Non-Profit Organizations “The European Center for Constitutional Rights and Human Rights (ECCHR)” and “Russian LGBT Network” sued in Germany a lawsuit against five approximate heads of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov because of the persecution of gays in Chechnya. It is reported by the British edition of The Guardian.
The authors of the statement filed in February believe that the authorities of the republic are involved in the murders, arrests, torture, violence towards at least 150 people due to their sexual orientation.
According to the publication, in the list of those against whom the prison chairman of the Government of Chechnya Abused Vismuradov and the former head of the city of Argun in Chechnya Ayub Kataev, against which the EU sanctions have already introduced, as well as the Chairman of the Parliament of Chechnya Magomed Daudov.
Earlier, human rights defenders filed a lawsuit against the International Criminal Court (MUS), but Russia came out from under his jurisdiction. German legislation allows you to involve perpetrators in crimes against human rights, regardless of where they committed them.
“in the nonideal system of international criminal justice, given the limited jurisdiction of MUS, Germany is trying to guarantee that Europe is not a quiet harbor for war criminals. If no one is investigating, Germany can and should take it on himself, in this way Europe and the international community, “said Ecchr founder Wolfgang Pier.
March 15 “New Gazeta” published a second part of the investigation of the executions in Chechnya. In it, a former employee of the Patrol Service Police Regiment named after Ahmat Kadyrov, Senior Sergeant, Police, Suliman Gzhemameev, spoke about the circumstances of the alleged killing at least 13 people from the “list 27”.