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| Natives of the North Caucasus went on hunger strike in an Iraqi prison | ||
| 2023-04-29 | ||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] About 30 natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Chechnya, convicted under terrorist articles, are on hunger strike in a Baghdad prison, demanding a review of their cases and return to Russia.
In 2021, Russian human rights activists released an analytical report on human rights problems and violations of humanitarian norms in Syria over the past 10 years of conflict. The "Caucasian Knot" published a note  about this report. Natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Chechnya participate in a mass hunger strike in Baghdad's Rusafa prison in Iraq. They demand a retrial and return to Russia, according to a prison source. This information was also confirmed by representatives of the Dagestan diaspora in Istanbul and the international commission for the release of citizens of post-Soviet states who are in camps in Syria and prisons in Iraq. Some of these women have been sentenced by Iraqi courts to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment for their involvement in the terrorist organization Islamic State*. Mostly these are the wives or widows of those accused of terrorism, Kavkaz.Realii wrote on April 27.
Many have already addressed complaints to the Iraqi authorities, as well as to the diplomatic missions of their states. In response to an appeal from one of the prisoners who asked for a transfer to Russia, Dmitry Babekin, deputy director of the Department of International Law and Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice, said that this requires, in addition to having Russian citizenship, to permanently reside in the country, the publication reported. Russian diplomats will visit the Iraqi women's prison "Rusafa" in early May, where women went on a hunger strike. These Russian women previously lived in a closed camp for militant families and raised their children there. According to the prisoners themselves, they never took any part in the preparation or implementation of terrorist acts, writes RT. "On April 24, we, the prisoners of the women's prison" Rusafa "in Baghdad, went on a hunger strike in protest against fabricated charges and unfair prison punishment," one of the prisoners, sentenced to life, told the publication. On April 25, prisoners who disagreed with their sentences and were dissatisfied with the difficult living conditions in the correctional facility also wrote an official appeal to the prison administration demanding better conditions for prisoners. The first secretary of the Russian embassy in Iraq, Alexei Kolobov, confirmed that the Russians in the Rusafa prison went on a hunger strike. "We contacted the prison administration, we were confirmed this information. As far as we know, women complain about the difficult living conditions. Unfortunately, there are not enough personal belongings, it is very hot in the cells," he said. | ||
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