User:Alaexis/Chechnya

In part due to the numerous unemployed former fighters and the weakness of the law enforcement/judicial structures, Chechnya is experiencing an extremely serious crime wave, especially occupation of dwellings and kidnappings. Many people simply have disappeared. In general, kidnapping, like other crimes, has reached crisis proportions. Most of the kidnappings have apparently been for ransom, but the taking of persons for political purposes cannot be excluded. This particularly affects the non-Chechen population, not protected by traditional family or clan ties.

Although crime affects specifically the Russian speaking population, the Assistance Group (AG) is unaware of any official policy of the Chechen authorities or measures of discrimination against minorities.

[http://web.archive.org/web/19990502055646/http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu4/chrrep/1097.htm The situation of human rights in the Republic of Chechnya of the Russian Federation. Report of the Secretary-General ]