CHECHENS BLOCK HIGHWAY TO PROTEST ABDUCTION OF TEENAGE GIRL
By empty (8/5/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Residents of the village of Samashki blocked the main highway linking Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia on 5 August to protest the Chechen Interior Ministry\'s failure to locate and free Elza Katsaeva, who was forcibly abducted from her home in Samashki on 2 August. Abdul-Khakim Sultygov, who is President Putin\'s commissioner for human rights in Chechnya, said finding Katsaeva is \"a challenge\" for the Chechen police force and that \"the criminals involved in the abduction should be found and put on trial.\" (Interfax).Visit also
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