Only handful of Chechen refugees voted in State Duma elections

January 04, 2025 21:47

• Rights defenders treat the case of Ryan and Mamedli as politicized

  The information on the espionage case against Martin Ryan and treason against Azad Mamedli is completely closed, while in Azerbaijan such accusations are often politically motivated.

January 04, 2025 21:16

• State Duma MP addresses GPO head regarding case of missing athlete Tsomartova

  A State Duma MP has sent an appeal to the head of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) with a demand to check the progress of the inquiry into the murder of Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Kaspiysk in February 2024.

January 03, 2025 22:09

• Rights defenders call for release of Anar Mamedli, head of CEM&DS

  Human rights defenders have called for the release of Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies (CEM&DS), treating the case against him as part of repressions against critics of Azerbaijani authorities.

January 03, 2025 18:37

• Blogger Rashad Ramazanov complains about poor conditions in colony

  Rashad Ramazanov, an Azerbaijani blogger, convicted in a drug case, has complained that the colony where he is being kept is overcrowded and unsanitary; and prisoners are under pressure.

January 02, 2025 23:16

• Chechen advocate Timur Idalov requests clarification from court

  Lawyer Timur Idalov, sentenced for threatening a public prosecutor, appealed to the judge of the Khimki City Court, pointing out the violation of the norms of criminal procedure law in the decisions on his case. Because of the above-mentioned violations, as Timur Idalov claims, he was unlawfully left in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).