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Dagestani activist has been in jail for the second year after weapons and drugs were planted on him
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Dagestani activist has been in jail for the second year after weapons and drugs were planted on him
25 September 2023

Activist Eduard Ataev has been in the Khasavyurt pre-trial detention center for the second year. On March 26, 2022, operatives planted a grenade, a pistol, ammunition and drugs on him, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

A former political prisoner from Chechnya living in France was removed from the list of “terrorists”
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A former political prisoner from Chechnya living in France was removed from the list of “terrorists”
22 September 2023

Former political prisoner from Chechnya Zara Murtazalieva was excluded from the list of terrorists and extremists. The corresponding decision was made by Rosfinmonitoring.

In North Ossetia, military personnel are not given compensation for injuries in Ukraine
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In North Ossetia, military personnel are not given compensation for injuries in Ukraine
20 September 2023

Contract workers are turning to the courts of Vladikavkaz en masse with claims for the need to pay compensation in the amount of 3 million rubles for injuries received during hostilities in Ukraine. In many cases they are refused.

The Russian report to the UN Human Rights Committee indicated torture and executions in Chechnya
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The Russian report to the UN Human Rights Committee indicated torture and executions in Chechnya
20 September 2023

In the Russian Federation, human rights have been massively violated for over two decades, censorship has been introduced, repressive laws have been introduced, and oppositionists and dissidents have been persecuted.

KBR resident sentenced to suspended sentence for criticizing the war in Ukraine
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KBR resident sentenced to suspended sentence for criticizing the war in Ukraine
20 September 2023

The Nalchik City Court found local resident Batyr Zhaboev guilty of committing a criminal offense under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (discrediting the Russian Army). He was sentenced to one year suspended imprisonment.

Disappeared ex-silovik from Chechnya recognized as a “political prisoner”
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Disappeared ex-silovik from Chechnya recognized as a “political prisoner”
19 September 2023

The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized former Chechen police officer Yasin Khalidov as a political prisoner.

A resident of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic was fined for publishing a song
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A resident of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic was fined for publishing a song
18 September 2023

Ramil Dolaev, a resident of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, has been brought to administrative responsibility for distributing songs of the Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev on one of the social networks. He made publicly available the composition “Islamic Sum,” which the court had previously considered extremist material.

The case against alleged members of the Basayev and Khattab detachments has been brought to court
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The case against alleged members of the Basayev and Khattab detachments has been brought to court
18 September 2023

The investigation of the criminal case against natives of the Stavropol Territory Kairbek Bakiev, Ilkhan Kanmurzaev and Eldar Mashaev has been completed. They are accused under Part 2 of Art. 209 (participation in a gang), Art. 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (armed rebellion) and Art. 317 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attack on the life of military personnel).

A pregnant woman soldier from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was left with a six-year sentence for leaving a military unit
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A pregnant woman soldier from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was left with a six-year sentence for leaving a military unit
18 September 2023

The Southern District Military Court upheld the decision of the lower court and upheld the sentence of Corporal Madina Kabaleva from Kabardino-Balkaria.

The court refused to transfer the criminal case against the lawyer to Chechnya
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The court refused to transfer the criminal case against the lawyer to Chechnya
16 September 2023

The Supreme Court refused to transfer the criminal case against the lawyer, a native of Chechnya Timur Idalov, to Chechnya at the request of the defense. Since April, the man has been under arrest on charges of threatening to use violence against a Moscow law enforcement officer.