Bagaudin Myakiyev

Ingush activist ‘beaten up’ in Nalchik detention centre

Ingush activist Bagaudin Myakiyev has been beaten up in a detention centre in Nalchik, the capital of the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, his lawyer says. Myakiyev, a representative of Ingushetia’s Council of Teips (clans) was detained on 13 April for participating in an unauthorised rally in the Ingush capital Magas on 27 March. He was charged with using violence against the authorities.  Myakiyev was taking part in widespread protests in the republic against a land deal in wh