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The US called for the release of the Azerbaijani opposition.
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The US called for the release of the Azerbaijani opposition.
Published: 12 February 2023

The US is deeply concerned that Azerbaijani activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev remains in detention and continues to face politically motivated charges. This was reported by a representative of the State Department.
The European Court of Human Rights ordered the payment of compensation to the participants of the Natalia Estemirov memorial campaign in Moscow.
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The European Court of Human Rights ordered the payment of compensation to the participants of the Natalia Estemirov memorial campaign in Moscow.
Published: 10 February 2023

The European Court awarded compensation for moral and material damage ranging from 1,000 to 3,900 euros to 59 Russians detained for participating in various actions and rallies. One of the applicants is a member of the Council of the CSDH «Memorial» Alexander Cherkasov, who was detained on July 15, 2019 in memory of Natalia Estemirov.
A Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffering from serious illnesses died in a Russian remand centre.
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A Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffering from serious illnesses died in a Russian remand centre.
Published: 10 February 2023

A 60-year-old political prisoner, Crimean Tatar Cemil Gafarov, died in Novocherkassk prison. He was consistently denied a medical examination. 
In the case of torture of the father and son from Dagestan, the court recognized as illegal the refusal to open a criminal case.
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In the case of torture of the father and son from Dagestan, the court recognized as illegal the refusal to open a criminal case.
Published: 9 February 2023

The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow recognized as illegal the 24th refusal of the UK to open a criminal case against the SD officers. In 2016, they broke into the apartment of the natives of Dagestan, the son and father of Murad and Firuddin Ragimov and brutally tortured them. Murada, according to relatives, planted drugs and sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment.
The investigation twice refused to investigate the abduction of Zarema Musayeva.
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The investigation twice refused to investigate the abduction of Zarema Musayeva.
Published: 9 February 2023

«The Team against Torture» submitted more than 60 petitions and complaints against the actions of the policemen, who were forcibly taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya Zarema Musaeva. Two lawyers were refused to initiate criminal proceedings against the security forces.
In the North Caucasus, prisoners are threatened if they refuse to participate in the Ukrainian «special operation».
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In the North Caucasus, prisoners are threatened if they refuse to participate in the Ukrainian «special operation».
Published: 9 February 2023

Russian prisoners, including in the colonies and prisons of the Collective Security Council, are threatened with opening new criminal cases if they refuse to join the PMK "Wagner" for further transfer to the CRS zone. This was told by the lawyer of the fund "In defense of the rights of prisoners" Yana Helmel
Another trial of Batalkhadzhin residents has begun in Rostov-on-Don
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Another trial of Batalkhadzhin residents has begun in Rostov-on-Don
Published: 8 February 2023

On February 8, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don began considering the case of the assassination attempt on the head of the Ingush Center for Combating Extremism, Ibragim Eldzharkiev.
Суд отказал жительнице Ингушетии в привлечении силовиков за пытки.
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Суд отказал жительнице Ингушетии в привлечении силовиков за пытки.
Published: 8 February 2023

Нальчикский военный суд отказал в иске жительнице Ингушетии Танзиле Картоевой. Она пыталась добиться возбуждения уголовного дела на сотрудников правоохранительных органов. По ее словам, они подкинули ей наркотики и пытали.
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