Supporters of the Chechen man Mansur Movlaev have launched a fundraising campaign to collect 12,000 Swiss francs to cover legal costs. The funds are needed to prepare a response to Kazakhstan’s position submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee, and to provide further evidence that the activist would face torture and persecution if extradited to Russia.

The fundraising effort was announced on November 8 by Movlaev’s support group via the Instagram account "free_mansour_movlaev." According to those close to him, Kazakhstan has already submitted its position regarding his complaint to the Committee, and a legally sound response must now be prepared.

"We have reached a new, critical stage. Kazakhstan has presented its position to the Committee, and we must prepare a legally grounded response to refute the state’s arguments and provide additional evidence that Mansur faces the threat of torture and persecution if extradited," the post states.

Preparing the necessary documentation will require approximately 40 hours of legal work, with an hourly rate of 300 Swiss francs. Movlaev’s supporters noted that while they previously covered the costs of preparing and filing the complaint with the UN on their own, they are now unable to raise the required amount without outside assistance.

On February 23, 2026, the UN Human Rights Committee registered Movlaev’s complaint and, as an urgent interim measure, requested that Kazakhstan refrain from extraditing him to Russia while the case is under review. The following day, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan suspended the execution of the extradition order pending a final decision on Mansur’s asylum application.

Movlaev has been held in a Kazakhstani pre-trial detention center since his arrest in May 2025. In September, a cassation court found no irregularities in the decision to deny him asylum. Following this, he made two suicide attempts.

In 2022, Movlaev was detained in Chechnya and held in an illegal prison. In January 2023, he managed to escape and reached Kyrgyzstan. In August of the same year, he was detained by Kyrgyz security forces in connection with a Russian case involving the financing of extremism. On October 4, 2023, a court in Bishkek sentenced Movlaev to six months in a penal colony for illegal border crossing. Since time spent in a pre-trial detention center counted toward his sentence at a rate of two days for every one day served, the city court ordered his release following an appeal hearing on November 20. Although the decision to expel him from the country remained in effect, Movlaev managed to avoid deportation and left Kyrgyzstan on his own.