Turkey strikes back, calls for probe

January 11, 2025 23:55

• Rights defender Safarov links his arrest with US State Department's Award

  Rufat Safarov, an Azeri human rights defender, has stated that before his arrest, he faced demands to publicly refuse the US State Department's Award.

January 11, 2025 22:57

• Contract soldier complains about absence of treatment at hospital in Chechnya

  Ruslan Arazov, a wounded soldier, has stated that he was discharged from a hospital in Chechnya, although he received no proper treatment there. He has demanded to conduct a check and punish those guilty.

January 11, 2025 21:28

• Torture case of detainee by law enforcers in Malgobek reaches court

  The case opened against the policemen from the city of Malgobek, accused of torturing a detainee and receiving a bribe in the form of an apartment, has been transferred to the court.

January 11, 2025 20:59

• Human rights defenders: Zaira Pirova, who ran away from home, faces danger in Georgia

  Georgia has ceased to be a safe country for the women who run away from the North Caucasus due to a change in the country’s political course and the accessibility of the country for Russian citizens. It is still risky for Zaira Pirova to return to Dagestan.

January 11, 2025 20:53

• Social media users argue about Zaira Pirova’s escape to Georgia

  The family should accept the choice of Dagestani native Zaira Pirova and stop searching for her in Georgia, social media users note. Their opponents demanded that the girl should be returned to her family.