Number of Chechens on hunger strike in Inghushtia increasedRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus – Eight more people joined the hunger strike on Thursday in the Bella refugee camp in Ingushetia, raising the total number to 26.
The strike began on September 19 (see Prague Watchdog's report), and the first to announce it was human rights activist Nurdi Dalayev.
The striking refugees want authorities to stop intimidating the people who don’t want to return to Chechnya.
“Conditions in Chechnya are unsafe for our return, so we refuse to leave the camps,“ stated the protestors.
According to Dalayev, a protest meeting will soon be organized, but he refused to say exactly when this will take place.
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