Magomed Yevloyev
Magomed Yevloyev | |
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Магомед Евлоев | |
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Occupation(s) | Journalist, lawyer and businessman |
Magomed Yakhyаvich Yevloyev (Магомед Яхьявич Евлоев; 22 November 1971 – 31 August 2008) was a Russian journalist, lawyer, and businessman, and the owner of the news website
Early life and education
Magomed Yevloyev was born in the town of
Career
After graduation, Yevloyev began to work as a public procurator in Ingushetia. He soon became the Deputy Chief Procurator of Malgobek. In 1999, he was accused of complicity in the murder of Suleyman Tsechoyev, who was at that time imprisoned as a kidnapper. Allegedly Yevloyev had signed the permit allowing the murderers to take Tsechoyev from his cell. The accusations were not proven but Yevloyev resigned from his post as a prosecutor.[2]
In 2001, Yevloyev founded the Moscow legal firm Infra-Yur. In 2008, the firm became Infra Holding, a company which oversaw construction, fishing, legal firms, and security bureaus. It also controlled Infra North America, a daughter firm operating in the United States. Yevloyev was the president of this holding.[2]
Also in 2001, Yevloyev created the website "Ingushetia.ru". Originally there was no intention to make an opposition website; Yevloyev planned to host a neutral collection of materials on the history and culture of the Ingush people, without favoring any particular point of view. But he soon found that historical and cultural materials often included explosive political content as well, and the site became a source of political materials, such as information on the
In July 2007, the public procurator of Moscow's
Yevloyev did not, however, completely withdraw from the politics of Ingushetia. He was one of the organizers of the I did not vote campaign, intended to expose mass
Yevloyev also organized and financed a campaign collecting signatures calling for the removal of Ingushetia President Zyazikov, and the restoration of the previous Ingushetia president Ruslan Aushev.[2]
In the beginning of 2008, the office of the Ingushetia public procurator initiated hearings in Kuntsevo Court, demanding that access to the site Ingushetia.ru be restricted. According to the prosecutors, in an interview with Ingushetia businessman
Death
On 31 August 2008, Magomed Yevloyev was shot in the
In July 2008,
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe denounced Yevloyev's killing as an "assassination" aimed at cracking down on dissent in Ingushetia. The killing also triggered calls for Ingushetia's independence from Russia. The organizer of the protest rally, Magomed Khazibiyev, declared that the Ingush opposition would demand independence, appealing to Russia's recognition of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia as precedent.[11]
The funeral of Yevloyev developed into an anti-government protest, in which, according to organizers, several thousands participated. Early on 2 September, police dispersed a sleeping crowd of around 50 men who remained in the main square in Nazran, Ingushetia's capital city.[12]
His death investigation case is classified as "Murder by negligence" according to the Criminal Code of Russia. Another criminal case for his illegal detention (according to the investigators, police did not have the right to arrest him when they did) was opened in February 2009,[13] but withdrawn in March 2009.[14]
Court
On 11 December 2009, a court in Ingushetia found Ibragim Yevloyev guilty of unintentionally murdering Magomed Yevloyev. Ibragim Yevloyev was sentenced to two years of a "colony-settlement". In February 2010 his sentence was mitigated to two years of freedom restriction.[15]
Relatives of Magomed Yevloyev do not trust the official version. In their view, the owner of
References
- ^ Owner of the news site "Ingushetiya.Ru", Magomed Yevloev, 31 August 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Евлоев, Магомед collection of materials on Lenta.ru library (in Russian)
- ^ Ingushetia website owner killed, BBC News, 31 August 2008
- ^ Kremlin critic found dead Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The Australian, 31 August 2008
- ^ Deputy says Russian police kill Web site owner, Associated Press, 31 August 2008
- ^ Editor of News Portal Flees Country, The Moscow Times, 7 August. Retrieved 31 August 2008
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Reuters, "U.S. urges probe of journalist's death in Ingushetia", 2 Sep 2008
- ^ Financial Times, "Tension in Ingushetia after journalist’s death", 3 September 2008
- ^ Killings, Torture, Disappearances in Chechnya-Style Counterinsurgency, Human Rights Watch, 31 August 2008
- ^ Belton, Catherine (3 September 2008). Tension in Ingushetia after journalist’s death. Financial Times.
- ^ Police break up protest in Russia's Ingushetia. Reuters. 2 September 2008.
- ^ Muradov, Musa (17 March 2009). "Убийство Магомеда Евлоева вышло на должностной уровень". Kommersant. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- ^ Ingushetia Prosecutor Reverses Decision To Investigate Journalist's Death. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 20 March 2009
- ^ a b Sentence of Murderer of Ingush Oppositioner Mitigated, Lenta.Ru, February 2010 (in Russian)
External links
- (in Russian) Magomed Yevloyev's biography. Kavkaz-Uzel.
- BBC News: Anger at death of Kremlin critic
- English language blog of Ingushetiya.ru