Norwegian protesters speak against violence on Chechen women

The participants of the rally held in front of the building of the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo spoke out against violence on Chechen women, condemned the detention of Zarema Musaeva and kidnappings of relatives of Ramzan Kadyrov's opponents.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on January 20, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)* informed that Zarema Musaeva, the wife of the retired Russian federal judge, Saidi Yangulbaev, was abducted, in the unconscious state, from her apartment in Nizhny Novgorod in cars with license plates whose region code corresponded to Chechnya. On January 21, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, confirmed that the woman had been taken to Grozny, and said that the Yangulbaevs should find their place "in prison or under the ground."

The rally against violence on Chechen women was held in Oslo in front of the building of the Norwegian Parliament by members of the Chechen Diaspora and Norwegian activists, the "Kavkaz.Realii"** reported on January 29.

About 50 people took part in the action. They discussed the recent abduction of Zarema Musaeva and kidnappings of relatives living in Chechnya of the bloggers and activists living in the European Union (EU) and Turkey who criticize Ramzan Kadyrov.

*The "Committee against Torture" (CaT) was put on the register of non-commercial organizations-foreign agents in 2015. In this regard, its leaders liquidated the organization. Currently, the CaT operates as an unregistered public association.

**The media outlet has been put by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on the list of foreign media outlets acting as foreign agents.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on January 30, 2022 at 01:44 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.