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Chechen Refugee Said Salah Kadiev is Still Imprisoned

September 15, 2005

Chechen Refugee Said Salah Kadiev is Still Imprisoned

On the 30th of May 2005, 31 year-old Said Kadiev, citizen of the Republic of Chechnya-Ingushetia of the Russian Federation, was arrested in Tbilisi on basis of information provided by the Secret Security Service Department Against International Terrorism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Kadiev was arrested for not having an international passport or a visa for his stay in Georgia. After the session of the Marneuli district court on September the 1st of 2005, Said Salax Kadiev was sentenced to 6 months of imprisonment.

In September 2003, Said Salax Kadiev illegally crossed the Georgian border from the side of the Republic of Azerbaijan (at the Red Bridge) and stayed on the territory of Georgia illegally. According to statements made by Kadiev during his talks with his lawyer David Managadze, his life was under threat in his country and therefore there was no other way for him but to come to Georgia.

On the 4th of August 2005, the Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre was addressed by several citizens of Chechnya living in Georgia asking to help their friend in need.

According to the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees that was adopted by Georgia in 1999 and according to a notification given by the Georgian Refugee and Settlement Ministry, Said Salax Kadiev was registered as a person seeking refugee status. Nonetheless, the court did not satisfy the demand from the side of the defense to set Said Salax Kadiev free.

Kadiev was sentenced to 6 months of imprisonment on the 1st of September 2005 according to a decision made by the Marneuli district (City Court) judge, Makvala Peikrishvili.

Unsatisfied with the decision of the court, the prosecutor appealed to the next instance. He is demanding two years of imprisonment, relying on the second part of article 344 of the Criminal Law Code .

Keti Kuratashvili

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