Emergency in Ingushetia

January 12, 2025 23:23

• Ukraine's recognition of Circassian genocide encourages activists

  Circassian organizations and activists abroad have welcomed the recognition of the Circassian genocide by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and expressed hope that this will lead to the recognition of the genocide by other countries. The International Circassian Association has treated this decision as anti-Russian.

January 12, 2025 22:41

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan to provide information on Armenian POWs

  By the end of this January, Azerbaijan shall provide detailed information on the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) kept in custody. This was stated by Yeghishe Kirakosyan, the Armenian official on international legal issues.

January 12, 2025 22:07

• Rights defenders assess court ruling in case of mobilized soldier from Rostov Region

  Command orders and medical records can be proofs in the lawsuit lodged by relatives of Igor Tatarov, a deceased mobilized military serviceman from the Rostov Region, but it is not always possible to obtain these documents.

January 12, 2025 19:11

• Human rights defenders launch campaign to protect arrested “Meydan TV” journalists

  The “Amnesty International” human rights organization has launched a campaign demanding the release of “Meydan TV” journalists arrested in Azerbaijan. The human rights organization has called on its supporters to send letters to the President of Azerbaijan calling for the release of the journalists.

January 12, 2025 17:31

• Four Dagestani residents convicted in case on riots at Makhachkala airport

  Marat Rabadanov, Radjab Radjabov, Magomed Ramazanov, and Zaurbeg Khalikov were each sentenced to ten years of imprisonment. A court in Georgievsk found them participants of the riots at the “Uytash” airport in Makhachkala in October 2023.