Chair of the Dagestan branch of YABLOKO detained without any reasons
Press Release, 08.07.2014
Chair of the Dagestan branch of YABLOKO Artur Babayev was detained in Makhachkala. The police checked his name against the database and then released him without any explanations.
Babayev was getting off his car when he saw a police car moving towards him. Three policemen got off the car, turned the guns on him and demanded to show his documents. Then the police took Babayev to a police station.
After a while he was released but didn’t get any explanations.
According to a journalist from Dagestan Magomed Magomedov, the police detain everyone who wears a beard.
“Everyone who wears a bread can be detained and taken to a police station. Babayev who always wears a beard is being detained several times each month”, said the journalist.
Posted: July 9th, 2014 under Human Rights.