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Father of ISIS* financing suspect tells of torture in Ingushetia
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Father of ISIS* financing suspect tells of torture in Ingushetia
3 November 2023

On September 7, the Fortanga website reported on the torture of suspects in a terrorism financing case. The father of one of the defendants, Magomed Derbichev, shared details about how the investigation is being conducted.

In schools in Kabardino-Balkaria, students are prohibited from wearing headscarves and hijab
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In schools in Kabardino-Balkaria, students are prohibited from wearing headscarves and hijab
3 November 2023

In the Zolsky district of Kabardino-Balkaria, schoolgirls were forbidden to attend classes wearing headscarves and hijabs for years. This happened in the villages of Kamennomostskoye, Khabaz, Svetlovodskoye, Bateh.

A conscript who escaped from his unit received seven years in prison
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A conscript who escaped from his unit received seven years in prison
3 November 2023

On September 1, the Southern District Military Court upheld the sentence of conscript Pavel Kamagurov, who was sentenced to seven years for unauthorized abandonment of his place of service (Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the publication "Kavkaz. Realii", this is the harshest of the known sentences under this article in the south of Russia.

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia was fined for distributing an
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A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia was fined for distributing an "extremist" song
3 November 2023

On September 1, the Zelenchuk District Court of Karachay-Cherkessia fined a resident of the republic, Ramil Dolaev, for posting on social networks the song of the Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev "Islamic Ummah" ("As Long as the World is Ruled by Wives"), which was included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. The fine for the administrative offense was 2 thousand rubles.

Zarema Musaeva's defense asks to overturn her sentence
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Zarema Musaeva's defense asks to overturn her sentence
3 November 2023

Team Against Torture lawyer Alexander Savin filed a complaint with the Court of Cassation. He asks to cancel the verdict of the Akhmatovsky District Court and the Supreme Court of Chechnya regarding Zarema Musaeva.

The ECHR ordered the Russian Federation to pay compensation to a Chechen journalist
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The ECHR ordered the Russian Federation to pay compensation to a Chechen journalist
3 November 2023

The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation in the amount of 7,500 euros to the journalist, a native of Chechnya, Zhalaudi Geriev. The ECHR found his treatment degrading and found a violation of one of the articles of the Human Rights Convention. During the trial, the man was kept in a cage.

The brother of a Chechen oppositionist thanked Germany for providing asylum
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The brother of a Chechen oppositionist thanked Germany for providing asylum
3 November 2023

The German authorities granted political asylum to a native of Chechnya, Mokhammad Abdurakhmanov. He is a human rights activist and the brother of opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Mohammad was previously denied refugee status twice. He thanked Germany for the assistance provided.

In Moscow, police beat and insulted Ossetians on ethnic grounds
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In Moscow, police beat and insulted Ossetians on ethnic grounds
2 November 2023

Lawyers of the “Team Against Torture” filed a statement with the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow regarding illegal actions of police officers. They insulted Tamerlan Marzoev, a native of North Ossetia living in Moscow, because of his nationality, beat him in front of his pregnant wife and forced him to do squats naked.

The court hearing in the case of Nikita Zhuravel was postponed due to the failure of Chechen imams to appear
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The court hearing in the case of Nikita Zhuravel was postponed due to the failure of Chechen imams to appear
2 November 2023

The Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny for the second time postponed the consideration of the criminal case against 19-year-old student from Volgograd Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran. This is due to the non-appearance of the victims - 13 imams of mosques in Chechnya. The meeting was postponed to November 16.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner's sentence was reduced from 18 to 17 and a half years
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner's sentence was reduced from 18 to 17 and a half years
2 November 2023

The Court of Appeal reduced the term of imprisonment from 18 to 17.5 years for Crimean Tatar political prisoner Ernes Seytosmanov.