World and European boxing champion Umar Salamov was released on November 1 after 10 months in captivity in Chechnya. He was subjected to torture and humiliation at the Grozny Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.
Umar Salamov was kidnapped by security forces along with other residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala. They were accused of collaborating with illegal armed groups and were kept in an illegal prison, where violence was used against them. Some people were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 2 to 10 years.
“One of the abducted, a famous athlete, world boxing champion Umar Salamov, was released on the night of October 31 to November 1. We were not able to talk to him or his family and find out where he was during these ten months and what happened to him. At the same time, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has previously repeatedly spoken positively about the athlete,” human rights activists said.
