Zeinap Gairbekova

Staropromyslovski archive ID STA-K022 · Human Rights Watch original list no. 22 · Reported civilian victim

Recorded age: Approximately 60 · Reported death or discovery: 22 December 1999 · Place: Shelter in Yevloyev family property, Staropromyslovski district · Evidence status: Body found by neighbours and removed by husband

What the sources document

Zeinap Gairbekova was a neighbour staying in the shelter behind the Yevloyev home when shooting was reported on 22 December. Neighbours found her body with gunshot wounds beside Minusa Ausheva. According to Human Rights Watch, Zeinap’s husband recovered her body before a fire later consumed the Yevloyev house.

Limitations and editorial verification

The open letter spells the given name Zenap, while the longer report uses Zeinap. The exact age is an estimate. The report does not establish the identity of an individual gunman.

This is a memorial record grounded in contemporaneous human-rights witness testimony. It is not an independent criminal verdict. Dates, English spellings, witness protection and unrecovered bodies are treated according to the original sources. No portrait is presented without verified identification and reproduction rights.

Related victims from the same incident

Abukar Yevloyev · Saparbek Yevloyev · Minusa Ausheva

Primary sources

Human Rights Watch, Civilian Killings in Staropromyslovski District of Grozny (February 2000); HRW open letter to Vladimir Putin, numbered list of 38 victims (10 February 2000), entry 22.

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