Chechen activist Mansur Movlayev attempted suicide for second time in a week in Kazakhstan over extradition threat to Russia

Chechen activist Mansur Movlayev attempted suicide for a second time in a week, according to the Anti-War Committee of Russia. Movlayev had previously tried to take his own life on September 15, while detained in a pretrial detention center in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He had been there for over a year and a half, awaiting extradition to Russia.

After being hospitalized following his first suicide attempt, Movlayev tried again while still in the hospital. In the past, Movlayev had leaked information about human rights abuses in Chechnya to opposition Telegram channels. He fled Russia in 2023 but was arrested in Almaty in May 2025. Kazakh authorities refused to grant him asylum, and he remains in detention, facing extradition back to Russia.

Following his first attempt, Movlayev left a note expressing his exhaustion over injustice and the threats of torture and death he faces in Russia.