Azerbaijan: convicted satirist is feeling worse

January 17, 2025 21:49

• Zhuravel appeals against verdict in his treason case

  The Sochi Court of Appeal has scheduled a hearing on the appeal complaint against Nikita Zhuravel's verdict in the treason case for February 18, 2025, the BFM (Russian Business FM News) has reported.

January 17, 2025 21:22

• Attempts to sign contracts in Chechnya bring some volunteers into dungeon

  Volunteers from all over Russia who have arrived in Chechnya to sign military contracts have complained that they are kept locked up for weeks in order to be sent to the combat zone instead of the local residents who had paid their way out of service.

January 17, 2025 20:45

• Rostov human rights defender fined for his post in social media

  A court in Rostov-on-Don has fined Rostislav Pavlischev by 10,000 roubles, after treating his post placed in a social network as participation in the activities of an undesirable organization. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.

January 16, 2025 22:48

• Contract soldier's complaint about absence of medical treatment in Chechnya attracts investigators' attention

  Investigators and prosecutors have questioned the military, who had complained that he was discharged from a hospital in Chechnya, although he failed to receive the proper treatment. According to lawyers, doctors had violated his rights.

January 16, 2025 20:09

• Azeri rights defenders note increased repressions in their country

  In 2024, Azerbaijan saw increased repressions against journalists, human rights defenders and believers; and the number of political prisoners increased sharply. The police began using harsher measures in conducting repressions.