Seda Suleymanova

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Seda Suleymanova. Image via NC SOS Crisis Group.

Chechnya

Russia investigates disappearance of Chechen woman six months after reported abduction

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the disappearance and possible murder of Seda Suleymanova, over six months after her reported abduction to Chechnya from Saint Petersburg. The North Caucasus SOS Crisis Group (NC SOS) reported that the Investigative Committee began its investigation into Suleymanova’s possible murder on Wednesday. The organisation, which legally represents Suleymanova, works with queer people and people fleeing from domestic abuse in the Nor

Chechnya

‘Thousands’ demand investigation into possible murder of Seda Suleymanova

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

A North Caucasus rights group reports that more than two thousand people have demanded that Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office investigate the possible murder of Seda Suleymanova. The North Caucasus SOS (NC SOS) Crisis Group, which works with queer people and people fleeing domestic abuse in the North Caucasus, shared a form for submitting requests to Russia’s Prosecutor’s Office, Investigative Committee, and Commissioner for Human Rights on 13 February in its Telegram channel. They urge

Chechnya

Chechen domestic abuse victim ‘abducted and sent to Grozny’

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

A Chechen woman who fled Chechnya for fear of her life was reportedly abducted from her Saint Petersburg home and detained in Grozny on theft charges. Civil rights activists warn that she might be murdered in her home republic. NC SOS Crisis Group, a North Caucasian queer rights organisation, reported that Seda Suleymanova and her partner, Stanislav Kudryavtsev, were taken from their apartment in Saint Petersburg by a group of men on 23 August. They claim that two of the men introduced thems