RUS 005 / 0904 / OBS 067.1
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources that Mrs. Fatima Gazieva, a co-founder of the human rights organisation “Echo of War”, and her husband, Mr. Ilyas Ataev were released on September 4, 2004. They had been arrested on September 3, 2004, early in the morning at their home in Kalinovskaya, Naour, Chechnya.
According to the information received, Mrs. Fatima Gazieva and her husband were arrested by a group of armed men, some of them masked. They were taken to the district of Shelkovskaya, and then to the Federal Russian military basis of Hancala.
While in detention, Mrs. Gazieva did not receive any information about the reasons of their arrest and detention. However, she was interrogated on her activities at “Echo of War”.
The Observatory thanks all the persons, organisations and institutions that intervened in favour of the release of Mrs. Fatima Gazieva and her husband.
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Paris - Geneva, Septembre 14, 2004.
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