Sevil Novruzova Explained

Sevil Novruzova (; born c. 1977) is a lawyer and activist from Dagestan, Russia.

Biography

Novruzova was born in 1977(?) in Derbent.[1] She is a lawyer and an activist, helping to retrieve people from communities in Dagestan who have tried to join the Islamic State.[2] She has helped to return at least 120 people from the caliphate. She began her work in repatriation as a volunteer, after her brother, Emille, joined a local Islamic insurgent group. In 2008 he was killed by Russian security forces within months of joining the insurgents.[3]

In 2019 she was a member of Dagestan's anti-terrorism council and the Director of the 'Centre for Reconciliation and Harmony' in Derbent. This work involves negotiation between the families of insurgents and the Russian government.[4] In 2011 she was head of the Derbent Municipal Commission for Adaptation, working to reintegrate former insurgents to society.[5] [6] [7] She has also worked to bring the children of insurgents back to Russia.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: A path back from the ruins of ISIS. Washington Post. en. 2020-04-01.
  2. News: Franchetti. Mark. Russian fighters plead for help to desert Isis. . 2020-04-02. en. 0140-0460.
  3. Web site: Cracking Down on Russia's Caliphate. Carroll. Oliver. Foreign Policy. en-US. 2020-04-01.
  4. News: Oliphant. Roland. 'Your son has become a martyr': the Russian fighters from Dagestan rising up the ranks of Islamic State. 2016-07-30. The Telegraph. 2020-04-01. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  5. Web site: Dagestani resident surrenders to militants' adaptation commission. Узел. Кавказский. Caucasian Knot. 2020-04-01.
  6. Web site: ICRF: children of Razdobudsko and Khorosheva kidnapped in Dagestan. Узел. Кавказский. Caucasian Knot. 2020-04-01.
  7. News: Kabardino-Balkaria: nine months of the Counter-terrorism Operation. What are the results?. Autumn 2011. Bulletin of Memorial Human Rights Center.
  8. Book: Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus. Yemelianova, Galina M., 1960-, Broers, Laurence.. 978-1-351-05562-8. London. 1145123484.

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