Russian state terrorism against the Chechen and Ingush people has not ceased. Recently, a civilian was abducted, another one was killed and a missing man was found in prison.
According to Polish Radio Białystok (Polskie Radio Białystok), Fundacja Ocalenia (Foundation Salvation) organized a meeting between Chechen asylum seekers and residents of the Polish city of Łomża.
Katarzyna Patalan-Brzostowska, a journalist from the Polish newspaper Gazeta Współczesna has reported on the current situation of Chechen asylum seekers in the city of Łomża in Poland, after the closing of the refugee center.
According to publications from Gazeta Wyborcza, some refugee centers in Poland are being emptied of asylum seekers, as per the decision of the Office for Foreigners.
According to the Gazeta Wyborcza, the Office for Foreigners declared that the refugee center in the city of Lublin will be closed until the end of February 2011. A group of Polish intellectuals from all over the country condemned the decision.
French journalist Aurélie Selvi reported that on Saturday November 6th, a group who call themselves, “Pré-Occupants” (Occupants) seized an abandoned building in downtown Nice, France for homeless asylum seekers.
During the last two months, Chechen athletes achieved good results in regional and international tournaments in wrestling, taekwondo and weightlifting.
The dissident Ingush website Ingushetiyaru.org has reported that in early October 2010, Ingush citizens held a meeting in the village of Pliyevo on behalf of the leadership in Ingushetia and discussed the political situation in the republic.
The Polish Radio station, Rzeszow (Polskiego Radia Rzeszów) has reported that a group of Chechen asylum seekers were arrested on border of Poland and Ukraine.
The Denmark based civic organization called “Free Caucasus” has sent an appeal to Slovakian authorities in hopes of cancelling the extradition of two Chechen asylum seekers, Ali Ibragimov and Anzor Chentiev.
American and European friends of Chechnya have sent an appeal to the Slovakian Minister of Justice, in reference to the extradition of Ali Ibragimov and Anzor Chentilov.
Waynakh Online editorial board have received via e-mail an appeal to Slovakia’s Prime Minister in regard to cancelling the extradition of two Chechen asylum seekers and granting them refugee status.
Around 30 members of the Chechen diaspora in Finland held a peaceful demonstration outside the Lutheran church in the town of Raasepori on 31 October 2010.
On October 31, in New York City, the organization Strategy 31 held a protest in front of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation, which is a stone’s throw from Central Park.
Local sources stated that in the city of Nazran, Ingushetia, an event was held in front of the memorial complex for the victims of Ossetian genocide against the Ingush people in 1992.
