A video of a tearful young girl saying that she ran away from her parents in Ingushetia, a North Caucasus republic in Russia, has been circulating in the Russian-speaking segment of Twitter for the last few days. In the video, Leyla says that her parents want to “treat” her atheism in any way they could, including beating and medicating her. “I will kill myself if I have to return to this hell,” she adds. She was arrested and detained by the Saint-Petersburg police (the girl called the police when her relatives found her in St. Petersburg’s flat) but was then held on false accusations from her family. With the help of the crisis group North Caucasus SOS, who provided a lawyer, and accommodation, she is safe now. Here is her story in the following Twitter thread: St. Petersburg police tried to kidnap a girl who escaped from domestic violence In this video, a girl in tears asks not to give her to her relatives pic.twitter.com/OGLBKl0dgL — Crisis Group NC SOS (@ncsosorg) November 26, 2022 As a result, the police detained Leyla and kept her in the department. According to the girl, they wanted to hand her over to the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia — Crisis Group NC SOS (@ncsosorg) November 26, 2022 Layla is now safe, but her life is still in danger. We do not know what methods relatives may resort to in order to return the girl home Please share this information. Publicity is very important in such cases — Crisis Group NC SOS (@ncsosorg) November 26, 2022 North Caucasus SOS describes itself as a group of NGOs united to help LGBTQ+ victims in Chechnya and other republics of the Russian North Caucasus. They also help women and girls who are subject to gender violence. Leyla escaped the region by herself, with the help of other activists, including Saint-Petersburg-based author of the graphic novel “Escape,” Vladislav Horin. While in the city, she contacted the NGO Marem, which helps women and girls from the North Caucasus. Help us save Leyla Gureeva, says this poster from Merim's founder Facebook page Both NC SOS and Marem are able to help these victims because of donations, mostly local, from Russia. It has became harder to collect them now, but organizations cannot give up on their work. On October 26, Marem wrote in their Telegram channel: Friends, we urgently need your donations. Those who subscribe to us know what we do and how long we have been helping. Usually, in such situations of complete lack of money, we turned to friendly foundations and human rights organizations for help. But now there are almost none of them left in Russia, and those that remain need support themselves. We understand how difficult times are for everyone right now. But the requests continue to come in. The next one may come tomorrow or in an hour, and we need to respond to them immediately, because it is often a matter of life and death. And this help will require expenses, and here we can’t cope without you. The organization’s founder, Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist from Dagestan, added in another post: “By transferring money to us, you are not supporting us, the activists. You are supporting Iraida, who fights so that her husband, who beat her and two daughters, is now on trial for sexual acts against her 15-year-old daughter, and could never repeat this. You are helping Heda, she was kidnapped and brought on a false pretense from Austria to Chechnya and was going to be forced to marry. What she told about her family and the conditions in which she had to live is simply monstrous. You are supporting Amin, she was forced to flee and hide – without money, without documents, without help. You support Lina from Chechnya, an aspiring journalist – she typed her first huge texts on the phone. We managed to buy her a laptop, even during this terrible time. We're raising money for a ticket to escape from a rapist. To pay for long-term psychological support. We raise money for food: buckwheat, milk, sugar, tea for a mother from whom after a divorce, they want to take away her daughter. For menstrual pads. Yes, them too. To pay for a hostel so that a woman can rest for at least a couple of days. To buy shoes for a girl who ran in house slippers. For the restoration of documents – many of our girls’ documents are simply taken away so that they do not go anywhere. And you are not sending this money to me, Sveta Anokhina, and not to other activists of our team. But to Amin, Khadizhat, Perus, who are trying to survive.” North Caucasus SOS buys tickets and provides other transport for people to escape; assists with legal issues, housing, and medical needs.