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WOW2: June 2023 – Women Trailblazers and Activists, 6-1 thru 6-8 [1]

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Date: 2023-06-03  

June 6, 2021 – Khalimat Taramova, the 22-year-old daughter of a prominent Chechen businessman, posted a video online: “Today is June 6, 2021. I, Khalimat Ayubovna Taramova, voluntarily left home to flee from regular beatings and threats. Please do not put me on the federal wanted list and do not disclose any information about my whereabouts, as those actions will pose a threat to my life. I was subjected to violence by my parents and by my husband. I was refused a divorce. I have been married for five years. And when anything goes wrong, they immediately beat me. At one point I thought that it was unsafe for me to stay here any longer because there was a threat to my life, not just violence. They warned me: ‘If you decide to run away, you will be found, brought back, and killed.” Taramova fled her native Chechnya, and was sheltered by a women’s group in the neighboring republic of Dagestan. On June 10, police and security forces from Chechnya forced their way in and abducted her. Women’s rights activists warned she was at grave risk of becoming a victim of a so-called ‘honor’ killing, but Chechen authorities claimed they removed her in order “to prevent her abduction” by local human rights activists. On June 14, flanked by her father and her uncle, Taramova appeared on Grozny TV, the state television channel of the Chechen Republic, saying she’s “fine,” that her family is taking good care of her, that there had never been any abuse and hinted that she had probably been drugged because she was “in a fog” and could not remember much about going to Dagestan. Tanya Lokshina, associate director for Europe and central Asia at Human Rights Watch, said, “There’s no doubt that Taramova was there under duress. Those who file complaints with official authorities or speak out about abuse are routinely forced to take their allegations back and apologise on camera. This is one of the tactics used by Chechen authorities to suppress dissent.” Forced confessions or retractions have been used in Chechnya since Ramzan Kadyrov became its leader in 2007, to intimidate people and spread propaganda suggesting that the republic is a utopia where there are no human rights violations. Kadyrov was appointed by Vladimir Putin, whom he idolizes.

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