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March 2001
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Vol. 13, No 1(D)
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RUSSIA/CHECHNYA
THE "DIRTY WAR" IN CHECHNYA:
FORCED DISAPPEARANCES, TORTURE, AND
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS
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SUMMARY
The Obligation to Investigate
Searches by Relatives
BACKGROUND NOTE ON
THE RUSSIAN OPERATION IN CHECHNYA
A Note on Detentions
DETENTION AND "DISAPPEARANCE"
"Disappearances"
After Large-Scale Sweep Operations
Novye and Starye
Atagi (January 14 - 16, 2001)
The "Disappearance"
of Akhmed Zaurbekov and Khamzad Khasarov
The "Disappearance"
of Said-Magomed Debizov and Iznaur Serbiev
The Possible "Disappearance"
of Bekkhan Bargaev
Gekhi (August 8 to 11,
2000)
The "disappearance"
of Ali Musaev (age twenty-eight), Umar Musaev (age twenty-three)
The "Disappearance"
of Adlan Eldarov
"Disappearances" during
Targeted Sweep and Special Operations
The "Disappearance"
of Akhdan Tamaev (Roshni-Chu, January 6, 2001)
The "Disappearance"
of Aslan Dundaev, age twenty-four (Urus-Martan, December 18, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Said-Rakhman Musaev, Magomed Magomadov, and Odes Mitaev (Raduzhnoe and
Dolinskii villages, December 10, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Jabrail Alaskhanov (Grozny central market, November 26, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Edilbek Isaev (Sweep Operation at Starye Atagi Hospital, September 7,
2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Nura Lulueva, Markha Gakaeva, and Raisa Gakaeva (Raid on northern market
in Grozny, June 3, 2000)
The Raid on Alkhan-Kala
Hospital (February 2, 2000)
"Disappearances"
from Checkpoints or Roads
The "Disappearance"
of Said-Khusein Imakaev, age twenty-three (On the Road Between Starye and
Novye Atagi, December 17, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Adam Davletukaev (Alkhan Kala, December 18, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Adam Abubakarov (Between Urus-Martan and Goity, March 14, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Islam Dombaev, Murat Lyanov, and Timur Tabzhanov (Sadovaya Street, Grozny,
June 28, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Nineteen People at the Checkpoint Between Duba-Yurt and Chiri-Yurt (January
13, February 18 and March 6, 2000)
"Disappearances"
During Nighttime Raids
The "Disappearance"
of Musa Gairbekov (Grozny, October 8, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Lom-Ali Aziev (age twenty-seven) and Umar-Ali Aziev (age twenty-six)
(Grozny, September 24, 2000)
"Disappearances"
from Detention Centers and Police Stations
The "Disappearance"
of Abdulkasim Zaurbekov (October district temporary police station, October
17, 2000)
The "Disappearance"
of Yusup Satabaev, Yunus Chadaev, Aslanbek Gugiev, and Kazbek Vakhaev ("Internat"
Detention Center, Urus-Martan, August 14, 2000)
THE RESPONSE OF STATE
AUTHORITIES
Procuracy Investigations
into "Disappearances"
Lack of Authority
Lack of diligence
The Disposition
of the Procuracy
The Office of the
Special Representative
TORTURE AND SUMMARY
EXECUTION
Mass Dumping Site
at Dachny Village, near Khankala
The Bodies of Magomed
Magomadov, Said-Rakhman Musaev, and Odes Mitaev
The Bodies of Nura
Lulueva, Raisa Gakaeva, and Markha Gakaeva
Bodies at the Novye
Atagi Quarry (Discovered: January 26, 2001)
Dumped Body at
Abandoned Farm near Alkhan-Yurt (Discovered January 21, 2001)
Unmarked Grave
at Jalka (Discovered September 16 and 20, 2000)
Grave No. 1, three
dead bodies, found September 20, 2000
Grave No. 2, Two
Dead Bodies, Found September 16, 2000
Unmarked Grave
of the Musaev Brothers in Gekhi (Discovered September 12, 2000)
Three Unmarked
Graves at Starye Atagi (Discovered April or May 2000, June 15, 2000 and
September 13, 2000)
Grave No. 1, At
Least One Body, Found in April or May 2000
Grave No. 2, Four
Bodies, Found on June 15, 2000
Grave No. 3, Four
Bodies, Found on September 11, 2000
Unmarked Grave
in Tangi-Chu (Discovered May 10, 2000)
A Dumped Body in
the Assa River (Discovered April 1, 2000)
A Dumped Body at
the Urus-Martan Hospital (Discovered March 10, 2000)
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