Alik Djabrailov

Alik (Umar) Lechayevich Dzhabrailov, often Alik Djabrailov, sometimes spelled Alik Dzhabrailov, sometimes occurred Umar Dzhabrailov (Chechen language: Джабраилов Алик, Russian language: Алик (Умар) Джабраилов; 11 August 1976 – 10 August 2009) was, together with his wife, Zarema Sadulayeva, a worker of the charity "Let's Save the Generation". The charity was located in Grozny, the Capital of Chechen Republic, and was dedicated to help children who had physical or mental trauma of war. Alik Djabrailov and Zarema Sadulayeva were kidnapped in the middle of the day in the charity office in the City of Grozny on August 10, 2009, then disappeared, then a day later found killed on the outskirts of the Grozny.[1][2] The brutality of the killing of the couple of Zarema Sadulayeva (who was 33 year old) and Alik Djabrailov (also 33 year old), who married just two month before, caused international outcry among human rights, social institutions and media, was condemned by European Commission, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, German Federal Foreign Office; Bernard Kouchner of French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs said the human rights defenders killed systematically in Russia, and Russian government obliged to stop the crimes, punish culprits.[3][4][5]

Save the Generation

Save the Generation charity was dedicated to help victims of war, including mine victims. Zarema Sadulayeva was leading the Grozny office of the charity.[5] The Chechen charity, a nongovernmental organization, was founded in 2001 for psychological and physical rehabilitation to disabled children, orphans, and other victims of war. The group worked closely with UNICEF, for training about landmines, protection of the rights of the disabled.[4]

Kidnapped and murdered

Alik Djabrailov and Zarema Sadulayeva were on August 10, 2009, together in the office of the Save the Generation, when at about 2 pm five unknown men came into and led out Alik Djabrailov together Zarema Sadulayeva.[4] The charity was located in the centre of the City of the Grozny.[6] One of the charity's employees was also in the office there and witnessed the abduction. Senior official at Russian human rights organization Memorial, Alexander Cherkasov, in interview for the Guardian said that two of the unknown were dressed up in black, while other three in camouflage.[7] The unknown said they were from the security services and took Zarema Sadulayeva and Alik Djabrailov for questioning and left their telephone contact number. A little while later two of them returned in the charity office again and took Zarema Saduilayeva's mobile and Alik Djabrailov's car.

When Zarema Sadulayeva and Alek Dzabrailov's colleagues called the contact number left by visitors, who were in reality kidnappers, then nobody answered them.[7]

On midnight of August 10–11, the dead bodies of Alik Djabrailov and Zarema Sadulayeva were found with gun wounds and traces of torture, in the boot of the Alik Djabrailov car.[7] On August 11 Alik Djabrailov would have celebrated his 33rd birthday if he were alive. Zarema Sadulayeva was the same age of 33.[8]

Investigation


Aug 11, 2009, Vladimir Markin, Russian Prosecutor General's Investigative Committee Spokesman, says about conducting investigation to determine all the circumstances of this incident as well as the perpetrators, and a group of experts from the Russian Prosecutor General's Investigative Committee has flown to the Grozny to help to solve the case.[9]

August 11, 2009, also Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic, says the case is an inhuman crime and he'll take personal control of the investigation.[10]

10 December 2009, Internet portal Caucasian Knot writes that when investigation started in the murder then colleagues of the killed human rights activists and friends criticized that because the investigation said Alik Djabrailov might be killed because he took part in recent Chechen warfare so maybe he was killed because of a feud after the warfare, but his wife killed just incidentally, but the friends and colleagues argued that if that be true why then Zarema Sadulayeva body had such severe traces of torture.[11]

15 July 2012, portal Caucasian Knot publishes interview with Human Rights Watch/Russia senior official, Tatiana Lokshina, where she says: "...one witness who saw the kidnappers was questioned by investigation, a facial composite was composed. The witness knew also telephone number of the one of those visitors. Then the investigation took two years with such witness' testimony to identify kidnapper. But when the one was identified, it occurred that the identified was a police officer in the Kurchaloy Police Office who died during one of the police special operations. So there is no more investigation to be leading by now." (This is a translation from Russian language; original quote see below in references.)[12]


January 22, 2015, investigative journalist Elena Milashina in the Novaya Gazeta writes that the murder is not yet investigated: "...in Chechnya unknown kidnapped and killed human rights defender Natalya Estemirova, also civil activists Alik Djabrailov and Zarema Sadulayeva, as well as during a special security operation led by Ramzan Kadyrov another activist, Zarema Gaysanova, disappeared. Not a single one of "the offences against the person that are severe and dangerous" was investigated until today."(This is translation from Russian language; original quote see below in references.)[13]

References
  1. "Нохчийн полицин белхахой Iамор бу бакъонашларъярхоша". radiomarsho.com (in Chechen). October 5, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. "Два года со дня убийства Заремы Садулаевой и Алика Джабраилова: круг подозреваемых установлен, но нет политической воли наказать убийц". memohrc.org (in Russian). February 1, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  3. Агамиров, Карэн (August 11, 2010). "Год без Заремы Садулаевой". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  4. "Russia: Find Activist Missing in Chechnya". Human Rights Watch. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. "Кто защитит правозащитников?". Радио Свобода (in Russian). August 11, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  6. Levy, Clifford J. (2009-08-11). "Two Chechens in a Charity, Save the Generation, Are Killed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  7. Parfitt, Tom (2009-08-11). "Outrage over murders of Chechnya aid worker and husband". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  8. "Newlywed charity workers are latest victims of Chechen terror". The Independent. 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  9. Two human rights activists found dead in Chechnya, retrieved 2019-12-28
  10. Charity head found dead in Chechnya - 11 Aug 09, retrieved 2019-12-28
  11. Узел, Кавказский. "Sadulayeva's murder is badly investigated in Chechnya, her colleagues assert". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  12. Узел, Кавказский. "Локшина: вместо поиска убийц Натальи Эстемировой власти занимаются преследованием правозащитников". Кавказский Узел. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  13. ""Имеют место факты укрытия преступлений"". Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru (in Russian). 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  • Al-Jazeera English January 1, 2009, Witness - Lost children of Chechnya - Jan 1 2009 - Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWe8O-FxtTY accessed September 14, 2020 (Video Al-Jazeera, part 1, about situation of wounded children during warfare.)
  • Al-Jazeera English January 1, 2009, Witness - Lost children of Chechnya - Jan 1 2009 - Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLgVO8jo5vg accessed September 14, 2020 (Video of Al-Jazeera, part 2, about situation of wounded children during warfare.)
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