The wife of a former judge of the Supreme Court, Saydi Yangulbaeva, and the mother of Chechen human rights activists, Zarema Musaeva, was hospitalized, one of her sons, Abubakar Yangulbaev, said .
For a year and a half in a pre-trial detention center, the woman's eyesight has deteriorated, she can hardly move because of progressive back pain. “She is transported in a wheelchair, she cannot use walks, courts are hard for her. And the most dangerous is diabetes mellitus of the second degree, which requires constant monitoring and treatment in order to curb progression. A person is simply killed in prison. And this is without any fault,” said Yangulbaev.
Musayeva has been imprisoned in the Grozny pre-trial detention center for more than a year. Her case began in January 2022, when Kadyrov's security forces broke into the apartment of Musaeva and her husband, retired federal judge Saydi Yangulbaev. He, as well as their sons, human rights activists Abubakar and Ibragim, regularly criticized Kadyrov's government. The security forces planned to kidnap Yangulbaev Sr., but they could not, since at that time he had judicial immunity. They took Musayeva away, as she was allegedly a witness in a fraud case in Grozny. During the detention, the woman, according to the investigation, scratched the face of one of the security forces. A case was opened against her for violence against a representative of the authorities, dangerous to life and health.