In December, a court in Chechnya will consider the parole of Zarema Musaeva

On December 11, the Shali City Court of Chechnya will consider a petition for parole against Zarema Musaeva. This was announced by Team Against Torture lawyer Alexander Savin.

Let us recall that in July, a court in Grozny found Zarema Musaeva guilty of using violence against a police officer and fraud and sentenced her to five years in prison. According to investigators, the woman scratched the face of a police officer while she was being taken from an apartment in Nizhny Novgorod to Grozny. In addition, she was accused of aiding a certain Madina Azimova, who was engaged in fraudulently obtaining consumer loans for insolvent borrowers.

According to lawyers, due to Musaeva’s health condition, she cannot serve her sentence. She suffers from type 2 diabetes and has had persistent nosebleeds and arm pain.

Zarema Musayeva is the mother of Chechen activists Abubakar, Ibragim and Baysangur Yangulbaev. Human rights activists claim that she was kidnapped as a hostage and convicted of her sons’ opposition activities.

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