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| Chechen deputy minister threatens illegal conduct against suspected Islamists |
| 2013-12-14 |
| Chechen Deputy Interior Minister Apti Alaudinov has threatened to use illegal methods -- including summary killings and planting false evidence -- in a bid to remove Islamic fundamentalists from a former militant stronghold in the region. Alaudinov made the remarks in a recent speech to local officials in a town near Grozny. A video of his remarks was posted on the internet on December 12. In the video, Alaudinov can be heard telling a roomful of municipal officials -- including a new police station chief -- that he had been granted limitless powers by Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov, whom he called "the ruler." Alaudinov said those powers included the authority to imprison or even kill people for merely appearing like an Islamist fundamentalist. He said, "If there is a slightest resemblance with Wahabbists, I personally took it under my control. Here is a new police chief next to us. I personally told him: 'Smash them. If you want to put somebody in jail, put them there. If there is a chance to plant some kind of evidence in somebody's pocket, plant it. Do whatever you want to do and kill anyone you want to kill.' The ruler asked me to pass this message to [the police chief.] I swear to God I support that." Alaudinov accused some officials in the town of turning a blind eye toward Islamic militancy when their own relatives were involved. He said that practice would end. Alaudinov said, "There will be no more ways to cover up for your relatives. There will be no more situations when you say: 'Oh, this is my relative. They have to be protected from punishment while others are punished. Everybody has to put his own house in order." He also threatened that any person who criticizes Kadyrov or his administration would be punished. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 True Ethics are based on reciprocity. "Human Rights" is just the latest of the vicious nonsense (like Communism and Nazism) to come from, post-civilized, Europe. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-12-14 04:51 |