Zarema Musaeva, who is being held in a Chechen penal colony, was diagnosed with cataracts and the dose of insulin she needed was increased. She also has constant pain in her leg and takes painkillers. This was announced by Team Against Torture lawyer Alexander Savin.

The medical examination of Zarema was delayed for almost three months, although according to the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, this should have been done and the decision should have been provided to the Shali Court immediately.
In early March, the Pyatigorsk Court of Cassation commuted the sentence of Zarema Musayeva from 5 years to 4 years and 9 months in prison.

Last year in Grozny, Musayeva was sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony on charges of using violence against a government official. In September, the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic reduced the sentence by six months. In December, the Shalinsky City Court of Chechnya denied her parole.

Let us remind you that on January 20, 2022, police officers from Chechnya came to Nizhny Novgorod and took Zarema Musaeva away. After being taken to Grozny, the woman was accused of using violence against a police officer. According to investigators, she scratched his face. Zarema Musayeva is the mother of Chechen activists Abubakar, Ibragim and Baysangur Yangulbaev. Human rights activists believe that she was kidnapped as a hostage and convicted of her sons’ opposition activities.