Imakayeva v. Russia, (7615/02)
Judgement date: | 09/11/2006 |
Date of violations: | 17/12/2000 |
Location: | Chechnya, Shali district, Novye Atagi |
Representative: | SRJI |
Violation: | Disappearance |
On 17 December 2000, twenty-three year old Said-Khusein Imakayev 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. <p> 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 Said-Khusein's father, Said-Magomed, at his home. Said-Magomed subsequently disappeared. The official investigation failed to follow leads that could help identify the officers who detained him. The Russian government later acknowledged that they had detained Said-Magomed, but claimed that he had been released the same day.
Estamirov and Others v. Russia, (60272/00)
Judgement date: | 12/10/2006 |
Date of violations: | 05/02/2000 |
Location: | Chechnya, City of Grozny, Oktyabrsky district |
Representative: | SRJI |
Violation: | Extra-judicial execution |
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.
Bazorkina v. Russia, (69481/01)
Judgement date: | 27/07/2006 |
Date of violations: | 02/02/2000 |
Location: | Chechnya, Alkhan-Kala |
Representative: | SRJI |
Violation: | Disappearance |
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.
Khashiyev and Akayeva v. Russia, (57942/00, 57945/00)
Judgement date: | 24/02/2005 |
Date of violations: | 25/01/2000 |
Location: | Chechnya, Achkhoy-Martan district, Katyr-Yurt |
Representative: | EHRAC/Memorial |
Violation: | Extra-judicial execution |
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.
Isayeva v. Russia, (57950/00)
Judgement date: | 24/02/2005 |
Date of violations: | 04/02/2000 |
Location: | Chechnya, Achkhoy-Martan district, Katyr-Yurt |
Representative: | EHRAC/Memorial |
Violation: | Indiscriminate bombing |
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.
Isayeva, Yusupova and Bazayeva v. Russia, (57947/00, 57948/00, 57949/00)
Judgement date: | 24/02/2005 |
Date of violations: | 29/10/1999 |
Location: | Chechnya, City of Grozny, Staraya Sunzha |
Representative: | EHRAC/Memorial |
Violation: | Indiscriminate bombing |
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.