The defense has challenged the extradition of a Chechen refugee from Kazakhstan to Russia
Lawyers for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev have appealed the Kazakh prosecutor's office's decision to extradite him to Russia, filing appeals with the agency and the presidential administration. Solo pickets are also planned.
Movlaev, who was wanted in Chechnya, was detained in Kazakhstan in May 2025 and placed under extradition arrest. Despite receiving asylum seeker status, the country's Prosecutor General's Office recently approved his deportation. Human rights activists fear that if extradited, Movlaev will face torture and extrajudicial execution in his home country.
In Russia, Mansur Movlaev is accused of financing extremism, but the opposition movement "Adat" believes the case is fabricated. The young man previously served time on drug trafficking charges, which he claims were politically motivated. After his release in 2022, he was tortured and fled to Kyrgyzstan, according to 1ADAT, where he was convicted of illegally crossing the border and deported, after which he ended up in Kazakhstan.
