Magomed Mutsolgov, head of an Ingush human rights group, sits in his Karabulak office with photos of missing men, including a brother. (Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times / August 15, 2009)Fear Stalks Caucasus Amid Hidden War -- The L.A. Times
A campaign of killings and torture has mounted in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, rights groups say. Security forces are said to be involved, and signs reportedly point to Chechnya's leader.
Reporting from Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Russia - This is a place where gangs with masked faces come out of the darkness to take the young men away.
Sometimes the bodies turn up with broken limbs, bruises, torn-away fingernails and burns. Sometimes the captives are placed under arrest officially and end up in jail. Lately, many simply disappear.
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More News On The Low Level Insurgency War In The Caucasus
Blood Ties -- Newsweek
Caucasus on alert: brazen murders rock Russia’s south -- RT
Four police, two militants killed in Chechnya operation -- RIA Novosti
Chechen President Sues Russian Rights Activist -- Radio Free Europe