Issa (surname unrecorded)

Missing-person record STA-D02 · Classification: reported disappearance following detention · Not counted among HRW’s 38 reported deaths

Age reported: Not established · Last seen: 1 January 2000 · Location: Bomb-proof civilian shelter in Staropromyslovski district, Grozny · Outcome: not established by Human Rights Watch in February 2000

Circumstances of the disappearance

According to eyewitness Zainap Tangiyeva, Russian soldiers took Issa and two other men, Valera and Visayit, from a communal civilian shelter on 1 January after telling them to dress warmly. The three did not return. Their relatives sought information, but the soldiers denied the detention.

Evidence limits and identity safeguards

The source does not identify Issa by surname or age, nor confirm his death. He must not be confused with the protected HRW witness given the pseudonym ‘Issa A.’ in a separate December 1999 case.

This file records the state of evidence at the time of the original HRW investigation; it is not a current declaration that the person remains missing, nor a death certificate. No name, age, later outcome or family relationship not supported by the cited material has been invented. The case must be reassessed if reliable later documentation emerges.

Other missing people documented in the same incident

Valera (surname unrecorded) · Visayit (surname unrecorded)

Primary source and case archive

Human Rights Watch, Civilian Killings in Staropromyslovski District of Grozny (February 2000), section on disappearances. HRW’s principal letter of 10 February 2000 independently notes six men who disappeared after arrest.

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