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01:49, 25 April 2026

Human rights activists reported violations of Belkisa Mintsayeva's rights.

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For over 12 days, Chechen security forces have been holding Belkisa Mintsayeva, who arrived in the republic under pressure from law enforcement officers who threatened to send her brother to the SVO. She has not been charged with any crimes and has not been provided with a lawyer.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on April 14, Lidiya Mikhalchenko, head of the "Motherless Caucasus" human rights project, reported that security forces detained 33-year-old Belkisa Mintsayeva in the Nadterechny District of Chechnya "without any grounds." According to the human rights activist, Mintsayeva's children are with her ex-husband. According to Mikhalchenko, before her detention, Mintsayeva arrived in Chechnya under pressure from security forces, who threatened to send her brother to the SVO.

On April 9, a video message from Novosibirsk resident Belkisa to the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, was published. She said that two years ago, her ex-husband "abducted" her two daughters while they were vacationing with their grandmother (Belkisa's mother) in Chechnya. In August 2024, the Nadterechny District Court, acting on Belkisa's claim, ordered that the 12-year-old daughter remain with her mother, while the nine-year-old daughter remained with her father while legal proceedings to determine her place of residence were pending. On April 6, the woman traveled to Chechnya to see her younger daughter. The girl, whose place of residence had not yet been determined by the court, said she wanted to live with her mother and sister, and Belkisa took her daughter to Novosibirsk. Then, according to her, her ex-husband filed a child abduction report against her and an acquaintance who accompanied her on the trip. Belkisa's acquaintance has been detained and his whereabouts are unknown, while Belkisa and her relatives have begun receiving threats from various numbers claiming to be her ex-husband.

Belkisa Mintsayeva has been held at the Nadterechny District Police Department in Chechnya for over 12 days. During this entire time, there has been no contact with her, she has not been charged, and she has not been provided with legal assistance, according to the human rights project "Caucasus Without a Mother" on its Telegram channel.

According to the project, the authorities are attempting to "reconcile" the couple and present the situation as normal.

The court's decision and bailiff visits provide no guarantee that the mother, separated from her child in the Caucasus, will be able to see him. Six such stories that have come to light in recent years are collected in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Courts and Customs: How Mothers Are Separated from Their Children in the Caucasus".

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422721

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