Sevil Novruzova

Sevil Novruzova (Russian: Севиль Новрузова; 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.[1][2] She has helped to return at least 120 people from the caliphate.[1] She began her work in repatriation as a volunteer, after her brother, Emille, joined a local Islamic insurgent group.[1] 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.[1] 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "A path back from the ruins of ISIS". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  2. ^ Franchetti, Mark. "Russian fighters plead for help to desert Isis". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  3. ^ Carroll, Oliver. "Cracking Down on Russia's Caliphate". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  4. ^ Oliphant, Roland (2016-07-30). "'Your son has become a martyr': the Russian fighters from Dagestan rising up the ranks of Islamic State". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  5. ^ Узел, Кавказский. "Dagestani resident surrenders to militants' adaptation commission". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  6. ^ Узел, Кавказский. "ICRF: children of Razdobudsko and Khorosheva kidnapped in Dagestan". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  7. ^ "Kabardino-Balkaria: nine months of the Counter-terrorism Operation. What are the results?". Bulletin of Memorial Human Rights Center. Autumn 2011.
  8. ^ Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus. Yemelianova, Galina M., 1960-, Broers, Laurence. London. ISBN 978-1-351-05562-8. OCLC 1145123484.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)