By empty (3/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Thirty people have been abducted in Chechnya in 2005, and 17 of them are still missing, the Memorial human rights center told Interfax. \"According to incomplete information, 30 cases of abductions of Chechen residents were recorded in January and February. Ten of these people have been released, 17 are missing, and one was found dead.
Thirty people have been abducted in Chechnya in 2005, and 17 of them are still missing, the Memorial human rights center told Interfax. \"According to incomplete information, 30 cases of abductions of Chechen residents were recorded in January and February. Ten of these people have been released, 17 are missing, and one was found dead. The two others are currently under investigation,\" Memorial\'s Dmitry Grushkin said on Friday. Memorial also found out that 22 Chechen residents were killed in the first two months of 2005, Grushkin said. \"Among them are 13 peaceful civilians, 5 members of Chechen law enforcement and security agencies, and one guerilla. The identities of three more people are unknown,\" Grushkin said. \"This data is not complete. Our monitoring embraces only 30% of Chechnya\'s territory. Even on this 30% of the territory, we can\'t record all crimes,\" he said. (Interfax)