Human rights

On January 24, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision in the case of Kutaev v. Russia. He satisfied the complaint of the applicant - a Chechen politician, human rights activist, deputy prime minister in Maskhadov's government, chairman of the Assembly of Caucasian Peoples Ruslan Kutaev, who served four years on trumped-up charges of drug possession.

Ухудшилось состояние Заремы Мусаевой.

Крымскотатарские адвокаты пытаются добиться статуса для защиты политзаключенных.

Сотни крымских татар «репрессированы, арестованы, приговорены к большим тюремным заключениям»

Абдулмумин Гаджиев рассказал о пытках сокамерников из разных регионов СКФО.

Deadly police department: a detainee was killed again at the police department in Dagestan

Published: 20 January 2023

On the night of January 21, a detainee died in the police department of the Sovetsky district of Makhachkala. Relatives reported torture. An investigation is underway into the case of “exceeding official authority, which negligently resulted in the death of the victim.”

Zarema Musaeva's son offered himself in exchange for his mother's freedom

Published: 19 January 2023

On January 20, exactly a year after Zarema Musaeva was detained, her son, Chechen activist and blogger Abubakar Yangulbaev recorded a video message in which he invited the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to exchange himself for his mother.

Published: 18 January 2023

Pankisi seal

On January 19, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision in the case of the death of Chechen-Kist Temirlan Machalikashvili during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge in 2017. The court declared the investigation into the case ineffective and awarded his family 25 thousand euros in compensation.

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Human rights activists recognize Crimean Tatar as a political prisoner

15 July 2025

The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Eduard Asanov, a citizen of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, a Crimean Tatar, as a political prisoner. In July 2024, he was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison on charges of participating in an illegal armed group.

Kidnapped teenagers released in Chechnya, and their fathers signed contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry

14 July 2025

After more than six months of illegal detention in Grozny Police Department No. 2, 16-year-olds Said Idigov, Elbrus Saidaev, and Mansur Shabazov were released. They were kidnapped in December 2024 and held without charges, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

Crimean Tatar detained in France at Russia's request

14 July 2025

France has taken into custody 33-year-old Crimean Tatar Il'nur Shagaev, who left Crimea before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The detention occurred while boarding a ferry to the UK based on a request from the Russian FSB, which placed Shagaev on the international wanted list on charges of having links to organizations banned in the Russian Federation.