After six years in a pre-trial detention center, a resident of Ingushetia accused of collaborating with ISIS was released under house arrest
The Malgobek City Court softened the preventive measure for Ingushetia resident Leila Gatagazheva. After six and a half years in pre-trial detention, she was placed under house arrest, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.
The 21-year-old mother of two children is accused of aiding ISIS (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) for almost seven years. At the same time, she is being held accountable for the same acts for which she served a sentence of 5 years in prison in Iraq. By the time she was extradited to the Russian Federation, the girl had overstayed her sentence by almost a year.
The criminal case is based on the testimony of a single classified witness. The defense cannot review the materials while the investigation is ongoing. Law enforcement agencies also wanted to force Leila to cooperate using psychological pressure and threats, noted her lawyer Ramina Labazanova.
