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December 19, 2024 22:19

• Activist Nabiev: law enforcers likely to pressure Rabadanov’s supporters in Dagestan

  As soon as he returns to Makhachkala, Dagestani activist Isalmagomed Nabiev plans to visit the FSB Department, where he was summoned because of signing an appeal in defence of detained Ramazan Rabadanov. The activist suggests that the summoning is a method of pressure.

December 19, 2024 21:55

• Nikolai Tsomartov, father of missing athlete, complains about bullying

  Telegram channels are spreading defamatory information about the family of Anna Tsomartova, a missing athlete from North Ossetia; the check of this fact has been ongoing for the second month, Anna's father has stated.

December 19, 2024 17:01

• Colleague of rights defender Nagavkin points to gross violation of his rights in colony

  A trial has been launched in the town of Uryupinsk against Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, who is serving his term at a penal colony there. According to Valentin Bogdan, also a human rights defender, the colony bosses have grossly violated the law by leaving Nagavkin in the dungeon (punishment cell) for two consecutive terms.

December 18, 2024 23:36

• Dagestani Mirzabekov treats compensation for his custody as insufficient

  The court has awarded Zainulabidin Mirzabekov, a Makhachkala resident, with compensation in the amount of 11 million roubles for his illegal criminal prosecution and eight years he spent behind bars. Mirzabekov, who had claimed 414 million roubles, intends to appeal against the court ruling.

December 18, 2024 22:56

• Kadyrov proposes excluding new Syrian leaders from list of terrorists

  The leader of Chechnya voiced the idea of excluding the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”* grouping, which seized power in Syria, from the list of terrorist organizations. Ramzan Kadyrov also proposed sending Chechen law enforcers to Syria.

December 18, 2024 20:49

• “AI” concerned about violence against protesters in Georgia

  The authorities of Georgia have sanctioned human rights violations in the country, the “Amnesty International” (AI) human right organization claims in its report. Human rights defenders have called for an end to the violence, the release of detainees, and a thorough investigation into the attacks and beatings.

December 18, 2024 16:40

• Human rights defenders call for release of “Meydan TV” journalists

  The “Amnesty International” and “Article19” human rights organizations condemned the arrests of journalists and called on the international community to respond to human rights violations in Azerbaijan.

December 17, 2024 23:37

• Resident of Stavropol Territory convicted of taking part in IS* complains of torture

  A resident of the Stavropol Territory, convicted of participating in the "Islamic State" (IS)*, has stated that he had confessed under torture.

December 17, 2024 22:51

• After appeal in Rabadanov's support, Dagestani activist summoned to FSB

  Isalmagomed Nabiev, who has signed an appeal in defence of the detained Ramazan Rabadanov, received a summons to the Dagestani branch of the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service). The activist saw this as a chance to convince law enforcers to objectively investigate the Rabadanov's case.

December 17, 2024 21:55

• Stavropol Territory: SMO fighter sentenced leniently for murder threat and robbery

  The Izobilnensky District Court has sentenced Vasily Pogrebitsky, a former participant in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment, finding him guilty of threatening to kill and robbery.

December 17, 2024 19:35

• Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk sentenced to compulsory works

  A court in Sochi has found Vladimir Atamanchuk, a local activist, guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 160 hours of community works, as well as a fine in favour of the suffered party – Valery Baev, a lawyer.

December 16, 2024 23:53

• Forced migrants from Chechnya remind authorities of their housing problems

  Forced migrants from Chechnya living in Ingushetia have asked authorities to solve their housing problems by the 30th anniversary of the First Chechen War – to index payments due to them or return the status of forced migrants.

December 16, 2024 23:39

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 9-15, 2024

  Second president of Georgia and continuation of protests, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Zarema Musaeva’s case, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 9-15, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 16, 2024 22:52

• Mother of missing athlete Tsomartova complains of threats of dismissal from MIA

  The mother of Anna Tsomartova, a North-Ossetian athlete who went missing, has complained that she is being threatened with dismissal from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for criticizing law enforcement bodies for inefficient inquiry into her daughter's disappearance.

December 16, 2024 21:20

• Lawyers discontented with charges against three Kuban pensioners

  Activists sent money and postcards to the arrested pensioners accused of creating an illegal armed formation. The group of three pensioners does not meet the definition of an illegal armed formation (IAF), lawyers point out.

December 16, 2024 21:06

• Zarema Musaeva accused of disrupting operation of penal colony

  Zarema Musaeva has been accused of disrupting the operation of the penal colony. She faces up to five years of imprisonment.

December 14, 2024 23:45

• Colony bosses refuse to inform Nagavkin's sister about his health condition

  Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, was not released from the dungeon (punishment cell), although his second consecutive placement there has expired. The colony administration in the town of Uryupinsk has refused to inform Igor's sister about his health condition.

December 14, 2024 21:34

• Rights defenders treat idea of checking Roma in Rostov Region as impossible

  The idea of the authorities of the Rostov Region to involve law enforcers in checking Roma and Cossacks by questioning their neighbours violates the laws and tramples on the rights of the Roma population. At the same time, there are no tension hotbeds in relations with Roma in the region; and the work with communities should be conducted through their leaders.

December 14, 2024 00:06

• Two law enforcers from North Ossetia charged in case on death of detainee

  In Vladikavkaz, a driver got into a road traffic accident because of his deteriorated health state. According to the investigators’ version, instead of sending the man to a hospital, law enforcers took him to a police station, and the man later died.

December 13, 2024 23:19

• Mother of Chechen teenager Murdiev requests ICRF to conduct unbiased investigation

  In her appeal to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), a mother of Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev claimed that she had repeatedly filed complaints, but received refusals.