Despite serious illness, Zarema Musaeva is kept in the Grozny pre-trial detention center

After numerous appeals, Zarema Musayeva managed to achieve inpatient treatment at the Republican Clinical Hospital named after. Sh.Sh. Ependiev. At the end of the course of therapy, she was returned to the SIZO in Grozny.

The woman has insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes, atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis, arterial hypertension and other diseases. According to the law, with such diagnoses, she should not be in prison, the Team Against Torture reported.

Zarema Musayeva was recently found guilty of using violence against a police officer and sentenced to five and a half years in prison. She is the mother of Chechen human rights activists. Last year she was kidnapped by the security forces, and later a fictitious criminal case was opened against her.

Novaya Gazeta journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov went to the verdict. On the way from the airport, they were severely beaten by masked gunmen.

Lawyers for the Team Against Torture reported that Zarema sent her regards to all those who support her: “All the best to you and your loved ones. With respect and love."

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