Rebels to serve 15 years for taking part in attack on Budyonnovsk

January 20, 2025 22:58

• PO approves charges against Volgograd lawyer Nurushev

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has approved the charges against Ruslan Nurushev, a Volgograd lawyer, in the case of disseminating fakes about the Russian Army.

January 20, 2025 21:49

• Defence points to violations of Chechen lawyer Timur Idalov's rights

  The court has overturned the ruling to enforce the sentence passed to Timur Idalov, a Chechen lawyer. The decision to keep him in custody after announcing the verdict is contrary to the law, his defence has stated.

January 20, 2025 20:40

• Tbilisi marchers demand lifting ban on using masks

  Activists in masks who protest against the ban on covering faces during protest actions have joined the Georgians who gathered outside the parliament demanding to go on with the country's European integration and new elections.

January 19, 2025 01:22

• Relatives alarmed by health state of three Kuban pensioners in SIZO

  Pensioners Nikolai Nabiev, Sergey Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF), complain about their health problems in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).

January 18, 2025 22:48

• HRW claims deterioration of human rights situation in Azerbaijan

  In its annual report on the human rights situation, the “Human Rights Watch” (HRW) international human rights organization has pointed to the intensification of repression against journalists and activists in Azerbaijan, as well as the practice of torture in prisons and the persecution of LGBT* community members.