some documents from the investigation file, the Government submitted the following.
39. On 15 December 2002 the first applicant complained to the authorities about the abduction on 13 September 2000 of Magomed-Ali Abayev and Anvar Shaipov by representatives of a law-enforcement agency stationed in the former clothing factory. She stated that the two men had been taken onto the factory premises by the servicemen and that afterwards they had not returned home. She further stated that she had complained about the abduction to the district prosecutor's office, but the interim district prosecutor, Mr L.I., had refused to open a criminal investigation. The applicant also provided the names and addresses of two witnesses to the abduction and requested the authorities to open a criminal case and to question the representatives of the law-enforcement agency who had been stationed in the factory building at the material time.
40. On 14 February 2003 the investigators questioned the first applicant's daughter, Ms L.A., who stated that at about 6 p.m. on 13 September 2000 her brother Magomed-Ali Abayev had left home with Anvar Shaipov. About five minutes later their neighbour Mr M.A. had arrived at the first applicant's home and informed the relatives that Magomed-Ali Abayev and Anvar Shaipov had been arrested by representatives of a law-enforcement agency and had been taken to the premises of the former clothing factory. The witness and the first applicant had gone immediately to the checkpoint located in the factory building. While they were there a grey UAZ vehicle without registration numbers had driven away from the factory's yard.
41. On 14 February 2003 the ROVD informed the investigators that Anvar Shaipov had not been detained by their officers, that he had not been placed in their detention centre and that his corpse had not been found.
42. On 14 February 2003 the investigators questioned the first applicant who stated that at about 4 p.m. on 13 September 2000 her son Magomed-Ali Abayev had left home with Anvar Shaipov. A few minutes later their neighbour Mr M.A. had arrived at her house and informed the family that the two men had been arrested by representatives of a law-enforcement agency stationed in the former clothing factory. Immediately afterwards, the applicant with her daughter and Ms R.Sh. had gone to the checkpoint located in the building and asked the guards to release the arrested men. While the women had been talking to the guards, a grey UAZ vehicle with darkened windows and without registration numbers had driven away from the factory's yard. The women's attempts to obtain information about the arrested men had not produced any results.
43. On 17 February 2003 the investigators questioned Anvar Shaipov's sister, Ms L.Sh., who stated that on 13 September 2000 she had been at home when Mr A.Zh. had arrived there and informed the family about the arrest of Magomed-Ali Abayev and Anvar Shaipov by military servicemen stationed at the former clothing factory. The witness and her relatives had immediately gone to the authorities and informed them about the incident. On 18 February 2005 the witness was questioned again and stated that her family had learnt from an acquaintance that in 2000 her brother Anvar Shaipov had been seen at a military unit in Tangi-Chu, Chechnya.
44. On 18 and 22 February 2003 the Urus-Martan district department of the Federal Security Service (the FSB) and the Chechnya FSB informed the investigators that they had not arrested or detained Magomed-Ali Abayev and Anvar Shaipov and had not opened criminal proceedings against them.
45. On 24 February 2003 the investigators conducted a crime scene examination in the building of the former clothing factory. Nothing was collected from the scene.
46. In February 2003 the Achkhoy-Martan district prosecutor's office, the Kurchaloy distr
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