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Members of the European Parliament recalled Mikheil Saakashvili
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Members of the European Parliament recalled Mikheil Saakashvili
17 January 2024

Members of the European Parliament recalled that they are monitoring how the former President of Georgia is undergoing treatment. This is stated in a letter published on social networks by European Parliamentarian Petras Austrevicius.

A witness said that Nikita Zhuravel, arrested in Chechnya, did not support SVO
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A witness said that Nikita Zhuravel, arrested in Chechnya, did not support SVO
17 January 2024

At today's hearing in the Visaitovsky Court of Grozny in the case of Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, the testimony of two witnesses was read out. One of them said that Zhuravel did not support SVO, being a native of Crimea, which was previously part of Ukraine.

The US again called on Azerbaijan to respect the rights and release of journalists
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The US again called on Azerbaijan to respect the rights and release of journalists
17 January 2024

The US State Department once again called on the Azerbaijani government to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.

A criminal case was opened in Dagestan against the wife of a man mobilized in the Northern Military District
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A criminal case was opened in Dagestan against the wife of a man mobilized in the Northern Military District
17 January 2024

The Supreme Court of Dagestan, at the request of the investigation, extended the preventive measure for a resident of Makhachkala, who is the wife of a man mobilized to the “SVO”. She is subject to restrictions in the form of a ban on certain activities, including the obligation not to leave the house at night.

The ECHR ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation to a former policeman from the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
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The ECHR ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation to a former policeman from the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
17 January 2024

The European Court of Human Rights awarded Ruslan Rakhaev, former deputy head of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Cherkessk, compensation in the amount of 8,500 euros. The conditions of his transfer to the colony were considered inhumane, the human rights organization Public Verdict reported.

In Dagestan, a third policeman was placed under house arrest on charges of torturing and murdering a man
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In Dagestan, a third policeman was placed under house arrest on charges of torturing and murdering a man
17 January 2024

The court in Makhachkala sent the detective of the police department for the Sovetsky district of Makhachkala under house arrest in the case of the death of the detainee Kurban Dalgatov. Earlier, the Supreme Court of Dagestan chose a similar preventive measure for two police officers.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner was unable to participate in the trial due to health conditions
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner was unable to participate in the trial due to health conditions
16 January 2024

Citizen journalist Rustem Sheykhaliev, sentenced to 14 years, was unable to participate in the hearing to consider the appeal against his sentence via video conferencing from pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Novocherkassk. He suffered severe nosebleeds twice.

Two more journalists were arrested in Azerbaijan
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Two more journalists were arrested in Azerbaijan
16 January 2024

The police arrested for 15 days under the article “Minor Hooliganism” of the political observer of Jamnews Jamnews Shakhin Rzayev. Earlier, he periodically expressed criticism of the authorities of Azerbaijan and became known as a participant in civil society projects.

In Dagestan, instead of a pre -trial detention center, two defendants in the murder of police were placed under house arrest
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In Dagestan, instead of a pre -trial detention center, two defendants in the murder of police were placed under house arrest
16 January 2024

The Supreme Court of Dagestan sent two operatives of the police department in the Soviet district of Makhachkala in the case of torture by a local resident Kurban Dalgatov, who died in the police department. At the same time, the investigation petitioned for the imprisonment of the security forces in custody.

Human rights activists from Human Rights Watch pointed out human rights violations in Chechnya
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Human rights activists from Human Rights Watch pointed out human rights violations in Chechnya
15 January 2024

Chechnya became the center of human rights violations in Russia in 2023. The international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch made these conclusions in its report.