Recently, when journalist/blogger Carme Riera tipped me about Ingushetia in a comment in this blog, the only connection I could make then was the militant attack on the Ingush president this June. As I dig a little, I have to confirm that the nightmare tearing apart this North Caucasian republic is indeed one of the most forgotten human rights disasters of our time. Anyone with anything on if/how European and/or North American governments are engaged in Ingushetia? Please add your comments in the discussion thread.
The Russian republic of Ingushetia has become the most dangerous place in the Russian federation. Endemic corruption combined with a battle between Islamic extremists and unaccountable Moscow-backed security forces has plunged the area into violence… The conflict has left many Ingushetians in despair; their human rights suppressed and their faith in the authorities in tatters. It is a cycle of bloody atrocity and counter-atrocity that seems to have no end.
Law enforcement and security forces involved in counterinsurgency have committed dozens of extrajudicial executions, summary and arbitrary detentions, and acts of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. These practices evoke, albeit on a far smaller scale, the thousands of enforced disappearances, killings, and acts of torture that plagued Chechnya for more than a decade. They are antagonizing local residents and serve to further destabilize the situation in Ingushetia and more widely in the North Caucasus.
Ingushetia: A second Chechnya?
Must watch documentary by Dom Rotheroe and Antony Butts.
