RFE/RL: Ingushetian Sentenced For Killing Website Owner
posted by circassiankama on December, 2009 as INGUSHETIA
Ingushetian Sentenced For Killing Website Owner
Picketers turned out in Moscow in September 2008 to decry the militia killing of Magomed Yevloyev in Nazran.
December 11, 2009
A court in the North Caucasian republic of Ingushetia has sentenced a
policeman to two years in jail for the killing of opposition website
owner Magomed Yevloyev, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
The
court ruled that former Interior Ministry official Ibragim Yevloyev (no
relation to the victim) is guilty of negligent murder in the 2008
killing.
Yevloyev was not in court for the verdict and his whereabouts are not immediately known.
A
representative for Magomed Yevloyev's family said he disagrees with the
court verdict and will appeal against the sentence after consulting
with Magomed Yevloyev's father.
Magomed Yevloyev was a
prosecutor in Ingushetia before moving to Moscow, where he set up the
independent website ingushetiya.ru in 2001 (now ingushetia.org).
The website reported on corruption and abuse within Ingushetia's government.
Yevloyev
was killed by a gunshot wound to the dead on August 31, 2008 while
being taken by security forces from Ingushetia's Magas airport to a
police station for interrogation.
Investigators insist that Magomed Yevloyev was killed accidentally.
Human rights groups have said they believe Yevloyev's killing was premeditated.
The
court ruled that Ibragim Yevloyev will serve his sentence in a prison
camp, which is considered to be less restrictive than a normal prison.
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