Chechen activist Mansur Movlayev attempts suicide in Kazakhstan jail. He faces extradition to Russia.
Chechen activist Mansur Movlayev attempted to take his own life after a year and a half in a pretrial detention center in Almaty, his lawyer, Vadim Drozdov, told the independent Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe.
Chechen activist Mansur Movlayev attempted suicide behind bars in Kazakhstan after spending 16 months in pretrial detention, his lawyer Vadim Drozdov told Russian independent news outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe. Movlayev's note, published by the outlet, expressed his exhaustion from injustice, stating that neither the court nor prosecutor's office hears their pleas.
He warned he would be tortured and killed if extradited to Russia. Movlayev, a Chechen activist known for sharing information on abductions, enforced disappearances, torture, and fabricated criminal cases in Chechnya via Telegram channels, fled Russia in 2023 and was detained in Almaty in May 2025. Kazakhstan has refused his asylum request and is considering his extradition to Russia.
The UN Human Rights Committee has ordered Kazakhstan not to extradite Movlayev until his complaint is fairly evaluated. Human rights activists warn he would face torture and death in Chechnya. Meduza, the news outlet, ensures transparency in its use of artificial intelligence and has an editor review every draft before publication.
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