Yesterday we reported story of Vlada, a young Russian girl who was robbed off her belongings in Kheer Ganga, forced to sell her travel photographs on the streets of Delhi. Her story was shared by on social media by Megha Mathur, a resident of Delhi after which we tried to get in touch with Vlada. Today we morning we connected with Vlada again after Megha informed that Vlada has got money arranged and will leave for Russia soon. Vlada, on phone confirmed the same. The cops which took Vlada, after hearing her story helped her with some amount. Till yesterday evening Vlada had collected around Rs 15, and rest she got helped through cops.
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Moscow - Russia should put an end to local rules forcing women in Chechnya to observe an Islamic dress code, Human Rights Watch said today. In the first days of Ramadan, groups of men in traditional Islamic dress loose pants and tunic claiming to represent the republic's Islamic High Council muftiat started approaching women in the center of Grozny, publicly shaming them for violating modesty laws and handing out leaflets with detailed description of appropriate Islamic dress for females. They instructed women to wear headscarves and to have their skirts well below the knees and sleeves well below the elbow. The alleged envoys from the Islamic High Council were soon joined by aggressive young men who pulled on the women's sleeves, skirts, and hair, touched the bare skin on their arms, accused them of being dressed like harlots, and made other humiliating remarks and gestures. In two cases reported to Human Rights Watch, members of the Chechen law enforcement were among the attackers. For several years, women in Chechnya have been the target of a quasi-official virtue campaign. The Chechen authorities have banned women who refuse to wear headscarves from working in the public sector. Female students are also required to wear headscarves in schools and universities. Though these measures have not been codified into law, they are strictly enforced and publicly supported by the republic's president, Ramzan Kadyrov. In June , Human Rights Watch received credible reports of individuals, including law enforcement agents, pelting uncovered women on the streets with paintball guns.
'Marriage blessing'
A journalist has left the southern Russian republic of Chechnya amid fears for her safety, after writing that a teenage girl was being forced to marry a police commander much older than her. Elena Milashina had written that the local police head, Nazhud Guchigov, had threatened reprisals against the girl's family if she was not handed over. The police commander was also said to be married to another woman. Ms Milashina's newspaper said she fled after her safety was threatened. A prominent investigative journalist with independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, she reported in late April that villagers had approached her when the year-old police commander in Nozhay-Yurt prevented Kheda Goylabiyeva, 17, from leaving her home. The paper claimed that the commander had given the family an ultimatum to hand over the girl, threatening reprisals if they did not. Chechnya's authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a diehard loyalist of President Vladimir Putin, has in recent years outlawed the abduction of brides and underage marriage.
Subscriber Account active since. Luiza Goilabiyeva, called Kheda, 17, was married on Saturday to Chechen police officer Nazhud Guchigov, who was originally reported to be 57 though he says he is 46 , is already married, and has children who are older than his new bride. The Russian investigative paper Novaya Gazeta reported that Goilabiyeva was being forced to marry a local official. He reportedly threatened her parents, demanding that he marry her on the day of her 17th birthday, May 1, and even warned that he would kidnap Goilabiyeva. She's younger than his children.
