Ingushetia

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 03, 2025 23:18

• Convicted relative of alleged militant achieves reconsideration of his case in Ingushetia

  A Movsar Kottoev’s relative, sentenced to imprisonment for carrying a grenade, has succeeded in seeking the cancellation of the court’s decision.

December 30, 2024 22:58

• Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva released from colony

  Zarifa Sautieva, an Ingush activist, has served her full custody term within the case of an extremist community and was released from her colony.

December 28, 2024 21:55

• Chechen advocate Timur Idalov is back at large

  The court has announced that the sentence against Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, has come into force, and released him from the SIZO (pre-trial prison), demanding from him to get registered for forced labour. Idalov has claimed his illegal keeping at the SIZO after the verdict.

December 26, 2024 23:24

• Analysts dispute about aims of polygamy fatwa

  The withdrawal of the fatwa on polygamy does not cancel the fact that it is enshrined in the Koran; while its main purpose is to clarify the procedure and responsibility for concluding a religious marriage, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and an Islamic scholar believe.

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 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.

December 23, 2024 21:47

• Researchers name action motives and methods of Caucasian draft dodgers

  Researchers have found out how men who are in areas at risk of conscription and mobilization into the Russian Army, but would not take part in military operations, choose their life strategies. They have also compared the motives and methods of action of residents of Russian central regions with those in Northern Caucasus.

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