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Chechen detainee reportedly granted refugee status in Croatia

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

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One of a group of Chechens detained in Croatia since November has reportedly been acquitted and granted asylum in the country. Two others, similarly detained on suspicion of religious extremism, were reportedly released. An administrative court in Zagreb ruled on 13 July to release the detainee and grant him asylum, according to Isa Daduyev, a representative of the Assembly of Chechens of Europe. Daduyev told OC Media that the decision came after a court had ruled on 23 May that there was

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Chechens go on hunger strike in Croatia migrant camp

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

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The Chechen human rights group, Vayfond, has reported that a group of Chechens who have been held in a migrant camp for six months have gone on hunger strike. According to Vayfond, six people began a hunger strike on 21 April in protest at the authorities’ decision to extend their detention by three months. Vayfond said the exact number of Chechens being detained in the camp was unknown but was in the dozens. ‘Without proving anything, they just labelled these people extremists’, a spokespe