The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg condemned Russia for the disappearance of four men in different parts of Chechnya in the period from August 2002 to December 2004 and ordered to pay the victim 176 thousand 744 euro, transmits with reference to the communiqué of the court.
The plaintiffs believe that the missing were arrested by Russian soldiers. They also argued that appealed to the Russian justice, but they said the local investigation agencies have been unable to effectively investigate the circumstances of cases.
The plaintiffs in the first case were made by relatives Aslanbek Astamirova. According to the Legal Fund Initiative in Russia ", he disappeared 5 August 2002 in the village Geghi (Chechnya). Late at night, about 30 soldiers stormed the house and detained Astamirovyh Aslanbek. Since then, no news of him there.
Elias and his nephew Saga Saga Yunadi disappeared on 30 August and 13 September 2002 respectively. Ilyas and Yunadi were abducted by armed men from their homes in the Urus-Martan. Neighbors confirmed that the soldiers arrived in armored personnel carriers. No news on the Ilyas and Yunadi there since their arrest. The plaintiffs in their case were made by relatives.
In the third case, the court asked the relatives of Alice Zubiraeva living in the Chechen-village. The Russian authorities have recognized that the early morning of 21 December 2004 in the Chechen village, was a special operation, but denied that Alice had been detained. However, a neighbor of the family Alice, also arrested in the course of the operation but later released, testified that he was taken to the same military vehicle as Alice.
"The Court recognized that I have a right to know what happened to my son - said Zara Vagapova, mother Alice Zubiraeva. - The Court also ruled that the authorities have not conducted an effective investigation into the case. They should have launched a thorough investigation and to report where my son. "
The Chamber of the ECHR decided that the Russian authorities had violated several articles of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. " In particular, article 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment), 5 (right to liberty and security) and 13 (right to an effective remedy).
According to a court order, the Russian Federation must pay the plaintiffs' 140 thousand euros as compensation for moral damage, 17 thousand euros for pecuniary damage and 19 thousand 744 euros to cover legal costs.
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