ECHR obliges Russia to pay EUR 123,000 to relatives of two Dagestan residents
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has obliged Russia to pay EUR 123,000 to the relatives of the two residents of Dagestan, who were abducted in Makhachkala in January 2012, Radio Liberty reports.
According to the Kavskazky Uzel local website, the armed men in the uniform of the traffic police officers stopped Sirazhudin Aliyev and Gazimagomed Abdulaev in the center of Makhachkala. They dragged two men out of their car, handcuffed them and took away in an unknown direction. The kidnapping took place in front of numerous eyewitnesses.
According to the relatives, who appealed to the ECHR, the abducted men were first brought to a police station in Makhachkala, and then taken to Stavropol region. Their further fate is not known.
As the website notes, the authorities do not dispute the circumstances of kidnapping, but deny any involvement of law enforcement officers in it.
ECHR concluded that Russia had violated the right of Aliyev and Abdulaev to freedom, personal integrity and life. The Court considers that they should be presumed dead. The court also ruled the investigation into the abduction in Russia had been improper.
