ChKNS faces new investigation by Ingushetian Prosecutor’s Office
Ruslan Isayev, North Caucasus – On Monday Ruslan Badalov, director of the human rights organization The Chechen National Salvation Committee (ChKNS), received a summons concerning the opening of hearings in the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ingushetia on the charge that information material written by the ChKNS is extremist.
This is the second attempt in recent months by the Ingushetian Public Prosecutor"s Office to accuse the ChKNS of extremism. During the first investigation the Nazran municipal court ruled on October 25, 2004 that the activity of the ChKNS is not extremist. However, the Ingushetian Public Prosecutor"s Office has appealed against this decision and claims that the materials written by the press service of the ChKNS, which are distributed via the Internet, have an extremist character, bring the law enforcement agencies into discredit, and legitimize the actions of the resistance units.
Ruslan Badalov and other human rights workers consider that this is a political case and is not the first attempt to shut the organization down.
The first hearing of the case in question will take place in the Ingushetian Supreme Court on February 3 this year.
(MD/T) RELATED ARTICLES:
· ChKNS's website
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