Law enforcers report names of suspects killed in Andi

December 25, 2024 23:04

• Human rights defenders recall achievements of “Centre for Assistance to International Protection”

  The creation of the “Centre for Assistance to International Protection” organization 30 years ago was an important event for the development of human rights protection in Russia, and the “Centre” itself won hundreds of cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) when defending people whose rights were violated.

December 25, 2024 21:46

• Human rights defenders condemn Georgian authorities for persecuting protesters

  In Georgia, law enforcers brutally beat protesters, and criminal cases are being instituted against activists on formal grounds.

December 25, 2024 20:53

• Public prosecutor requests over six years of imprisonment for Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia

  A public prosecutor requested six and a half years of imprisonment for Aleksei Pasynkov, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia, in a case on organizing extremist activity. Criminal cases have also been instituted against a wife and a mother of Aleksei Pasynkov, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reports.

December 24, 2024 22:56

• Chechen drivers tell about law enforcers' raids on roads

  The vehicle gas cylinder equipment (GCE) often breaks down and poses a danger, experts said after reports of checks on Chechen roads. Drivers linked the raids with the fight against car window tinting; and GCE checks are conducted in parallel.

December 24, 2024 22:36

• Russian SAM revokes fatwa on permissibility of polygamy among Muslims

  The Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has made a submission to the Chairman of the Russia Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) on the need to eliminate violations of the law in connection with the fatwa on the permissibility of polygamy. Citing this submission and the reaction of the public, the SAM has revoked the fatwa.