European Court issues first judgment finding law enforcement bodies in Kadyrov's Chechnya responsible for abduction

19 April 2013 Source: HRO.org (info)  Chechnya  Victims of conflict  Access to justice  European Court of Human Rights On 18 April 2013 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a ruling in the case of Askhabova v. Russia (54765/09). The applicant in the case, Tamara Askhabova, is from Shali in the Chechen Republic, where her son Abdul-Yazit was unlawfully detained by Chechen law enforcement officers in 2009 and then disappeared, reports Memorial Human Rights Centre. [Read more]