 Memorial Human Rights Centre On May 20, 2012, at the conference of non-governmental organisations taking place in Makhachkala, Dagestan, the “Caucasus Forum”, several of its participants criticised the work of employees of the Human Rights Center “Memorial”. The Head of the organisation “Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights”, Svetlana Isaeva, informed those present that on the previous day, during disturbances outside the building of the Kirovsky police department in Makhachkala, a journalist was beaten. According to Isaeva, the journalist was attacked by women in hijabs because she looked different from those present (she was in trousers and her hair was uncovered). “Employees from the HRC “Memorial” were there and they described to the media in detail the detention of their colleague [Sirazhutdin Datsiev, detained by police, HRC “Memorial”] but not one word was said of the attack on the journalist. Why did “Memorial” do nothing to help her?” We too are obliged to explain publicly our position. [Read more] |
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