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A protest in Nazran, Ingushetia, against the land deal with Chechnya. Photo: Malik Butayev/OC Media.

Akhmed Barakhoyev

Ingush protest leaders charged with ‘Extremism’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Four leading activists in the protest movement in Ingushetia against the Ingush-Chechen land deal have been hit with extremism charges. Russian authorities charged Akhmed Barakhoyev with ‘organising an extremist organisation’ on Wednesday; he faces 6–10 years in prison if convicted. Barakh Chemurziyev, Zarifa Sautiyeva, and Ismail Nalgiyev were charged the following day with ‘participating in an extremist organisation’; they face 2–6 years in prison. The four have been among the leading

Chechen-Ingush Land Deal

Detained Ingush land-deal activists denied access to lawyers

by OC Media

•3 min read

Officials at a detention centre in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have denied access to lawyers to three activists detained after March protests in Magas. The activists from the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia were fighting against a land deal between Ingushetia and Chechnya. On 2 October, lawyers Fatima Urusova and Magomed Bekov were prevented from visiting Ingush activist Zarifa Sautiyeva. Urusova told OC Media that according to the staff of the detention centre in Kaba

Chechen-Ingush Land Deal

Thousands demand release of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautiyeva

by OC Media

•4 min read

An online protest is demanding the release of Zarifa Sautiyeva, an activist against Ingushetia’s controversial land deal with Chechnya. Thousands of people from all over Russia have uploaded videos calling for her release. Sautiyeva is the former deputy director of the Memorial of Memory and Glory, a large memorial and museum complex in Ingushetia’s largest city, Nazran, dedicated to the victims of political repression. She was arrested on 13 July on charges of organising the use of violen

Freedom of the Press

Activist and journalist arrested and ‘tortured’ in Ingushetia

by OC Media

•4 min read

An activist against Ingushetia’s controversial land deal with Chechnya and a local journalist have been detained. According to his lawyer, journalist Rashid Maysigov, who is accused of drug possession and treason, is being tortured by the authorities. According to Ingush news site Fortanga, activist Zarifa Sautiyeva’s lawyer announced her detention at 1:00 on 13 July. Sautiyeva was transported to a detention centre in Kabardino-Balkaria’s capital, Nalchik. Sautiyeva was charged with le