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"As If They Fell From the Sky"
Counterinsurgency, Rights Violations, and Rampant Impunity in Ingushetia
Map of Region
I. Summary
II. Recommendations
To the Government of the Russian Federation
To Russia's International Partners
To the Council of Europe
III. Methodology
IV. Background: How the Conflict in Ingushetia Has
Unfolded
Note on Ingushetia
Crisis Spillover to Crisis Nexus: The Unfolding Conflict
in Ingushetia
1999: Ingushetia and the second Chechen War
Human rights and security dynamics in Ingushetia
1999-2003
2003: Sweep operations and insurgent attacks
Mid-2004: Severe deterioration
2006 and beyond: insurgents' agenda and operations in
Ingushetia, and the counterinsurgency
Parliamentary acknowledgment of abuses during
counterinsurgency operations
General Characteristics of Insurgents in Ingushetia,
Links to Chechnya
V. Domestic Legal Framework for Counterterrorism..
2006 Norms
Restrictions on rights in counterterrorism operations
Lack of specific preconditions for counterterrorism
operations
Structure of Counterterrorism Operations
Other Laws Amended by Counterterrorism Legislation
VI. Extrajudicial Executions
Killing of Islam Belokiev
Killing of Apti Dalakov
Killing of Rakhim Amriev, age 6
Killing of Said-Magomed Galaev and Ruslan Galaev
Killing of Khusein Mutaliev
Killing of Adam Gardanov and Magamed Chakhkiev
Attempted killing of Adam Malsagov
VII. Abductions, Enforced Disappearances, and Torture
Abductions and Enforced Disappearances
Enforced disappearance of Ibragim Gazdiev
Abductions of Khusein Mutsolgov and Zaurbek Yevloev and
enforced disappearance of Khusein Mutsolgov
Enforced disappearance of Akhmet Kartoev
Abductions and Torture
Abduction, torture, and death of Murat Bogatyrev
Abduction and torture of Magomed Osmanovich Aushev
Abduction and torture of Timur D.
Abductions
Abduction of Uruskhan Inalov
Abduction of Malika Chabieva
VIII. Special Operations Involving Cruel and Degrading
Treatment
Sweep operation, Gairbek-Yurt
Targeted raid, Ordzhonikidzevskaya
Targeted raid, Surkhakhi
Sweep operation, Ali-Yurt
IX. Public Protests and Response of the Authorities
Evolution of the Protest Movement in Ingushetia
Demonstration on September 19, 2007
Government Efforts to Restrict Public Protests
Demonstration on November 24, 2007
Demonstration on January 26, 2007
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