Magomet Goigov

Historical HRW disappearance entry STA-D04 — later confirmed deceased. Magomet Goigov was recorded as missing after detention on 19 January 2000, but his body was found on 10 February 2000 with gunshot wounds. The later evidence is recorded in Goygova v. Russia. The original HRW disappearance ID remains for source fidelity; it does not mean the man’s fate is still unknown. He was not in HRW’s original numbered list of 38 reported deaths. See the judicial case cross-reference.

Age reported: 31 · Last seen: 19 January 2000 · Location: Eighth Liniya (Boulevard), Grozny · Outcome: not established by Human Rights Watch in February 2000

Circumstances of the disappearance

Magomet Goigov was the son of Mariam Goigova and the brother of Petimat Goigova. When Mariam was wounded by shell fragments, Magomet and two neighbours tried to transport her for medical care in a wheelbarrow. Witnesses told Petimat that soldiers beat the three men, shot Mariam and drove away with the men. A soldier reportedly later said the detainees had been handed over to OMON police.

Evidence limits and identity safeguards

Human Rights Watch had not located Magomet as of its initial investigation, and family members searched detention facilities in Mozdok and Chernokozovo. Later evidence changed the outcome: on 10 February 2000 his body was found near garages in Grozny with those of Risvan and Khamid. In Goygova v. Russia (4 October 2007), the European Court established Russian State responsibility for the deaths of Maryam Goygova and her son Said-Magomed (usually called Magomed) Goygov, under Article 2, as well as an ineffective investigation. The identity of the individual shooter was not judicially established.

The source’s original classification has been retained so readers can trace the chronology of reporting. This individual’s death was subsequently documented by judicial materials, and the case no longer belongs to the subset of disappearances whose eventual outcomes have not been independently established. The judgments attribute responsibility to the Russian State under the European Convention; they do not convict an identified serviceman.

Other missing people documented in the same incident

Risvan Taimaskhanov · Khamid Khasiev (Khashiev)

Related victim: Mariam Goigova (HRW victim no. 12), who died during the same incident.

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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