{"id":40848,"date":"2021-02-15T18:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=162715"},"modified":"2021-02-15T18:22:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:22:24","slug":"new-report-on-alleged-extrajudicial-executions-in-chechnya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/15\/new-report-on-alleged-extrajudicial-executions-in-chechnya\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report On Alleged Extrajudicial Executions In Chechnya"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Moscow-based Novaya gazeta newspaper on February 15 published official documents it says prove that many of the people allegedly killed in extrajudicial executions in Chechnya in 2017 had been detained by local police.<\/p>\n
Novaya gazeta reported in 2017<\/a> that 27 detained individuals had been summarily executed in late January that year.<\/p>\n Chechen authorities have denied the individuals in question had ever been arrested, while the Investigative Committee rejected Novaya gazeta’s request to launch an investigation into the allegations.<\/p>\n The North Caucasus region of Chechnya is controlled by Kremlin-installed strongman Ramzan Kadyrov. Its security forces have been accused of gross human rights abuses for many years, including abductions, torture, and killings.<\/p>\n