Document - Russian Federation: Aminat Dugaeva, aged 15, has not been seen since May 2003 (Postcard)

Russian Federation:

Aminat Dugaeva, aged 15, has not been seen since May 2003(Postcard)

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Aminat Dugaeva, aged 15, has not been seen since May 2003

Dear Prosecutor General,

Aminat Dugaeva, a 15-year-old girl, was seized by masked men in camouflage who arrived in military vehicles at her aunt’s house in Ulus-Kert, Shatoi, at 3am on 16 May 2003. Her aunt was tied up and threatened, and Aminat and her sister-in-law Kurbika Zinabdieva have not been seen since.

Aminat is one of thousands of people who have become victims of enforced disappearances in Chechnya, causing unending agony for their relatives. Virtually none of the nearly 2,000 investigations have produced any results, and relatives seeking justice often face reprisals and intimidation.

I urge you to: investigate the whereabouts of Aminat Dugaeva and what has happened to her, to make the findings known to her family, to bring to justice those found responsible for her enforced disappearance, and to provide protection from intimidation for witnesses and relatives.

Yours sincerely,

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IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR JUSTICE!

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Yuriy Yakovlevich Chaika

Prokuratura Rossiiskoi Federatsii

Ul. B. Dimitrovka, d.15a