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February 10, 2023 16:45

• European Court recognizes conditions in penal colony of Volgograd as torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the authorities of Russia must pay 10,400 euros to Vladimir Pasikov for torture conditions in a penal colony in Volgograd, although Russia refused to comply with the decisions of the European Court issued after March 15, 2022.

February 10, 2023 01:33

• Mufti's talk with POWs in Ukraine angers Kadyrov

  The prisoners of war (POWs) from Chechnya, who talked with the Mufti in Ukraine, should punish the Mufti after their release, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

February 09, 2023 23:17

• Law enforcers report liquidation of militant grouping in Stavropol Territory

  During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Petrovsky Farm in the Stavropol Territory, four alleged militants were killed; residents of nearby houses were evacuated, the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) has informed.

February 09, 2023 20:44

• In Stavropol Territory, CTO regime introduced for the first time in five years

  The previous counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Stavropol Territory back in December 2017; now it has been announcement in the Petrovsky Farm located in the Territory.

February 09, 2023 15:42

• Court ignores advocates' arguments about violations in "Memorial"* property case

  The decision to transfer the property of the "International Memorial"* to the state was made with violations of the law, the advocates have pointed out at the consideration of the appeal at the Moscow City Court (MCC), but their arguments failed to convince the judge.

February 09, 2023 13:59

• At PO, rights defenders achieve support in Zarema Musaeva's case

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has treated as unjustified the actions of the investigator, who had sent to Chechnya reports about the violations during the detention of Zarema Musaeva, the "Team Against Torture"* has reported, calling it a rare event in their practice.

February 09, 2023 03:52

• Kadyrov reports about 300 people employed by Chechen law enforcement bodies

  Over the past two months, about 300 people have begun their service at the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya. This was announced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov amid the massive dispatch of fighters to Ukraine.

February 09, 2023 03:48

• Nalchik woman limited in rights to her son at lawsuit of her own mother

  The Nalchik City Court restricted a local woman’s rights to her one-year-old son, considering that it would be better for the child. A lawsuit to restrict the parental rights of the child’s mother was filed to the court by the boy’s grandmother, who reported the antisocial behaviour of her daughter.

February 08, 2023 19:25

• Rights defenders treat Gireeva's return home as voluntary

  Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from home due to domestic violence, has returned to Ingushetia voluntarily, human rights defenders have confirmed.

February 08, 2023 19:16

• Muscovites come to support Memorial* at trial

  Residents of the Russian capital came to the Moscow City Court (MCC) to support the "International Memorial"* in a dispute over the legality of transferring its office to the Research and Education Centre.

February 08, 2023 19:10

• Rights defenders treat practice of non-issuance passports to Chechen women as widespread

  The intensified control over women in Chechnya has led to refusals to issue foreign passports to local women without guarantees of other family members. This practice grossly violates the law and human rights, human rights defenders assert.

February 08, 2023 19:07

• Advocate reports beating up blogger Valov at Sochi colony

  Alexander Valov, a former editor-in-chief of the website "BlogSochi", was beaten up in the colony. According to the colony administration, he "has left for treatment," his advocate has informed.

February 08, 2023 15:16

• Human rights defenders claim violation of rights of a convict from Ingushetia

  Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, who is serving his sentence in the Astrakhan Region, is not provided with proper medical care, and he is also regularly placed in a ShIZO (punishment cell), the “Public Verdict Foundation”* reports.

February 07, 2023 19:01

• Journalist Gadjiev's colleagues satisfied with Makhachkala people's reaction to pickets

  Drivers and passers-by have expressed their approval and support for Salim Khalitov and Idris Yusupov during their solo pickets demanding the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other political prisoners.

February 07, 2023 18:50

• Dagestani Jehovah's Witnesses* treat verdict as their victory

  In Dagestan, the Jehovah's Witnesses* sentenced to conditional imprisonment have decided to recall their appeals against the verdict. Under the current conditions, such sentence can be treated as a victory, said Suat Abdullaeva, the wife of one of the convicts.

February 07, 2023 17:28

• Blogger Vitaly Votanovsky reports threats after posting photos from military cemeteries

  Vitaly Votanovsky, an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), has stated that after he made and posted in his Telegram channel entitled "Titushki in Krasnodar" photos of the graves of the militaries who perished in Ukraine, he began receiving threats.

February 07, 2023 16:01

• Court of appeal commutes sentence to activist Anastasia Shevchenko

  The Rostov Regional Court has reduced the prison term for activist Anastasia Shevchenko, who has left Russia, by a year.

February 07, 2023 03:55

• Two pickets in support of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev held in Makhachkala

  On February 6, activist Salim Khalitov and journalist Idris Yusupov held solo pickets with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

February 07, 2023 03:50

• Advocate of Kuban blogger Alexander Nozdrinov claims being under pressure

  A public prosecutor announced that the materials concerning advocates of blogger Alexander Nozdrinov, who was accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Armed Forces, would be transferred to the Chamber of Advocates to take action against the defenders.

February 06, 2023 20:45

• In KChR, two conscripts fined for rejecting summonses

  A court in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has imposed fines on two conscripts, treating their refusals to take summonses to the military commissariats as evasion from service.