensic medical examinations of the bodies, and neglected to question witnesses. On 12 October 2006, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the murder of the five members of the Estamirov family. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=809252&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=776567&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Zubayrayev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Zubayrayev%20v.%20Russia 67797/01 Admissible Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Starye Atagi 2000-09-17 2001-03-09 J. Mouraux In the early hours of the night on 17 September 2000 the Zubayrayev family was woken up by loud screams. A large group of men dressed in camouflage, some of them masked, entered the house and forced all the inhabitants outside. They were not allowed to dress and no reasons were given for the intervention. The intruders wore insignia of the Russian army and spoke unaccented Russian. The inhabitants of the house were lined up in the courtyard facing the wall and their passports were collected. When the servicemen left, they locked the women in the house and took Salaudi Zubayrayev with them. When the family managed to break out of the house, they found Salaudi about 100- 200 metres away from the house. He was shot in the back of his head from an automatic rifle. Four other persons were killed in similar circumstances in Starye Atagi that night. Admissibility http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=809753&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Aziyev and Aziyeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Aziyev%20and%20Aziyeva%20v.%20Russia 77626/01 Admissible Disappearance Chechnya City of Grozny 2000-09-24 2006-09-21 SRJI On 24 September 2000, after midnight, armed masked men burst into the house of the Aziev family in Grozny. They beat Leche Aziev and took away his two sons. Leche Aziev and his wife have been looking for their sons ever since. Russian prosecutors did not conduct a meaningful investigation. http://www.srji.org/files/timeline/pics/aziyev.jpg Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=809470&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Medov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Medov%20v.%20Russia 1573/02 Admissible Torture Chechnya Chernokozovo 2000-01-23 2006-09-07 SRJI Russian federal troops detained Suleiman Medov in January 2000. Medov was held in a variety of detention centers, including Chernokozovo, for the next three months. During this period, Medov was tortured and beaten frequently. Members of the Chechnya Justice Project team gathered evidence of Medov's ill treatment and corresponded with the prosecutor's office regarding his case. By June 2001, domestic remedies had been exhausted. At SRJI's request, Maxim Ferschtman of the Dutch law firm Bohler, Franken, Koppe, Wijngaarden Advocaten filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Suleiman Medov in December 2001 http://www.srji.org/files/timeline/pics/medov.jpg Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=808901&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Khaisuyeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khaisuyeva%20v.%20Russia 28159/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Urus-Martan 2001-08-31 2006-08-30 SRJI In broad daylight on 31 August 2001 approximately 10 masked men in military uniforms stormed into the house of the Khasuyev family in Urus-Martan. They aggressively searched the house and then detained Abu Khasuyev, claiming he had a grenade. On orders from one of the soliders, Abu Khasuyev was driven away in a military vehicle towards "the base." He has not been seen since. The applicant, Abu Khasuyev's mother, eventually took the ultimately unsuccessful search for her son to the Chechen Supreme Court, which turned down her request to acquaint herself with the materials of the inconclusive investigation in the criminal case opened to examine her son's disappearance. Bazorkina v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Bazorkina%20v.%20Russia 69481/01 .Decided Disappearance Chechnya Alkhan-Kala 2000-02-02 2006-07-27 SRJI On 2 February 2000, Russian federal troops detained a wounded Khadzhimurat Yandiyev at a hospital in Alkhan-Kala. Video footage of the detention submitted to the prosecutor showed how a Russian general questioned Yandiyev, and then ordered his execution. Yandiyev's mother has been looking for her son ever since. The general questioning Yandiyev was later identified as general Baranov, now commander of all Russian troops in the North Caucasus. Even though the general was identified quickly, the prosecutor's office only questioned him four years after the detention, after the ECHR had communicated the case to the Russian government. On 27 July 2006, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the illegal detention, disappearance and murder of Yandiyev. The case was the first disappearance case from Chechnya to be decided by the Court. http://www.srji.org/files/timeline/pics/bazorkina.jpg Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=807138&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=787570&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZW1uwMma5w Rasayev and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Rasayev%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 38003/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Chechen-Aul 2001-12-25 2006-06-08 SRJI On 25 December 2001, Russian troops arrived in the village of Chechen-Aoul to carry out a special operation. At around midday soldiers entered the home of Ramzan Rasayev, searched him and his family, and drove Ramzan away, promising they would release him after verifying his documents. His brother witnessed the detention and claimed that Ramzan was detained because the soldiers had called out to Ramzan to stop while he was walking home, but because Ramzan was deaf in one ear he hadn't heard them and continued moving. That evening, other residents of Chechen-Aoul reported seeing Ramzan that evening at a detention camp on the outskirts of town. He has not been seen since. Although the authorities did not deny that Ramzan had been detained by federal serviceman during the course of a special operation, the applicants have received no concrete information about their relative or the course of the investigation, now suspended. Gekhayeva and Dugayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Gekhayeva%20and%20Dugayeva%20v.%20Russia 1755/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya 2003-05-16 2006-06-08 SRJI In the early morning of 16 May 2003 about 20 armed Russian servicemen forcibly entered the home of Sulimovna Gekhayeva, binding her eyes, nose and mouth such that she could barely breathe. After she was freed by her neighbors later that night, her house was in disarray and her daughter, Kurbika Zinabdiyeva, and another female visitor, Aminat Dugayeva, were missing. Aminat was 15 years old at the time and since birth had suffered from various medical problems. The Russian media reported on the kidnapping and, citing official sources, stated that the women had been abducted by federal forces. In the course of the investigation into the women's disappearance, various law-enforcement bodies denied the involvement of federal forces in the kidnapping. Despite the applicants' active search for their relatives, and the examination of their case by the Russian Human Rights Commission, the investigation into the kidnappings was suspended without having established any concrete information as to the perpetrators of the crime. http://www.srji.org/files/timeline/pics/gekhaeva.jpg Sangariyeva and Gaitayev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Sangariyeva%20and%20Gaitayev%20v.%20Russia 1839/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Urus-Martan 2003-01-24 2006-06-07 SRJI In the middle of the night on 24 January 2003, Musa and Magamed Gaitayev were both detained at their houses in Urus-Martan by a group of armed masked men. During the detention Magamed recognized the Urus-Martan military commander as one of their abductors. Magamed was released the same day after being beaten and drugged but Musa has since disappeared. Despite Musa's family's efforts to locate him, the investigation into his disappearance has been inconclusive and is currently suspended. Although several security checks were carried out on the night of Musa's disappearance by federal forces, the authorities denied that those same forces had arrested Musa. Elmurzayev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Elmurzayev%20v.%20Russia 3019/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Martan-Chu 2002-06-09 2006-05-23 SRJI In the early morning of 9 June 2002 the Elmurzayev's house in Martan-Chu was surrounded by Russian servicemen, who arrived in armed cars. They blind-folded Apti Elmurzayev and led him away, shooting at another family member as they drove away. Apti's family, in particular his brother Musa, actively began searching for him, and although a criminal case was opened to investigate the disappearance, it did not establish the perpetrators of the crime or provide any concrete information as to Apti's whereabouts. On 27 January 2003 Russian serviceman again surrounded the family's house and detained Musa Elmurzayev. The fate of both brothers remains unknown. Despite the family's active appeals to law enforcement agencies, the investigation into Musa's disappearance similarly proved fruitless. Ibragimov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Ibragimov%20v.%20Russia 34561/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Urus-Martan 2002-12-09 2006-05-23 SRJI In the early morning of 29 December 2002 a group of five armed men entered the home of Rizvan Ibragimov, and without explanation searched the house and led Rizvan away, threatening his relatives with death if they tried to follow them. Many neighbors witnessed Rizvan being led away before being put into a military vehicle which drove off in the direction of Urus-Martan. Rizvan subsequently disappeared. Rizvan's family actively appealed to local and federal authorities for assistance, but still do not possess any information about the fate of their relative or the progress of the investigation opened to examine his disappearance. Tangiyeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Tangiyeva%20v.%20Russia 57941/00; 58699/00; 60403/00 Admissible Extra-judicial execution Chechnya City of Grozny, Staropromyslovsky district 2000-01-11 2006-05-18 EHRAC/Memorial In October 1999, hostilities resumed in Chechnya and Grozny came under heavy bombardment. Zaynap Tangiyeva and her family remained in their house in Grozny where they hid in the cellar. In December, the shelling intensified and several persons, including Tangiyeva, moved to a safer cellar. Her father, Abdul-Vagap Tangiyev, her mother, Khirzan Gadaborsheva, her uncle, Ismail Gadaborshev, and a neighbour stayed in the house to look after the property. Tangiyeva checked on them every day. On 10 January 2000 she asked the OMON officers stationed at the street to not shoot at the old persons staying in the house. On 11 January 2000 Tangiyeva found the house on fire. As she forced herself inside she discovered the body of her father and that of their neighbour. They had both been shot. Her mother and uncle were also found dead inside the house. The criminal investigation into the killings has not been meaningful. Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=805983&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Meshayeva and 15 Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Meshayeva%20and%2015%20Others%20v.%20Russia 27248/003 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Martan-Chu 2002-12-17 2006-04-12 SRJI In the night between 16 and 17 December 2002, armed men in camouflage uniforms and masks detained Leoma Meshayev and Bislan Saydayev from their houses in the village of Martan-Chu. They military servicmen took Saydayev and Meshayev away in an armored personnel carrier. The investigation into their disappearances have not produced any results. Djambekova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Djambekova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 27238/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Goity 2002-03-20 2006-02-21 SRJI This case concerns the detention of four men: Imran Djambekov, Shaprudi Visaitov, Rizvan Tatariev and Magomed Soltymoradov, as well as the subsequent targeting of their relatives by Russian authorities. Djambekov was detained at his home in Urus-Martan in the middle of the night on 20 March 2002. The other three men were detained early in the morning of 22 December 2001; Visaitov and Tatariev were taken in Urus-Martan and Soltymoradov in Gekhi. After their detention all four disappeared. Two days after Visaitov's abduction, Russian troops again visited his family's house and threatened to take away others unless the family could give the troops weapons.

The families of these four men have since worked together to search for their missing relatives and advocate for effective investigations into their disappearances. In December 2002 some of the applicants - all relatives of the disappeared men - took part in a peaceful demonstration against disappearances in Chechnya. They were subsequently illegally detained in unsanitary conditions for fours days during which they were refused legal representation and barely fed. After their release they were denied a legal remedy for their unlawful detention and refused compensation. In 2003 the relatives established a non-governmental organization "Families of War Victims."

None of the investigations opened into any of the disappearances have yielded concrete results regarding the whereabouts of the missing men or the identity of the perpetrators. The Project lodged applications with the ECtHR in 2003 and 2004 on behalf of these families. Visaitov and Magomadova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Visaitov%20and%20Magomadova%20v.%20Russia 35078/04 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Gekhi 2001-12-22 2006-02-20 SRJI This case has been joined with the case Djambekova and Others v. Russia (27238/03) Astamirova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Astamirova%20v.%20Russia 27256/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Gekhi 2002-08-05 2006-02-09 SRJI In the early morning of 5 August 2002, a group of armed men arrived at the Astamirov family's house in Gekhi village and led away Aslanbek Astamirov without any explanation. He was driven away in an unknown direction and has not been seen since. The Urus-Martan prosecutor's office did not begin officially investigating his disappearance until December 2002, despite his family's immediate and persistent appeals for assistance. His family's many oral and written appeals to various law enforcement bodies, as well as the criminal case eventually opened in connection to the disappearance, have not led to an effective investigation. Shakhgiriyeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Shakhgiriyeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 27251/03 Communicated Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Village of Chechen-Aul 2002-10-23 2005-11-28 SRJI In the early hours of 23 October 2002 eight persons were detained in their village by a group of servicemen wearing masks and camouflage and moving around in an Ural military truck, UAZ all-terrain military vehicle and armored personnel carriers (APC) with obscured number plates. Among the eight persons there were four relatives of the applicants in the case: Magomed Shakhgiriyev, Ali Magomadov, Ismail Umarov, and Umalat Abayev. Two of the initial eight men were later released, but could not provide any details about where they had been because they had been blindfolded.

On 3 November 2002 three men from Chechen-Aul went looking for their missing co-villagers at the main military base of the Russian forces in Chechnya at Khankala. They were Aslan Ismailov, Khasin Yunusov and Adash Ayubov. The men disappeared and the relatives later found out that they had been detained at a roadblock on Minutka square in Grozny. On 8 November 2002 five male bodies were discovered by the local residents in the forest by the village Vinogradnoye near the road to Tolstoy-Yurt. On 9 November 2002 several relatives of the persons missing since 23 October 2002 traveled there and identified them as the five men who had been detained in Chechen-Aul: Magomed Shakhgiriyev, Ali Magomadov, Ismail Umarov and R. Zubkhadzhiyev. The body of the sixth person detained on that night, S. Yunusov, has never been found and he is still considered missing.The bodies had marks of severe torture. On 18 April 2003 three male bodies were discovered in Khankala, 400 metres away from the fence of the military base. On 24 April 2003 a policeman from Chechen-Aul and Khasin Yunusov's brother identified his body by the clothes he had been wearing. The relatives of Aslan Israilov and Adash Ayubov also identified them by the clothes. The investigation into the disappearances and extra-judicial executions has not produced any results. Malsagova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Malsagova%20v.%20Russia 27244/003 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Urus-Martan 2002-11-07 2005-11-09 SRJI On 7 November 2002, around 2 a.m., a group of about 25-30 masked men in camouflage uniforms forcibly entered the house of the Malsagov family. When they left, they took Savdi Malsagov with them. The investigation into his disappearance has not produced any results. Nenkayev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Nenkayev%20v.%20Russia 13737/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Urus-Martan 2002-06-08 2005-11-02 SRJI In the village of Urus-Martan during the early morning hours of 8 June 2002 approximately two dozen armed members of the Russian federal forces detained twenty-year-old Muslim Nenkaev and his brother Isa Nenkaev. The brothers were held in a military detention facility together for 24 hours at which time the authorities released Isa. His younger brother Muslim has not been seen since. In numerous attempts to determine the fate of their son the Nenkaev parents approached local and federal authorities some of whom admitted that federal forces had indeed detained Isa and Muslim. Nevertheless the criminal investigation into Muslim's disappearance has not led to the identification of the perpetrators. Taisumov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Taisumov%20v.%20Russia 21810/03 Communicated Indiscriminate bombing Chechnya Village of Chechen-Aul 2002-09-07 2005-11-02 SRJI A military bombardment began late in the evening on 7 September 2002 in the village Chechen-Aul located not far from the Russian military base at Khankala. A total of 15 mortar shells struck the village that night. The first three shells landed on the home of Supyan Taisumov completely destroying the house and killing his son Kazbek Taisumov his daughter-in-law Zulpat Eskirkhanova and his three year-old granddaughter Aishat Eskirkhanova. Only Supyan and his six-month old granddaughter survived the attack. A criminal investigation into the attack was opened the next day but to date no perpetrators have been identified and Supyan has received no information regarding the case. Akhmadova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Akhmadova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 13670/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Starye Atagi 2002-03-06 2005-09-15 SRJI Between 6 and 11 March 2002 Russian federal forces conducted a large-scale special operation in the village of Starye Atagi. Several young men were removed from their homes and taken to a so-called filtration point sometimes with the use of unprovoked violence on the part of the soldiers. Following the special operation 11 young men never returned home. Several burned bodies were discovered in the area shortly afterwards but the authorities refused to conduct examinations or have them identified. An investigation was launched but no one has been held accountable. Akhmadova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Akhmadova%20v.%20Russia 3026/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Village of Makheti 2002-03-06 2005-09-06 SRJI On 6 March 2002 Russian federal forces detained Musa Akhmadov as he was driving to see his father in the village of Makheti. The soldiers brought Akhmadov to the military base in the village of Khattuni. The next day military servicemen told his relatives that he had been transferred to Khankala military base. Akhmadov's family has not been able to obtain any further information about his whereabouts or fate. The official investigation into the disappearance has not been effective. Dokuyev v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Dokuyev%20v.%20Russia 6704/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Novye Atagi 2001-02-14 2005-09-06 SRJI On 14 February 2001 at 6 o’clock in the morning Russian soldiers seized Magomed Dokuev and his father Vakhid Dokuev from their home in the village of Novye Atagi. Vakhid Dokuev was released on the following day but Magomed Dokuev has not been seen since. A former detainee later informed the family that Magomed died in detention and was buried on a Russian military base but the family has not been granted access to the purported burial site. The Project together with Maxim Ferschtman of the Dutch law firm Böhler Franken Koppe Wijngaarden Advocaten filed an application regarding this case with ECHR. Sadykov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Sadykov%20v.%20Russia 41840/02 Communicated Torture Chechnya October district, City of Grozny 2000-03-05 2005-06-09 SRJI Police detained Alaudin Sadykov on 5 March 2000 and held him in the temporary police precinct in the October district of Grozny for over two months. During those months police cut off one of his ears broke several ribs and caused numerous other physical injuries. Sadykov was eventually released in May 2000. He reported the ill-treatment in June 2000 to the prosecutor's office. However the official investigation has failed to identify any suspects. Sadykov continues to seek justice by appealing to the procuracy and other authorities. Zaurbekova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Zaurbekova%20v.%20Russia 27183/03 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya City of Grozny 2003-02-11 2005-06-06 SRJI At 3 o'clock in the morning on 11 February 2003 approximately fifteen Russian soldiers entered an apartment shared by Isa Zaurbekov and his sister Mariam Zaurbekova in Grozny. After threatening Miriam and tying her hands and mouth the soldiers woke and detained Zarubekov and stole his computer and other personal belongings. Witnesses saw three armed personnel carriers and two other military vehicles drive away from the apartment building immediately thereafter. The authorities failed to open a criminal investigation into the detention until June 2003. Despite the family's regular appeals to the procuracy the authorities have provided no information on the whereabouts of Zaurbekov or results of the investigation. Dokka Itslaev of the Urus-Martan office of Memorial filed an application with ECHR on behalf of the Zaurbekov family in June 2003. The family has since been represented by Itslaev in cooperation with SRJI. Askharova v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Askharova%20v.%20Russia 13566/02 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Serzehn-Yurt 2001-05-18 2005-04-26 SRJI On 18 May 2001 Russian forces conducting a sweep operation detained Sharani Askharov and eight other men in the town of Serzhen-Yurt. Witnesses reported seeing Askharov and others being beaten as they were led away by armed men. Of the men detained six were released one was found dead from gunshot wounds and Ashkarov and one other man remain missing. Russian prosecutors failed to open an investigation into Askharov's disappearance until October 2001. Articles in the Russian press reported that Askharov was killed during the operation but prosecutors have failed to investigate this version of Askharov's detention and reported death. Tsechoyev and Khadisov v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Tsechoyev%20and%20Khadisov%20v.%20Russia 21519/02 Communicated Torture Chechnya Khankala 2001-09-23 2005-04-26 SRJI On 23 September 2001 Salambek Khadisov and Islam Tsechoev were taken from their homes in the Sunzha district of Ingushetia by Russian police. After a day in an Ingush police cell a military helicopter transported them to the Khankala military base in Chechnya where they were held for several weeks. Russian guards brutally beat them with rifle butts extinguished cigarettes on their skin and forced them to sign documents denying that any mistreatment occurred. Mitayeva and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Mitayeva%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 8979/02 Communicated Disappearance; Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Village of Raduzhnova; Village of Dolinskii 2000-12-10 2005-04-26 SRJI During a 10 December 2000 targeted-operation in Raduzhnoe and Dolinskii villages masked men in military vehicles detained 21 men including Magomed Magomadov Said-Rakhman Musaev and Odes Mitaev. While 18 of the detainees were released in subsequent weeks the bodies of Magomadov Musaev and Mitaev each with clear signs of extrajudicial execution were found in the Dachny village mass grave on 21 February 2001. The official investigation into the men's deaths failed to conduct a full forensic autopsy on the bodies or to save physical evidence such as the clothing and bindings found on the bodies as material evidence. Akhmatova and Others v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Akhmatova%20and%20Others%20v.%20Russia 13569/02 Communicated Disappearance Chechnya Starye Atagi; Novye Atagi 2001-01-14 2005-04-26 SRJI During a 14 January 2001 sweep operation in Starye and Novye Atagi Russian federal forces detained Iznovr Serbiev and Said-Magomed Debizov who worked at an auto repair shop. Their relatives have not been able to establish their whereabouts or fate. The prosecutor opened a criminal case into their disappearance but no effective investigation was ever carried out. SRJI and Netherlands-based law professor Menno Kamminga filed an application with ECHR in March 2002. Isayeva, Yusupova and Bazayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Isayeva%2C%20Yusupova%20and%20Bazayeva%20v.%20Russia 57947/00; 57948/00; 57949/00 .Decided Indiscriminate bombing Chechnya City of Grozny, Staraya Sunzha 1999-10-29 2005-02-24 EHRAC/Memorial On 29 October 1999, Medka Isayeva, Zina Yusupova, Libkan Bazayeva and their families were traveling in a civilian convoy towards the border of Ingushetia. Approaching the village of Shaami-Yurt, the convoy was hit by an aerial missile attack carried out by the Russian armed forces. As a result of the attack, Isayeva and Yusupova were wounded and Isayeva's two children, Ilona Isayeva and Said-Magomed Isayev were killed. Bazayeva's car and possessions were further destroyed. The official criminal investigation was instigated only after a considerable delay and was later closed as no criminal acts could be established. On 24 February 2005, the ECHR held Russia responsible for failing to protect the right to life of Yusupova, Bazayeva, Isayeva and her children. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=718873&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=671221&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Summary http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/ehrac/ehrac-litigation/case-summaries/chechnya/the-first-three-judgments.cfm Isayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Isayeva%20v.%20Russia 57950/00 .Decided Indiscriminate bombing Chechnya Achkhoy-Martan district, Katyr-Yurt 2000-02-04 2005-02-24 EHRAC/Memorial In the early hours of 4 February 2000 the village of Katyr-Yurt, declared a ''safe zone'', came under aerial attack without any previous warning. Zara Isayeva and her family hid in a cellar until the bombing subsided in the afternoon. When the shelling stopped, they entered a minibus which would bring them out of the village through a safe exit. As the minibus headed out of the village the planes suddenly reappeared and the bombing resumed. Isayeva's son, Zelimkhan Isayev, and her three young nieces, Zarema, Kheda and Marem Batayeva, were killed as a result of the shelling. Several of the passengers in the minibus, including Isayeva, were wounded. An official criminal investigation was initiated but later closed as no criminal acts could be established. On 24 february 2005, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the killing of Isayeva's family members and for the injuries she suffered as a result of the attack. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=718875&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=671222&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Summary http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/ehrac/ehrac-litigation/case-summaries/chechnya/the-first-three-judgments.cfm Khashiyev and Akayeva v. Russia Cases http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/o16333326846391329197.7249357143799886638/od6/public/item#Khashiyev%20and%20Akayeva%20v.%20Russia 57942/00; 57945/00 .Decided Extra-judicial execution Chechnya Achkhoy-Martan district, Katyr-Yurt 2000-01-25 2005-02-24 EHRAC/Memorial On 19 January 2000 Lidiya Khashiyeva, Anzor Taymeskhanov, Rizvan Taymeskhanov, Khamid Khashivey and Adan Akayev were apprehended by Russian federal forces in the Staropromyslovskiy district in Grozny. The district was at the time under Russian control. On 25 january, relatives found the bodies of Khashiyeva, Anzor Taymeshkanov and Akayev in a courtyard nearby the place of apprehension. In the beginning of February, Rizvan Taymeskhanov and Khashiyev were also found dead. All bodies bore signs of violent death with multiple stabs, gunshot wounds and fractures. The criminal investigation into the killings did not produce any results. No autopsies were conducted and the investigators failed to identify potential witnesses. On 24 February 2005, the ECHR held Russia responsible for the murder of the five members of the Khashiyev and Akayeva families. Judgment http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=718910&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Admissibililty http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=671220&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649 Summary http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/ehrac/ehrac-litigation/case-summaries/chechnya/the-first-three-judgments.cfm