An international human rights group has protested the detention of a Russian rights activist in the southern region of Daghestan, saying it believes the charges against him were fabricated.
Radio Free Europe reported on Tuesday that the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights had said that Osman Boliev, the head of the human rights NGO Romashka, was detained on Nov. 15 at his home in Khasavyurt and remains in custody.
The group said in a statement that a hand grenade was planted on him, serving as grounds for charging him with illegal possession of weapons.
A letter sent to the top prosecutor in Dagestan and other Russian officials asked for Boliev’s immediate release and a criminal case to be opened against local police.
The group said the activist had been investigating the 2004 kidnapping of a local man and had sent his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
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