EU demands release of human rights activist's mother

'Abduction? part of ongoing persecution of human rights defenders in Chechnya, according to Brussels

The EU has urged Moscow to secure the release of the mother of exiled human-rights activist Zarema Musayeva, who was allegedly seized by Chechen law enforcement officers last week, in Northern Russia, and to investigate what it is calling an "abduction."

Musayeva's "violent detention and for