Assignment review has received a new report that Tumso Abdurachmanov's lawyer, Jens Sjölund, has submitted to the Security Police.

- The threats against my client Tumsu Abdurakhmanov continue at the same absurd level as before.

This attack on his relatives is an attack on freedom of expression, a universal human right, says Jens Sjölund, who takes the threat very seriously.

Threat of torture

Assignment review has also seen a threatening text message that is said to have been sent to Tumso where he is presented by subordinates to the Chechen authorities with an ultimatum in order to stop his criticism of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso's relatives will be tortured if he does not apologize to Kadyrov, the message says:

"We will soon start sending you pictures of your relatives.

Some of them will be in a dying state and possibly even dead.

If you recognize their broken faces of course))) my brothers work hard on your brothers in our basement.

You have 24 hours to make your last video in which you ask Ramzan Achmatovich for forgiveness.

And after that video, you stop doing more.

Only after that do we start letting go of your relatives, one by one. ”

- I take the threats very seriously.

This is definitely an escalation of the persecution.

They have kidnapped relatives before, but now information is missing.

Previously, our relatives were shown on local television, they were forced to distance themselves and scold us, but this time there are no traces, says Tumso Abdurachmanov to Assignment review.

The Kremlin denies involvement

Earlier in December, Assignments revealed, using a secret report from a European intelligence service, who was responsible for the attack on Tumso and other Chechen regime critics in Europe.

The report places responsibility for the Chechen assassinations and assassination attempts, on Vlamidir Putin.

The Kremlin denied all involvement, in an email to SVT.

On the night of December 22, the abduction of the relatives must have taken place.

It is currently unknown where his relatives are, according to Tumso.

Tumso believes that the persecution of his relatives may be a reaction to the breakthrough as the Mission Review Program.

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See the minutes after the assassination attempt that was broadcast live on Tumso Abdurachmanov's Instagram account.

Photo: Police