Abduction rate on the rise in North Caucasus - human rights organization

MOSCOW. Sept 14 (Interfax) - The abduction rate has grown in the North Caucasus, Memorial Human Rights Center head Oleg Orlov told Interfax on Monday.

He said he was concerned about the disappearances of people after police operations in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

"We are not against [anti-terrorist] fight - it is necessary to detain and try militants and their abettors, but everything must be lawful. Law enforcers, who think it possible to solve old crimes and to prevent new ones with such methods, make the same mistake again and again. Disappearances do nothing but increase support to militants," he said.

The Memorial address posted in Moscow on Monday said that the number of abductions increased in Dagestan this summer.