A North Ossetian resident was detained at a picket in Moscow for demanding an end to the repression of her family

Yulia Melnichenko, a resident of Mozdok, North Ossetia, was detained in Moscow near the Prosecutor General's Office building after holding a solo picket against the persecution of her family. This is the second such incident: in October 2024, she was detained in Vladikavkaz for a similar protest.

Security officers took the woman to the police station, confiscated her poster, and released her with a warning. The poster featured a photograph of her brother after, according to Melnichenko, a beating by police, with the caption: "They started with beatings, ended with beatings, falsifications, fabricated cases, confiscation of property... Stop the repression!"

According to the activist, in 2019, police officer Mukhammed Uligov broke the jaw of her 22-year-old brother, Rostislav. The family's request for a criminal case was denied, with the claim that the brother had sustained the fractures earlier in a domestic dispute. Subsequently, the family's land was confiscated, and fabricated criminal and administrative charges were filed. Melnichenko believes the persecution is related to their Ukrainian nationality.

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