158 people included in updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

March 21, 2025 23:39

• Dismissals of missing athlete Tsomartova’s parents highlight vulnerability of people to law enforcement bodies

  The parents of athlete Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Kaspiysk, have been dismissed from their jobs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Among the reasons for their dismissal, sources mention the parents’ criticism of the investigative bodies and their unwillingness to enter into conflict with the FSB.

March 21, 2025 22:59

• Inscription "Navalny" turns into criminal case against Stavropol schoolgirl

  An underage pupil of a Stavropol school has become a defendant in a criminal case of vandalism after being detained on the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death.

March 21, 2025 21:56

• In Yerevan, after law enforcers’ torture of refugee, activists hold protest

  Yerevan protesters have blocked traffic in front of the building of the Investigating Committee (IC), demanding its fair reaction to the statement about the torture of Tigran Ulubabyan, a Karabakh refugee, at a police station.

March 21, 2025 21:47

• Rights defenders doubt of any fruit from prisoners' complaint to Kadyrov

  There have been no mass complaints to human rights defenders from the colony in Chechnya, whose prisoners complained about the staff’s actions, and their appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov may result in additional punishments.

March 20, 2025 23:48

• Parents claim violation of blogger Vadim Kharchenko*'s rights

  The court has refused to satisfy the appeal complaint lodged by Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger from the city of Gelendjik, against his arrest under the slander case against an advocate. Vodim’s parents have stated that publications about their son's sentence violate his rights.