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Crimean Tatar political prisoner lost 40 kg in custody
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoner lost 40 kg in custody
3 April 2024

Since 2019, since his arrest, Tofik Abdulgaziev has lost 40 kilograms. He was recently transferred from intensive care to the intensive care unit of the Verkhneuralsk hospital in the Chelyabinsk region, where his family was able to visit him.

Reporters Without Borders called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release the arrested journalists
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Reporters Without Borders called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release the arrested journalists
3 April 2024

The international media protection organization Reporters Without Borders again criticized the Azerbaijani authorities for repression against media representatives. We are talking about the arrest of Toplum TV employees on charges of currency smuggling.

In Georgia, they pointed out the overcrowding of prisons and the violence in them
Human rights
In Georgia, they pointed out the overcrowding of prisons and the violence in them
3 April 2024

A serious challenge for the Georgian penitentiary system remains the overcrowding of prisons, which is associated with the emergence of informal governance within them and violence among prisoners in relations with each other. This was stated by the country's public defender Levan Ioseliani.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner released from punishment cell after 40 days
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoner released from punishment cell after 40 days
2 April 2024

In a maximum security colony in the city of Salavat in the Republic of Bashkortostan, political prisoner Ruslan Zeitullaev was released from a punishment cell. He spent 40 days in a punishment cell.

A journalist from Dagestan was searched again
Human rights
A journalist from Dagestan was searched again
2 April 2024

Police officers searched the house of journalist Idris Yusupov in Makhachkala. A mobile phone and two laptops were confiscated from him. On October 30, 2023, FSB officers already conducted a search and took away similar items, which were returned only on March 18, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

Azerbaijan refused to release one of the leading opposition figures
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Azerbaijan refused to release one of the leading opposition figures
2 April 2024

A court in Baku denied the defense of Tofig Yagublu, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the Musavat party, to replace the preventive measure in the form of detention with house arrest. He has been in pre-trial detention for more than three and a half months, and during all this time no investigation has been carried out.

In the cities of Dagestan, after the detention of migrants, they stopped collecting garbage
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In the cities of Dagestan, after the detention of migrants, they stopped collecting garbage
2 April 2024

In Makhachkala, problems arose with cleaning and garbage disposal. This happened after the police detained many migrants from the Central Asian republics. As a result, employees of the city hall came out to clean up.

An elderly Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffering from multiple illnesses was transferred to a maximum security colony
Human rights
An elderly Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffering from multiple illnesses was transferred to a maximum security colony
2 April 2024

66-year-old Crimean Tatar Zekirya Muratov, a former music teacher, was transferred from the Balashov prison in the Saratov region to maximum security colony No. 5 in Nizhny Novgorod. He is a disabled person of the 3rd group.

A journalist specializing in the problems of ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation was extended her detention in a pre-trial detention center
Human rights
A journalist specializing in the problems of ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation was extended her detention in a pre-trial detention center
2 April 2024

The Sovetsky District Court of Kazan extended the detention of journalist and editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty Alsu Kurmasheva until June 5. She is accused of failing to provide documents to the Ministry of Justice to include her in the register of “foreign agents.”

Media: the cause of death of a Chechen suspected of committing a terrorist attack in Crocus could have been a beating by security forces
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Media: the cause of death of a Chechen suspected of committing a terrorist attack in Crocus could have been a beating by security forces
2 April 2024

A native of Chechnya, Askhab Uspanov, died in the Moscow police department after being detained on suspicion of complicity in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. This was reported by the Agency with reference to the mother of the deceased.