INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
rights activists said.Laura Avtorkhanova had been living in a shelter in Tbilisi after escaping what activists described as an abusive and
According to the rights group Marem, which supports women in the North Caucasus, Avtorkhanova had informed her family in a written note that
she was leaving voluntarily and asked them not to look for her.Despite this, her relatives filed a missing persons report with the Georgian
authorities, prompting her to obtain a protective order
Marem said police assured Avtorkhanova they would notify her if any family members arrived in Georgia.On Sunday, Marem said Avtorkhanova was
was allegedly assaulted.The group of six reportedly attempted to coerce Avtorkhanova into telling police she intended to return to Russia
willingly.Following the abduction attempt, Georgian police detained Avtorkhanova and brought her to a local station for questioning
She spent the night there, accompanied by her lawyer, and spoke by phone with her parents, who reportedly promised she would not be forcibly
domestic violence and coercion against women in the conservative North Caucasus republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.
