From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/14/2007 5:02 PM
13/08/2007
Ingushetia becomes like Chechnya
Magas / Agency Caucasus – Hit by increasing violence, along with growing numbers of kidnapping, Ingushetia is attracting the military force of after . Russian Interior Minister ordered deployment of some Russian troops in Ingushetia.
A group of 2 500 soldiers and 10 armoured military vehicles arrived on August 9 in the region. Security forces here are nowadays far more meticulous about ID as well vehicle check-ins.
The Russian military forces will perform until September a thorough hunting for resisters who either hide in the mountains or pretend to be one among civilians, Russian Interior Minister Spokesman Vasily Panchenkov announced in a statement.
Additional troops are most feared to be likely to target a population of Chechen refugees of up to 60 000.
Magomed Mutsolgov, head of Masher, an Ingush human rights organization, said additional troops would only give rise to violence here. “Most human rights violations are carried out by security forces. And none of them get punished,” said Mutsolgov, and added that some masked forces would often carry out raids in cars without licence plate to abduct civilians to demand a ransom. “Masher has documents about security workers selling corpses to families.”
Ingush President Murat Zyazikov met on August 8 to discuss the deteriorating course of events with ministers, chief police and intelligence officers, senior prosecutors, mayors and several other officials. The president stressed in his words the need to eliminate social factors that seduce people, especially the youths, into committing crimes. “We are living in a lawful country and the rule of law should always get the most priority,” said Zyazikov.
The president also criticized security forces for their lack of will to cooperate with the public. He then assigned different tasks to all governmental officials, including the interior minister and mayors. Agency Caucasus
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