In Grozny, unknown set fire to the apartment, where there was an office of human rights organization “Committee against Torture” – Ekho Moskvy radio station

themselves defenders had to leave the apartment earlier, fearing an attack. As the participant free mobile group Krmiteta Dmitry Dmitriev, for human rights defenders carried out surveillance.

According to the portal “Mediazona,” Deputy Interior Minister of Chechnya Apti Alaudinov announced that the police can not ensure the safety of human rights defenders in Chechnya, and now to decide whether to evacuate them from the country. According to the BBC, “The Committee against Torture” remained one of the few human rights organizations continue to work in Chechnya. A few days ago the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov made it clear that he suspected head of the organization Igor Kalyapin involvement in financing militants who organized the attack on Grozny on December 4.