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MMA fighter Ilyas Yakubov was arrested for a month and a half for a video with Shamil Basayev
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MMA fighter Ilyas Yakubov was arrested for a month and a half for a video with Shamil Basayev
23 October 2023

The Chertanovsky Court of Moscow arrested until December 11 mixed martial arts fighter, a native of Chechnya, Ilyas Yakubov on charges of justifying terrorism. The athlete said that he does not consider himself guilty.

A repeated complaint about the illegal detention of journalists was filed with the Dagestan prosecutor's office.
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A repeated complaint about the illegal detention of journalists was filed with the Dagestan prosecutor's office.
23 October 2023

Lawyer Shamil Isaev filed a second complaint to the prosecutor's office. He asks that the inaction of the investigation in relation to the investigation into the detention of journalists of the Chernovik publication and the Novoye Delo newspaper, Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov, respectively, be declared illegal and unfounded. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

In Moscow, an athlete was detained in the case of justifying terrorism because of a video with a speech by Shamil Basayev
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In Moscow, an athlete was detained in the case of justifying terrorism because of a video with a speech by Shamil Basayev
23 October 2023

Upon arrival from Abu Dhabi, MMA fighter Ilyas Yakubov was detained for “public justification of terrorism.” He was taken to a unit of the capital's Investigative Committee, the department reported.

They want to forcefully send a Muslim participant in a show on Channel One to SVO
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They want to forcefully send a Muslim participant in a show on Channel One to SVO
22 October 2023

Security forces conducted a raid on migrants in Kotelniki near Moscow. They took everyone who had recently received a Russian passport directly from the mosque during prayer. Among the detainees was Mamut Useinov, a finalist of the show “Sing a Star” on Channel One.

The defense of a man sentenced to five years, mobilized from the KBR, appealed the sentence
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The defense of a man sentenced to five years, mobilized from the KBR, appealed the sentence
21 October 2023

A lawsuit was filed to appeal the decision of the Nalchik Garrison Court. Previously, he sentenced Islam Margushev, mobilized from the Zolsky district of the KBR, to five years in prison on charges of evading military service.

Judicial violations revealed in the case of Crimean Tatar political prisoners
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Judicial violations revealed in the case of Crimean Tatar political prisoners
21 October 2023

In the criminal case of the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Nariman Jelal, and the activist brothers Akhtemov, the standards of access to fair justice set out in the European Convention on Human Rights were violated. Human rights activists from the Crimean Process reported this.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner complained about the lack of medical care in prison
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner complained about the lack of medical care in prison
20 October 2023

After the injection given by the paramedic, the health condition of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, who is serving time in a prison in the city of Yelets, Lipetsk region, noticeably worsened.

Zarema Musaeva's defense filed a petition for parole
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Zarema Musaeva's defense filed a petition for parole
20 October 2023

Team Against Torture lawyer Alexander Savin filed a petition for the parole of Zarema Musaeva. The document was sent to the Shalinsky City Court of Chechnya. The woman received a chance for parole after her sentence was commuted by the Supreme Court of Chechnya.

A Georgian citizen convicted in Abkhazia has a sharp deterioration in his health
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A Georgian citizen convicted in Abkhazia has a sharp deterioration in his health
19 October 2023

The health condition of Georgian citizen Irakli Bebua, sentenced by the authorities to 9 years, has sharply deteriorated.

A group of Crimean Tatar political prisoners had their arrest extended
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A group of Crimean Tatar political prisoners had their arrest extended
19 October 2023

The court in Simferopol extended the detention in pre-trial detention center of Ruslan Asanov, Remzi Nimetulaev, Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov and Eldar Yakubov. As lawyer Emil Kurbedinov noted, his clients are being held under arrest because they refused to incriminate themselves and admit to crimes they had not committed.