Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev is on short list of Nemtsov Award

April 11, 2025 22:56

• Forcing state servants to attend rally held at body of young man killed in Achkhoi-Martan outrages them

  Authorities have demanded that teachers and high school pupils attend the rally held near the body of the teenager killed in Achkhoi-Martan during an attack on law enforcers. Law enforcers and administration officials did not allow them to leave the square, although several women lost consciousness, the participants in the rally have stated.

April 11, 2025 22:32

• Georgian journalists treat set up of dictatorship as result of amendments to Law on Grants

  The adopted amendments to the Law on Grants for the first time in Georgia's modern history have enshrined authoritarianism legitimately. These changes will lead to the destruction of critical media and the establishment of a dictatorship, media professionals have stated.

April 11, 2025 21:17

• Rights defenders launch fundraising for Azeri arrested journalists

  A charity campaign to raise funds in support of 38 Azerbaijani journalists, media workers and activists arrested for criticizing the government is timed to coincide with the World Press Freedom Day. The funds raised will be equally distributed among all those arrested.

April 10, 2025 22:48

• Activist injured during protest in Zugdidi

  In Zugdidi, the police clashed with activists who gathered near a memorial dedicated to the memory of those killed in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989. One of the protesters was taken to hospital.

April 10, 2025 22:11

• Body of person killed in Achkhoi-Martan placed in square in front of administration building

  Telegram channels have published videos that allegedly show the body of a minor, lying on the ground. The minor was killed in Achkhoi-Martan in an attack on law enforcers. The body was brought to be shown to public sector employees forcibly gathered from the administration in the morning, sources claim.