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October 06, 2023 00:39

• Law enforcers find new way to persecute residents of Chechnya

  The case of Adam Madaev, a Chechen resident, who was fined for posting comments in an oppositional channel, indicates that law enforcers continue having interest in the resources of critics of the authorities; the case also demonstrates a new practice of fabricating charges, the interviewed human rights defenders believe.

October 06, 2023 00:34

• European Parliament demands to release Zarema Musaeva

  The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the politically motivated abduction and prosecution of Zarema Musaeva. This document is important not only as a call for Musaeva's liberation, but also as a statement of human rights violations in Chechnya, Abubakar Yangulbaev has noted.

October 05, 2023 23:56

• Social media users outraged by ban on schoolgirls to wearing hijabs at lessons in KBR

  In several villages of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), girls wearing hijabs were not allowed into schools; it follows from posted videos. Social network users were outraged by this practice; and the republic's Muftiate has announced that it had convinced officials not to prevent schoolgirls from wearing hijabs.

October 05, 2023 23:36

• Chechen Mansur Movlaev, who fled to Kyrgyzstan, sentenced to six months

  A court in Bishkek has sentenced Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of illegally crossing the Kyrgyz border, to six months in colony followed by deportation. Movlaev, who fears persecution by Chechen authorities, has asked in court to be sentenced to the maximum term, his advocate has explained.

October 05, 2023 23:09

• UN Special Rapporteur lists human rights violations in Northern Caucasus

  In Northern Caucasus, mass torture, extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances occur; and in Chechnya, brutal suppression of political opponents, infringement of women's rights and persecution of people of non-traditional sexual orientation are widespread.

October 05, 2023 19:50

• Defence criticizes results of prosecutor’s check on complaint of Ingush prisoner Albagachiev

  The information claimed by Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, about insufficient medical care for him in a penal colony and the beating of another prisoner by employees has not been confirmed, reports the Prosecutor’s Office of the Astrakhan Region. The check was carried out superficially and biasedly, suggests a defender of Abdul-Malik Albagachiev.

October 05, 2023 19:49

• Family of Ingush woman faces threat of deportation from Poland to Russia

  The authorities of Poland refused to provide asylum to Rakiat Kodzoeva, a native of Ingushetia, and her children. The woman faces deportation to her homeland, despite statements by human rights defenders about the threat of fabricating a criminal case against Rakiat Kodzoeva in Russia.

October 05, 2023 19:42

• Sources report refusal to open a case on Zhuravel's beating by Kadyrov's son

  After conducting a check, the police refused to open a criminal case against Adam Kadyrov for beating up Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, committed at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). The court in Grozny has set a date for the first session on Zhuravel's case" he is accused of burning the Koran.

October 05, 2023 14:26

• Musaeva's advocate lodges petition for CER

  A petition asking to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Zarema Musaeva has been sent to the court by the advocate hired by the family, her son, Abubakar Yangulbaev, has informed.

October 04, 2023 21:56

• “Rosgvardiya” fighter from North Ossetia does not agree with authorities’ refusal to pay compensation to him

  The injury, for which Khizri Kurazov, a fighter of the “Rosgvardiya” (National Guard of Russia) from North Ossetia, is seeking compensation, was got in the barracks, but led to severe damage to his health.

October 04, 2023 21:15

• Makhachkala residents voice to picketer their words of support for journalist Gadjiev

  During a solo picket in support of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, passers-by conveyed wishes and words of support to him, noted picketer Magomed Magomedov. His colleague Idris Yusupov held a picket in support of historian Khadjimurad Donogo, considering the disruption of his lecture to be another fact of persecution of the scientist.

October 04, 2023 17:34

• Instagram* blocks page of Ramzan Kadyrov's son

  The administration of the Instagram* has blocked the page of Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya, who had beaten up Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, at the SIZO (pre-trial prison); the page was blocked for violating the rules of the social network.

October 04, 2023 12:21

• Kadyrov makes his daughter People's Artist of Chechnya

  Aishat Kadyrova, who before being appointed Deputy Prime Minister served as Minister of Culture, has received the title of People's Artist of Chechnya. This title is awarded to artists of national renown who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of arts in Chechnya and worthily represented the Chechen arts outside its borders, as stated in the regulations on the title.

October 03, 2023 19:56

• Picketer with poster in support of Zhuravel detained in Saint Petersburg

  Law enforcers have detained Dmitry Kuzmin, who went out to a picket demanding the release of Nikita Zhuravel, who was beaten by Kadyrov's son at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison).

October 03, 2023 17:35

• Kadyrov announces his daughter's appointment as Vice-Premier of Chechnya

  Aishat Kadyrova, the current Chechen Minister of Culture will become Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya for the social block; and Musa Dadaev, the former Vice-Premier will replace Kadyrova as the head of the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya.

October 03, 2023 13:53

• Dagestani resident sentenced to mandatory labour for his post against mobilization

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan approved the decision of the court, which imposed 120 hours of compulsory labour on Rasul Bammatov, finding him guilty of posting a call against mobilization.

October 03, 2023 13:34

• Stavropol resident found guilty of discrediting Russian army

  Valery Gasparyan, an unemployed resident of Stavropol, fined for two comments he posted on a social network.

October 02, 2023 23:14

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 25-October 1, 2023

  Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan and others, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, two Kadyrovs, 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 September 25-October 1, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 02, 2023 19:41

• Comment in chat of opposition channel results in fine imposed on resident of Chechnya

  The court has fined Adam Madaev, a resident of Chechnya, for his comment left in the chat of the "1Adat"* Telegram channel, which is in opposition to the republic's authorities.

October 02, 2023 19:19

• Journalists hold solo pickets in Makhachkala

  Journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov have held solo pickets in Makhachkala, demanding the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and an end to the persecution of historian Khadjimurad Donogo.