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January 28, 2022 00:51

• Blackmail of blogger Khalitov emphasizes coordination of campaign against critics of Chechen authorities

  Threats and blackmail were an attempt to force blogger Khasan Khalitov to stop criticizing the Chechen authorities, since the goal was not achieved through the kidnapping of his relatives, human rights defenders explained. They suggested that officials from the Chechen authorities were involved in the kidnappings and blackmail of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s opponents.

January 28, 2022 00:45

• PACE urges Russian authorities to protect LGBT people in Chechnya

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on the protection of the rights of LGBT people in Europe, with the focus on persecution based on sexual orientation in Chechnya. The PACE requested the authorities of Russia to protect the victims and punish the perpetrators.

January 28, 2022 00:42

• Case against gays Magamadov and Isaev left in Chechnya for consideration

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya refused to consider arguments presented by advocates of brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev concerning the need to transfer their case for consideration to another region of Russia.

January 27, 2022 23:58

• “Memorial”* nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  Members of the Estonian parliament nominated the “Memorial”* as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.

January 27, 2022 23:52

• Azerbaijani activists support campaign for human rights in Europe

  On January 26, in Strasbourg, fourteen organizations, including NGOs from Azerbaijan, announced the Campaign to Uphold Rights in Europe (CURE).

January 27, 2022 23:48

• Court mitigates sentence of Malika Djikaeva, convicted in Chechnya in a drug case

  In Pyatigorsk, a court reduced the sentence of Malika Djikaeva, who was convicted in Chechnya in a drug case, from three to two years of imprisonment. Malika Djikaeva is to be released in March.

January 27, 2022 18:21

• Khasan Khalitov tells about oppression of his relatives in Chechnya

  The relatives of the blogger, Khasan Khalitov, who live in Chechnya are restricted in their freedom of travel; his father was fired from his job; and his sister was forced to close her business, the blogger has informed.

January 27, 2022 18:18

• Izberbash resident suspected of links with extremists

  A 38-year-old resident of the city of Izberbash have joined an international religious association, where he studied extremist ideology, investigators assert.

January 27, 2022 18:14

• Zarema Musaeva's daughter tells about violence against her mother and flight abroad

  At detention, Zarema Musaeva was beaten up by law enforcers; and her husband, Saidi Yangulbaev, was subjected to a lengthy interrogation at the airport as he was leaving the country, Aliya Yangulbaeva, the daughter of the abducted woman, has reported.

January 27, 2022 18:04

• Complaint of Rustam Kuchmenov, KBR resident, sent to ECtHR

  The "Committee against Torture" (CaT)* has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the interests of Rustam Kuchmenov, a citizen of Nalchik, who accuses law enforcers of torturing him.

January 27, 2022 18:01

• Activist from Khasavyurt District tells about aims of his pickets in Makhachkala

  Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, who has spent the night at the police station after his picket, has explained that the aim of his regular pickets in Makhachkala to stop illegal mining in the territory of the dwelling settlement of Endirey. Ataev also demands to suppress corruption in the Khasavyurt District.

January 27, 2022 17:57

• Ingush female rights defenders achieve meeting with Albogachiev in colony

  Abdul-Malik Albogachiev, a native of Ingushetia, who is serving his term in an Astrakhan colony, was never given the family Koran; and the colony bosses insist on his transfer to a barrack with the inmates who are in conflict with him, Zarema Barakhoeva and Pyatimat Yusupova, rights defenders, have informed.

January 27, 2022 17:06

• Yangulbaev responds to Kadyrov’s accusations of supporting terrorism

  Human rights defender Abubakar Yangulbaev responded from Georgia to the leader of Chechnya to accusations that the Yangulbaev family allegedly supported terrorism. Abubakar Yangulbaev called the kidnapping of his elderly mother by Chechen law enforcers an act of terrorism.

January 27, 2022 13:36

• Court rules to release Karabakh war veteran Ashot Minasyan

  According to the court’s decision, Ashot Minasyan, a participant in three Karabakh wars, accused of illegal possession of firearms, will be released after bail is paid. Ashot Minasyan pleads not guilty.

January 27, 2022 11:25

• Kadyrov’s statement about Ukraine demonstrates his sense of immunity

  For years, Ramzan Kadyrov allows himself to make judgments about the Russia’s foreign policy, including the situation with Ukraine, despite the Kremlin’s statements about the need for subordination in such matters. The Kremlin’s reaction to the repeated call to annex Ukraine to Russia voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov looks formal, political analysts note.

January 26, 2022 18:33

• Kadyrov explains his words about Ukraine

  The statements on the Ukrainian issue are the personal viewpoint of an ordinary citizen, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, adding that if there are no people in Ukraine who will help the country to resist the United States, Russia should come to the rescue.

January 26, 2022 18:28

• Police refuse to inform Ataev about reasons for his detention at picket

  Eduard Ataev and Ruslan Magomedov, who were detained at solo pickets, spent the night at a police station in Makhachkala. Eduard Ataev has been taken to court, but he does not know what he is accused of, the activist says. Today, the police have again refused to allow an advocate visit Ruslan Magomedov, his defender reports.

January 26, 2022 18:25

• Chechen blogger Khalitov names blackmailer

  Khasan Khalitov, an oppositional blogger has identified the person who had demanded from him to stop criticizing Chechen authorities under the threat of publicizing the degrading photos of his sister.

January 26, 2022 18:18

• Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Near the city of Djabrail, Karabakh rescuers have found remains of an Armenian military serviceman who perished in hostilities in November 2020. The total number of found bodies and remains has reached 1708, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

January 26, 2022 15:06

• Rights defenders criticize ECtHR for decision on Estemirova's case

  After the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) refused to reconsider the murder case of the Chechen human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, her relatives and colleagues have exhausted all the chances at the national and international levels to bring her killers to justice, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has stated.