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July 14, 2024 19:56

• Ossetian journalists treat niqab problem as far-fetched

  The issue of banning niqabs is not acute in North Ossetia; its Muftiate made no recommendations to abandon wearing them, the North-Ossetian Deputy Mufti has stated. There is no link between extremism and clothing; to counter it, it is necessary to develop civil institutions and improve living standards, journalists and bloggers have suggested.

July 14, 2024 18:46

• Kalmyk activist Dovdanov* fined for violating foreign agents law

  A court in Elista has sentenced activist Vladimir Dovdanov*, who fled Russia, to a fine of 30,000 roubles for his failure to provide a report on the activities of a foreign agent, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

July 13, 2024 22:12

• Court sentences journalist Elena Pivovarova to imprisonment

  Elena Pivovarova, the former editor-in-chief of the Bataysk newspaper “Vperyod” (Forward), was sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment on the charges of embezzlement and fraud. Ekaterina Avakova, the chief accountant of the newspaper “Vperyod”, was sentenced to four years of imprisonment.

July 13, 2024 21:53

• Switzerland repeatedly denies political asylum to Chechen Ali Bataev

  The authorities of Switzerland have again refused to grant political asylum to Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya, Chechen historian and journalist Mairbek Vachagaev* reported in his “Mairbek/Chechen/France” Telegram channel. A Swiss court, contrary to statements voiced by human rights defenders, found that deportation to his homeland was safe for Ali Bataev.

July 13, 2024 19:58

• ECtHR recognizes violation of rights of activists in Southern Russia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay compensation to activists from the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov Region for persecution and arrests.

July 13, 2024 19:36

• Volgograd TV company distances itself from story authors about persecution of Navalny’s supporters

  At the trial in court regarding the disclosure of personal data of the people who laid flowers at the memorial to victims of repressions in memory of Alexei Navalny, an official of the "Volgograd-1" TV Company stated that the authors of the programme in which the story appeared were not its employees.

July 13, 2024 18:49

• Lawyers point to rights violation of Sochi activist Atamanchuk

  Vladimir Atamanchuk, a Sochi activist, was unable to obtain information from the investigator as to which exactly his words became the reason for initiating a criminal case for contempt of the court. The absence of this information in the resolution to open the case is contrary to the law, lawyers have stated.

July 12, 2024 23:51

• Resident of Stavropol Territory to get compensation for death of her son in hospital

  In the Stavropol Territory, a court upheld the claim filed by a resident of the region who demanded compensation from the hospital after the death of her son as a result of poor-quality medical treatment.

July 12, 2024 23:14

• Defence points out violations in case against Oleg Orlov*

  A court, when considering the appeal filed by human rights defender Oleg Orlov*, took the side of the prosecutor’s office, although there is no evidence of guilt in the case, the defence claims. Letters from friends and relatives support Oleg Orlov*in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), his wife says.

July 12, 2024 21:52

• Analysts comment on Kadyrov’s dispute with ICRF’s chair Bastrykin

  Statements voiced by Alexander Bastrykin regarding the migration policy and the religious overtones of the terror acts in Dagestan caused astonishment among Muslims, political analyst Ali Magamadov notes. A dispute between Ramzan Kadyrov and Alexander Bastrykin highlighted the claims of the leader of Chechnya to be the defender of all Muslims, a former teacher from Grozny believes.

July 12, 2024 21:45

• Sentence of Oleg Orlov* left unchanged

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the decision by which human rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced to 2.5 years of freedom deprivation.

July 12, 2024 18:58

• Relatives of Dagestani resident complain of torture and criminal case falsification

  Law enforcers have kidnapped Farkhad Kaziev, a resident of the village of Belidzhi, Derbent District, tortured him and accused him of a murder committed in 2011. At the same time, proofs of his alibi disappear from the case files, his relatives assert.

July 12, 2024 18:54

• Court commutes sentence of law enforcers for beating Derbent resident Temirkhan Amakhanov

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has commuted the sentence of former policemen Gasan Adalov and Magomed Yunusov in the case on beating Derbent resident Temirkhan Amakhanov. The punishment has been reduced from four to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

July 12, 2024 17:14

• Families of those killed by militants receive help from Suleiman Kerimov

  The families of 21 people who perished during the militant attacks’ in Dagestan received 5 million roubles each from businessman Suleiman Kerimov. In addition, the amount of 50 million roubles was allocated for the restoration of the synagogue in Derbent, damaged during the militants’ attack, MP Khizri Abakarov reported.

July 11, 2024 23:05

• Novosibirsk activist speaks out in defence of victims of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus

  Elena Tardasova-Yun, an activist from Novosibirsk, became the second woman in Russia, who held a solo picket with the demand to investigate the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova in Chechnya. The situation with domestic violence in Northern Caucasus requires a separate law to protect women, Elena Tardasova-Yun has noted during her picket.

July 11, 2024 22:48

• Arrest of KBR blogger accused of slandering officials extended

  A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to transfer Kazbek Shkhagoshev to house arrest. Earlier, Kazbek claimed in court that he was tortured into self-incrimination within a case of attempting to sell narcotic drugs and slandering local officials.

July 11, 2024 20:56

• Kuban PO challenged fine imposed on incompetent Muscovite

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) has appealed against the decision of the court in Anapa, which had fined Dmitry Lozner, an incompetent person from Moscow, for entering the fenced beach area.

July 11, 2024 19:33

• KChR’s MIA requests teachers’ and pupils’ dress code data

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has demanded from heads of city and district administrations to provide information about the teachers and students who attend schools wearing clothes with religious attributes.

July 11, 2024 17:17

• Sochi pensioner Atamanchuk calls his new case fabricated

  A case on contempt of court was instituted against Vladimir Atamanchuk, a pensioner from Sochi, based on a complaint from a victim in a case on defamation. The activist was not informed what exact words became the reason for criminal prosecution.

July 10, 2024 23:57

• Krasnodar resident fined for pacifist picket

  A court in Krasnodar has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles by treating his solo picket with a pacifist slogan as discrediting the Russian Army.