US urged to punish those responsible for the defeat of the office of human rights defenders in Chechnya – RIA Novosti

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WASHINGTON, June 3 – RIA Novosti. US calls the Russian authorities to bring to justice those responsible for the defeat of the office of human rights organization in Grozny, said on Wednesday the official representative of the US State Department Marie Harf.

As previously reported, on Wednesday, unknown smashed the organization’s office in Grozny, as well as apartment and her car employees.

“We understand that a crowd of about three thousand people gathered at the building, then rushed inside, smashed office. The police failed to react “, – said at a briefing Harf.

” We call on the Russian authorities to bring to justice the perpetrators, “- she added.

The unknown on Wednesday defeated the organization’s office in Grozny, as well as an apartment and a car of its employees. As the head of the “Committee against Torture” Igor Kalyapin, who also is a member of the HRC, it is not the first pogrom of organization’s office in Chechnya, but human rights activists are not going to stop their work in the region. As the representative of the Chechen HRC Kheda Saratova, rally and pogrom staged at the office Jambulat Dadaeva relatives killed during a special operation in April, and outraged by this murder Chechens. Interior Ministry announced the arrest of more than 30 participants of the action. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov ordered an “explanatory work” with the participants of the picket at Office “Committee against Torture” and take measures to prevent violence.