HRC "Memorial" to hold press conference "Safety and Human Rights in Dagestan"

September 27, 2024 22:11

• Four persons killed in explosion at petrol station in Makhachkala

  An explosion occurred at a petrol station located on a road in the Karabudakhkent District, the Makhachkala City Mayoralty reported. Four persons were killed in the explosion, the Dagestani Minister for Public Health announced.

September 27, 2024 21:56

• Resident of Rostov Region sentenced for setting fire to military commissariat

  The Morozovsk District Court has treated the attempt to set fire to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) as hooliganism and sentenced Ivan Svistov to one year and eight months in penal colony.

September 27, 2024 21:47

• Court denies compensation to KBR convict for HIV infection

  The Oktiabrsky District Court of Novorossiysk has dismissed Yuri Mikhailov's lawsuit for compensation for the fact that after staying in jails in Novorossiysk and in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), he was infected with HIV and hepatitis. This was reported by his advocate, Svetlana Toreeva.

September 27, 2024 19:52

• Human rights defenders recognize Gudermes resident, sentenced to life imprisonment, as political prisoner

  Mekhidi Timerbulatov, a resident of Gudermes, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on the charges of involvement in terror acts in Chechnya based on falsified materials, the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project has stated.

September 26, 2024 23:32

• Caucasian experts: it is too early to talk about possible blood feud caused by incident at “Wildberries” Company’s office

  According to the Vainakh traditions, blood feud is declared after all the facts have been established. Then specific names must be publicly announced and the arguments of the family clan against whom the blood feud is declared must be listened to.