Visayit (surname unrecorded)
Missing-person record STA-D03 · 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
Visayit was among the three civilians whom soldiers reportedly removed from a communal shelter on 1 January 2000, according to Zainap Tangiyeva’s testimony recorded by Human Rights Watch. The men were instructed to put on warm clothes before accompanying the troops. None returned, and soldiers later denied having detained them.
Evidence limits and identity safeguards
His surname, precise age and later fate were unknown to the eyewitness. This record documents an unresolved disappearance as of the February 2000 report, not a confirmed killing.
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) · Issa (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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