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October 22, 2023 04:30

• Man mobilized from KBR challenges his sentence for evading service

  The defence has appealed against the sentence passed to Islam Margushev, who was mobilized from the Zolsky District (the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic – KBR), and sentenced to five years of freedom deprivation on charges of evading service.

October 21, 2023 23:33

• Call of Dagestani Muftiate to pray for peace in Palestine is a response to public request

  The majority of Dagestanis are showing their unconditional support for Palestine; this was confirmed by millions of roubles raised in a short time to help the victims.

October 21, 2023 21:55

• Member of the State Council of Tatarstan apologizes for criticizing awarding of Kadyrov’s son

  Azat Khamaev, a member of the State Council of Tatarstan, apologized to his colleagues for critical words about Adam Kadyrov being awarded the title of Hero of Chechnya after his beating of arrested Nikita Zhuravel.

October 21, 2023 20:49

• Human rights defenders treat Ali Bataev’s case as an example of European bias towards Chechens

  Ali Bataev, a native of Chechnya, whom the authorities of Switzerland refused protection and ordered deportation, will be subjected to persecution and torture in his homeland, state human rights defenders. They note that the authorities of European countries are often prejudiced towards refugees from Chechnya.

October 21, 2023 19:17

• Authorities’ reaction to beating of a teenager highlights flexibility of morality in Chechnya

  The authorities of Chechnya clearly demonstrated their double standards by punishing parents of a teenager for beating his colleague after recently praising Adam Kadyrov for similar violence used against a helpless person. Human rights defenders see the danger of such an approach and the normalization of demonstrative violence for Chechen society, especially for young people.

October 21, 2023 13:26

• Seda Suleimanova's bridegroom asks to visit her in Chechnya

  The bridegroom of Seda Suleimanova, a native of Chechnya, who was brought to the republic by law enforcers from Saint Petersburg, converted to Islam and asked to visit her, but received no response from her relatives, or the security guarantees for his trip to Chechnya, which the Chechen Ombudsperson had promised to him.

October 21, 2023 13:20

• Arrest extension of Maykop woman for anti-SMO protest appealed against

  The City Court of Maykop (the capital of Adygea) has extended the arrest of Tatiana Moskalenko, accused within a criminal case of calls for protests against the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, by two months. Her advocate has appealed against the extension.

October 20, 2023 23:58

• At trial, activist Darya Polyudova claims political nature of her persecution

  The courts and investigators have failed to provide proofs of the creation of an extremist community; the persecution was caused by her political views, Darya Polyudova, an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), sentenced to nine years of freedom deprivation, has stated at the Russian Supreme Court (SC).

October 20, 2023 23:52

• North-Caucasian Muftis demand from UN to protect Palestine residents

  The Muslims' Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus has accused Israel of "state terrorism and genocide" with the complicity of the United States and Western countries, demanding that the United Nations (UN) intervene in the situation to protect the people of Palestine.

October 20, 2023 23:45

• Defence files second motion for CER of Musaeva

  Advocate Alexander Savin visited Zarema Musaeva in a penal colony and sent a motion to the court for the conditional early relief of his client. That was reported by the “Team Against Torture”* two weeks after a son of Zarema Musaeva announced filing a similar motion by an advocate hired by the family.

October 20, 2023 23:37

• French media report new details of Mogushkov’s case after his arrest

  Mokhamad Mogushkov is arrested, and he refuses to talk to investigators. His younger brother and cousin have been arrested together with him. A father of Mokhamad Mogushkov was deported from France for involvement in a case on terrorism and now lives in Georgia, the media report.

October 20, 2023 15:21

• Dagestani journalists doubt possibility of holding rallies in support of Palestine

  The reason for the dispersal of a rally in Makhachkala in support of Palestine lies in its unsanctioned nature and the authorities’ fears for the deterioration of the situation in Dagestan. Meanwhile, the majority of the population of Dagestan sympathizes with the Palestinian people in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while the Jewish community in the republic is small, note journalists.

October 20, 2023 15:11

• Residents of Chechnya uncover law enforcers' tricks used for recruiting into SMO zone

  Contrary to Ramzan Kadyrov's calls, residents of Chechnya are trying to protect their sons from being sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine; and law enforcers are resorting to various tricks to force young people to go to Ukraine.

October 19, 2023 22:34

• Resident of the Volgograd Region demands payment from MoD for his wound received in Chechnya

  For three years, a disabled person from the Chechen war from the Volgograd region has been seeking insurance payments from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for his wound and disability. The claimant, who is partially paralyzed, needs money for treatment, Nikolai Renskov, a deputy, has explained.

October 19, 2023 22:09

• Daudov threatens to punish parents for beating teenager by their son

  Chechen authorities will not allow children to grow up cruel, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated in his comment on the video of a teenager beating up his peer; however, earlier, Daudov approved the beating of the arrested Nikita Zhuravel by Kadyrov's 15-year-old son.

October 19, 2023 21:50

• Krasnodar student expelled for criticizing SMO demands reinstatement at university

  Nikita Raichuk, a student from Krasnodar, has demanded to be reinstated at the university from which he was expelled after criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine in social networks. The court refused, but the student has filed an appeal.

October 19, 2023 20:14

• ECtHR accepts complaint of Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk for consideration

  Vladimir Atamanchuk, a Sochi pensioner, sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against his criminal prosecution under the article on discrediting the Russian Army. The ECtHR has responded that the complaint had been accepted for consideration.

October 19, 2023 19:17

• SC approves sentence to activist Darya Polyudova

  The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has refused to change the sentence passed to Darya Polyudova, an activist, who is serving her nine-year sentence within the case of creating an extremist community and publicly justifying terrorism. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.

October 19, 2023 17:43

• Defence of those arrested within Dalgatov's death case claims that proofs remain unproven

  The three law enforcers from Makhachkala, who were the first to be detained within the case of the death at the police station of Kurban Dalgatov after interrogation, fell under the hot hand amid public outcry; there are no proofs of their involvement in the incident, Mirzakhan Gasanov, an advocate of one of them, has stated.

October 18, 2023 17:09

• In Makhachkala, police stop action of solidarity with Palestine

  Residents of Dagestan gathered in the centre of Makhachkala to hold an action in support of Palestine, but they were dispersed by the police, as follows from videos posted on the Internet.