Cases 161 - 180 of 766

Khalimat Nazirova v. Russia, (71377/13)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 19/09/2016
Lodged: 25/10/2013
Date of violations: 29/12/2004
Location: Chechnya
Representative: Materi Chechni
Violation: Disappearance

On the morning of 29 December 2004 Mr Ibragim Altyyev, who was a taxi driver in Grozny at the material time, left his home and went to work. He did not return. On the following day, two unidentified men contacted the applicant and gave her the passport of Mr Ibragim Altyyev and some documents from his car. On the same date the car was found abandoned on a street in the Zavodskoy district of Grozny. According to the applicant, she learned from an eyewitness, Mr R.B., that Mr Ibragim Altyyev had been abducted by a group of armed men in camouflage uniforms who had been in a Gazel minivan and a VAZ-21099 car. The men had stopped Mr Ibragim Altyyev’s car on a street in Grozny, apprehended him and driven off. Mr R.B. was subsequently questioned by the investigators. The whereabouts of Mr Ibragim Altyyev have remained unknown ever since.

 

Nurkayevy v. Russia, (75318/11)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 25/01/2016
Lodged: 15/11/2011
Date of violations: 14/07/2000
Location: Chechnya
Representative: Materi Chechni
Violation: Disappearance

On 14 July 2000 (in the documents submitted the date was also referred to as 15 July 2000) Mr Ibragim Nurkayev left his home in Grozny and never returned. On 4 September 2006 the Staropromyslovskiy district prosecutor’s office in Grozny opened criminal case no. 53121. The investigation is still pending.

 

Khatuyeva v. Russia, (4310/10)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 25/01/2016
Lodged: 28/12/2009
Date of violations: 08/01/2002
Location: Chechnya
Representative: Materi Chechni
Violation: Disappearance

On 8 January 2002 Mr Khamzat Beldurov left his home in Sernovodskaya, Chechnya, and did not come back. On 14 November 2002 the Sunzhenskiy district department of the interior in Chechnya opened search file no. 23005. On 26 December 2005 the Achkhoy-Martan inter-district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 59023. The investigation is still pending.

 

Yunusova v. Russia, (24365/12)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 07/01/2016
Lodged: 03/02/2012
Date of violations: 28/11/2002
Location: Chechnya, Vedeno
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Pecuniary damage: 5000 €
Non-pecuniary damage: 160000 €

On 28 November 2002 a group of armed servicemen arrived at the applicant’s house and took Mr Akhmed Abdulkerimov and Mr Abu-Shakhid Abdulkerimov away. On 6 December 2002 the Vedeno district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 73124. The investigation is still pending.

 

Tayubova v. Russia, (20191/12)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 02/03/2016
Lodged: 12/03/2012
Date of violations: 08/08/2002
Location: Chechnya
Representative: No representative
Violation: Disappearance

On 8 August 2002 a group of armed servicemen in an APC and an UAZ (“tabletka”) minivan apprehended Mr Makhran Tayubov on the Rostov-Baku motorway next to Gudermes and took him away. On 9 August 2002 the Gudermes district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 57063. The investigation is still pending.

 

Arbi Dzhabrailov v. Russia, (4363/12)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 10/02/2016
Lodged: 23/12/2011
Date of violations: 25/01/2003
Location: Chechnya
Representative: D. Itslayev
Violation: Disappearance

The circumstances of the abduction are similar to those described above in Makayeva v. Russia (no. 56577/11). On 18 February 2003 the Urus‑Martan prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 34024. The investigation is currently pending.

 

Murdalova and Elmurzayev v. Russia, (66832/11)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 02/03/2016
Lodged: 21/10/2011
Date of violations: 23/05/2005
Location: Chechnya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Pecuniary damage: 2000 €
Non-pecuniary damage: 80000 €

On 23 May 2005 Mr Alash Elmurzayev was taken by servicemen to the Vostok battalion’s headquarters in Gudermes. His whereabouts have remained unknown ever since. On 4 July 2008 the Gudermes inter-district investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened criminal case no. 44028. The investigation is still pending.

 

Makayeva v. Russia, (56577/11)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 10/02/2016
Lodged: 03/09/2011
Date of violations: 25/01/2003
Location: Chechnya
Representative: Others
Violation: Disappearance

At about 3 a.m. on 25 January 2003 a group of armed men in camouflage military uniforms and masks broke into the house at 16 Kluchevaya Street in Goy-Chu and took Mr Mokhadi Makayev and Mr Isa Dzhabrailov away to an unknown destination. On 20 March 2003 the Urus-Martan district prosecutors’ office opened criminal case no. 34031. The investigation is currently pending.

 

Tutkhanovy v. Russia, (56569/11)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 21/09/2015
Lodged: 22/08/2011
Date of violations: 02/11/2002
Location: Chechnya, Achkhoy-Martan
Representative: MATERI CHECHNI
Violation: Disappearance

On 2 November 2002 Mr Alaudi Tutkhanov was abducted from his work in Achkhoy-Martan by servicemen in camouflage uniforms who drove in two UAZ vehicles. On 29 November 2002 the Achkhoy-Martan district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 63095. The investigation is currently pending.

 

Zanziyevy v. Russia, (14182/11)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 22/04/2015
Lodged: 28/01/2011
Date of violations: 05/10/2000
Location: Chechnya, Grozny
Representative: MATERI CHECHNI
Violation: Disappearance

On 5 October 2000 a group of about ten armed servicemen arrived at the applicants’ house in a military Ural lorry and a UAZ vehicle and took Mr Abdallakh Zanziyev away. On 31 October 2000 the Grozny city prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 12203. The investigation is still pending.

 

Maltsagovy v. Russia, (52431/10)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 21/09/2015
Lodged: 31/08/2010
Date of violations: 03/05/2000
Location: Chechnya, Avtury
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Pecuniary damage: 2100 €
Non-pecuniary damage: 80000 €

On 3 May 2000 a group of armed servicemen arrived at the applicant’s house in Avtury in two UAZ minivans (“tabletka”) without identification numbers, four APCs and a URAL lorry and took Mr Mukhadi Maltsagov away. On 25 December 2000 the Shali district prosecutor’s office opened criminal case no. 22087. The investigation is currently pending.

 

Lida Yevloyeva and Roza Tomova against Russia, (14667/09)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 28/09/2016
Lodged: 02/03/2009
Date of violations: 11/03/2004
Location: Chechnya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Pecuniary damage: 7000 €
Non-pecuniary damage: 160000 €

At about 10 p.m. on 11 March 2004 Mr Rasukhan Yevloyev and Mr Ibragim Izmaylov were driving in their white VAZ 2107 car on the
motorway from the direction of the town of Malgobek towards the Volga-14 stationary traffic checkpoint located at the intersection of the
Malgobek-Mayskoye and Nazran-Kantyshevo motorways in Ingushetia (also known as the Kantyshevkiy intersection). When they reached the checkpoint, a dark-grey metallic (цвет «мокрый асфальт») VAZ 21099 car without registration numbers overtook them at high speed and blocked the road. At the same time a white Niva car without registration numbers approached them from behind and bumped into their car’s rear end. Ten armed men in camouflage uniforms and balaclavas jumped out of the two cars, surrounded Mr Rasukhan Yevloyev and Mr Ibragim Izmaylov and opened fire; the armed men then handcuffed them, forced them into their vehicles and drove off in the direction of Nazran.

 

Ozdoyev and Tsechoyev v. Russia, (9782/08)

Judgement date: 27/08/2019
Communicated: 23/09/2016
Lodged: 04/02/2008
Date of violations: 11/03/2004
Location: Ingushetia, Malgobek
Representative: EHRAC/Memorial
Violation: Disappearance

On the evening of 11 March 2004 Mr Rashid Ozdoyev and Mr Tamerlan Tsechoyev were driving together from the town of Nazran to the town of Malgobek, Ingushetia in Mr Tamerlan Tsechoyev’s dark-green VAZ 21099 car. In the vicinity of the village of Verkhniye Achaluki, a white Niva car without registration plates collided with their car and blocked the road. A group of eight to ten armed men in camouflage uniforms got out of the Niva car and two more vehicles (a Gazel minivan and a silver VAZ 21099 car) that had pulled over nearby. The men opened fire, apprehended Mr Ozdoyev and Mr Tsechoyev, put them in the minivan and drove them away. Mr Rashid Ozdoyev’s car was also taken away.

 

Edigov v. Russia, (17972/15)

Communicated: 12/07/2019
Lodged: 10/04/2015
Date of violations: 03/08/2012
Location: Chechnya, Grozny
Representative: Committee Against Torture
Violation: Ill-treatment

The applicant complains under Article 3 of the Convention that he was subjected to ill-treatment by the police officers and that no effective investigation has been carried out in this respect.

 

Volodina v. Russia, (41261/17)

Judgement date: 09/07/2019
Representative: SRJI

Dzhambulatova v. Russia, (52498/12)

Judgement date: 04/06/2019
Communicated: 21/09/2015
Lodged: 10/07/2012
Date of violations: 07/09/2002
Location: Chechnya, Grozny
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance

On 7 September 2002 several armed servicemen in balaclavas broke into the applicant’s house and took Mr Khamit Dzhambulatov away in an APC. On 12 October 2002 the Grozny town prosecutor office opened criminal case no. 54087. The investigation is currently pending.

 

Mukhtarova and Others v. Russia, (13916/12)

Judgement date: 04/06/2019
Communicated: 02/03/2016
Lodged: 27/02/2012
Date of violations: 01/11/2003
Location: Chechnya
Representative: SRJI
Violation: Disappearance
Pecuniary damage: 5000 €
Non-pecuniary damage: 80000 €

On 1 November 2003 a group of armed servicemen apprehended Mr Sharpudi Mukhtarov and Mr Zaurbek Umarov on the outskirts of the village of Nesterovskaya, Ingushetia, and took them away in UAZ and VAZ vehicles without registration numbers to an unknown destination. On 18 November 2003 the Sunzhenskiy district prosecutor’s office in Ingushetia opened criminal case no. 23600076. The investigation is still pending.

 

Amnat Tashuyeva v. Russia, (70438/14)

Judgement date: 04/06/2019
Communicated: 23/09/2016
Lodged: 17/10/2014
Date of violations: 06/01/2005
Location: Chechnya
Representative: Others
Violation: Disappearance

On 6 January 2005 (in the documents submitted the date was also referred to as 28 January 2005) the applicant and Mr Bekmagomed Daniyev were at home in their flat at 109 Shosseynaya Street in Argun when at about 6 a.m. a group of armed men in camouflage uniforms arrived at their block of flats in three cars, one of which was a white Gazel minivan. The men spoke Chechen and Russian; some of them were wearing balaclavas. They broke into the applicant’s flat, forced Mr Bekmagomed Daniyev outside, put him in one of their vehicles and drove off to an unknown destination. The white Gazel minivan was subsequently seen exiting from the premises of the office of the Argun military commander (комендатура г. Аргун). It is unclear whether the applicant provided this information to the investigators. The whereabouts of Mr Bekmagomed Daniyev have remained unknown ever since.

 

Mezhiyev and Others v. Russia, (63000/14)

Judgement date: 04/06/2019
Communicated: 19/09/2016
Lodged: 01/09/2014
Date of violations: 24/07/2005
Location: Chechnya
Representative: Materi Chechni
Violation: Disappearance

At about 12 noon (in the documents submitted the time of the event was also referred to as 2 p.m.) on 24 July 2005 Mr Magomed Mezhiyev, who was an officer of the Chechnya Ministry of the Interior at the material time, and his acquaintance, Mr A.M. (in the documents submitted also referred to as Mr A.Kh.), were on Pobedy Avenue in Grozny when a group of armed men in camouflage trousers and black T-shirts forced them out of their car. The men apprehended Mr Magomed Mezhiyev and loaded him into the trunk of a car which was parked nearby. Shortly afterwards several VAZ 2107 cars without registration numbers arrived on the scene. The men forced Mr A.M. into one of those cars and drove off in the direction of Minutka Square, Grozny. According to the applicants, several days after the abduction an unidentified armed man in a black uniform contacted them and offered a video recording depicting Mr Magomed Mezhiyev and Mr A.M. detained on the premises of the Grozny district department of the interior (Грозненский районный отдел внутренних дел (РОВД)) (hereinafter “the Grozny ROVD”) in exchange for money (1,000 United States dollars (USD)). The applicants paid the requested sum for the video recording and submitted it to the investigators (see below). The whereabouts of Mr Magomed Mezhiyev have remained unknown ever since.

 

Reshidovy v. Russia, (73593/13)

Judgement date: 04/06/2019
Communicated: 19/09/2016
Lodged: 05/11/2013
Date of violations: 07/12/2004
Location: Chechnya
Representative: No representative
Violation: Disappearance

At about 2.30 p.m. on 7 December 2004 Mr Usam Reshidov was at the intersection of Zavodskaya and A. Sheripova Streets in Argun, Chechnya, when a group of armed servicemen in military camouflage uniforms arrived in an armoured personnel carrier (APC), an UAZ car and a Niva car. The servicemen arrested Mr Usam Reshidov and took him away to an unknown destination. At about 7 p.m. on the same date presumably the same group of armed servicemen in military vehicles (among which were APCs an UAZ car and a Niva car) carried out a special operation in Sakhzavodskaya Street in Argun. The servicemen surrounded building no. 34 on that street, broke into flat no. 54 – where Mr Islam Reshidov was with his friends, Mr A.Kh. and Ms I.D. – arrested them and took them to the Argun military commander’s office. Ms I.D. was subsequently released and returned home. The whereabouts of the Reshidov brothers have remained unknown ever since.

 
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