Human rights chief files complaint over airport detention
Valeriy Khatazhukov, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Center for Human Rights, submitted a request to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation to verify the legality of the actions of border service personnel at the Mineralnye Vody airport.
Consensus
- Valeriy Khatazukov is the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center.
- He filed a complaint with the Russian Prosecutor General's office.
- The complaint concerns the legality of actions by border service officers at Mineralnye Vody Airport.
- He was detained and questioned for two hours.
- The questioning focused on his human rights activities and connections to Turkey.
- The officers did not identify themselves.
- The officers justified their actions by citing the ongoing 'special military operation'.
- Khatazukov had returned from Turkey after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant tumor.
- He provided all supporting documents related to his medical treatment.
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