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

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

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Biography

Novruzova was born in 1977(?) in

Derbent Derbent (russian: Дербе́нт; lez, Кьвевар, Цал; az, Дәрбәнд, italic=no, Dərbənd; av, Дербенд; fa, دربند), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It is ...

. She is a lawyer and an activist, helping to retrieve people from communities in Dagestan who have tried to join the

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. 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. In 2019 she was a member of Dagestan's

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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. In 2011 she was head of the Derbent Municipal Commission for Adaptation, working to reintegrate former insurgents to society. She has also worked to bring the children of insurgents back to Russia.

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* Film
Meet the woman determined to reunite families torn apart by ISIS
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