CHECHEN WOMEN PREPARED FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

July 12, 2004 – (ORChD [Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship] Information Centre) The mothers, sisters and wives of people who have at some time been kidnapped in Chechnya by Federal and Chechen pro-Moscow forces held a meeting on 7 July in Shali. The women decided that in the event of further inaction on the part of law-enforcement agencies regarding the investigation of these crimes, they would reserve the right to engage in acts of civil disobedience. In particular, the women declared their readiness to block the Rostov-Baku federal highway and the main roads linking district centres. The women are also prepared to stage continuous demonstrations and hunger strikes.

From: http://www.chechentimes.org/en/news/?id=19174