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September 04, 2024 16:37

• Former hostages dispute about terrorism prevention centre opened in Beslan

  The opening of a terrorism prevention centre at the Beslan School has sparked a mixed reaction among the victims. The school territory should have been preserved, says Emma Tagaeva. In his turn, Misikov believes that the centre is necessary in order to preserve the memory of the terror act.

September 03, 2024 22:56

• Attack with bladed weapon on law enforcers is the first in Northern Caucasus in two years

  The attack on the traffic police post at the entrance to Magas, as a result of which policemen killed a man armed with a screwdriver, was preceded by a similar incident that occurred in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, in November 2022.

September 03, 2024 21:38

• MIA refuses to confirm Kevin Lik's release

  Kevin Lik's conviction has not been expunged, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Adygea has informed.

September 03, 2024 21:13

• Law enforcers sentenced for beating Timur Derbichev and bribe-taking

  Idris Fargiev, a policeman, has been sentenced to five years in penal colony within the case of beating Timur Derbichev in the city of Magas (the capital of Ingushetia). Two other policemen were sentenced for bribe-taking for refusing to initiate a criminal case against Derbichev on charges of drug possession, to which he was forced to confess.

September 03, 2024 17:10

• Ingush Govt reacts to allegations of abusing mental hospital patients

  Appeals to the Prosecutor's Office (PO) in connection with the abuse of patients at the mental hospital located in the village of Psedakh (Malgobek District of Ingushetia) yielded no fruit, while there are still patients there, who have no relatives or whose families have no way to transfer them to another place.

September 03, 2024 15:58

• Rights defenders point to difficulties of recording kidnappings in Chechnya

  No kidnapping statistics is currently run in Chechnya, as relatives of missing people are afraid to make disappearances public, human rights defenders have pointed out. Illegal detentions in Chechnya continue, but only most resonant cases become known.

September 02, 2024 23:59

• Makhachkala residents interested in information about journalist Gadjiev’s case

  Many passers-by took pictures of the picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and scanned a QR code to learn more about his persecution, reported Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft). Abdulmumin Gadjiev continues to write articles under arrest and publish them in the “Chernovik”.

September 02, 2024 23:56

• Analysts associate Shoigu’s words about strengthening Sharia with criticism of republics’ leaders in NCFD

  The statements voiced by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu about radicals’ attempts to displace secular laws in Northern Caucasus with Sharia norms are a signal to the leaders and officials of the regions, analysts note.

September 02, 2024 23:28

• Journalists remind authorities about absence of inquiry results into Beslan terror act

  After 20 years, the authorities have still failed to give a specific answer to how terrorists managed to organize the school capture in Beslan in 2004, where more than three hundred people perished, journalists have stated.

September 02, 2024 20:36

• Mourning events held in Beslan on the 20th anniversary of school capture

  Mourning events were held in North Ossetia to mark the 20th anniversary of school capture in Beslan. There, at School No. 1, the mourning ceremony began with the ringing of the school bell; its participants commemorated the victims of the terror act.

September 02, 2024 19:12

• Defence treats criminal prosecution of Naptugov and Kuzhev, Cherkessk residents, as unjustified

  The case materials on an extremist community contain no proofs of the guilt of Aslan Naptugov and Oleko Kuzhev, residents of the city of Cherkessk, their advocates have stated. Naptugov treats his criminal case as political persecution.

September 01, 2024 23:58

• Online conference discusses kidnapping practices in Northern Caucasus

  The practices of kidnapping and enforced disappearances in the regions of Northern Caucasus, primarily in Chechnya, are a legacy of two Chechen campaigns. This issue is very acute due to authorities' repressions, but the fight against these practices must be continued. This was stated by the participants of the online conference of human rights defenders, organized by the "Memory Project" team jointly with the "Vyorstka" (Layout)* outlet.

September 01, 2024 23:38

• MoJ repeatedly declares Kuban ecological NCO foreign agent

  The non-commercial organization (NCO) "Civil Initiative against Environmental Crime"* has been added to the register of foreign agents, the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has informed.

September 01, 2024 22:05

• Comments in social network result in fine imposed on resident of Slavyansk-on-Kuban

  The Slavyansk-on-Kuban City Court has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles, treating his comments posted in the "VKontakte" social network as discredited the Russian Army.

August 31, 2024 23:36

• Verdict to KBR resident Andzor Kudaev upheld despite torture claim

  The cassation instance has upheld the sentence of Andzor Kudaev, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was sentenced to six years in penal colony on charges of aiding terrorism and possessing weapons. The instance has found the defence's arguments that Kudaev had confessed under torture to be untenable.

August 31, 2024 22:45

• Ingush law enforcer sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment for beating a detainee

  Sulumbek Yandyrkhanov, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has been sentenced to four and a half years of imprisonment for beating a detained resident of Magas. The above information is reported on the Telegram channel of the “Travmpunkt” human rights project.

August 31, 2024 21:36

• Arrest of Sochi resident Schus for fakes about Russian Army extended

  The court has extended the arrest of Alexei Schus, a Sochi resident, accused of distributing fakes about Russian Army.

August 31, 2024 20:04

• Rights defenders link detainees' falls from windows with fear of torture at police

  Cases of detainees jumping from windows of police buildings are rare in Russia and are associated with the fear of becoming a victim of torture, human rights defenders have stated after an incident at the Makhachkala police station.

August 31, 2024 18:13

• Alexei Schus, accused in case on fakes about Russian Army, complains about conditions of detention in SIZO

  Alexei Schus, an engineer from Sochi, accused of disseminating fakes about the Russian Army and making a weapon, has complained that the conditions of detention at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar are torture. There are not enough sleeping places for prisoners, and they are not taken out for walks.

August 30, 2024 23:38

• After hostage-taking in Surovikino and Rostov-on-Don, law enforcers point to FSIN's blunders

  The institutions of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) have staff deficit; and those who work there with great overloads have modest salaries, which contributes to corruption and violation of safety rules for personal gains. This was stated by law enforcers in their comments on the hostage-taking incidents that occurred in Surovikino and Rostov-on-Don.