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Preventive accounting continues to operate in Dagestan
Human rights
Preventive accounting continues to operate in Dagestan
3 September 2023

On July 15, the Memorial Human Rights Center published information on the practice of using preventive accounting in Dagestan in 2023. According to human rights activists, if previously the police registered mainly adherents of the Salafi branch of Islam who attend “unreliable” mosques as potential extremists, now relatives of convicted persons and women wearing a niqab are included in the classified lists of criminal records.

Zarema Musayeva was sentenced to five and a half years in prison
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Zarema Musayeva was sentenced to five and a half years in prison
3 September 2023

On July 4, the Akhmatovsky District Court of Grozny announced the verdict for Zarema Musaeva. The court found her guilty of fraud and violence against a police officer and sentenced her to 5.5 years in a general regime colony. That's exactly what the prosecutor asked for her. Musaeva and her lawyers intend to appeal the verdict.

Abubakar Yangulbaev added to the register of terrorists and extremists
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Abubakar Yangulbaev added to the register of terrorists and extremists
3 September 2023

On August 29, Rosfinmonitoring added lawyer, human rights activist, former employee of the "Committee Against Torture" Abubakar Yangulbaev, son of Zarema Musayeva, to the list of terrorists and extremists. He is a defendant in two criminal cases - on organizing extremist activity and on calls for terrorism.

Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko added to the list of
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Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko added to the list of "foreign agents"
3 September 2023

On August 25, the Russian Ministry of Justice added Martin Kochesoko (Kochesokov), a Circassian activist and founder of the public organization "Khabze", to the register of foreign agents. The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized him as a person persecuted for political reasons. Kochesoko currently lives in Turkey.
 

Grozny Court Again Denies Actor Timur Debishev Torture Case
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Grozny Court Again Denies Actor Timur Debishev Torture Case
3 September 2023

On August 24, the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny once again denied the lawyers who are seeking to initiate a criminal case on the torture of Chechen actor Timur Debishev. The "Team Against Torture" has been appealing the investigator's decisions for five years.
 

In Astrakhan colony, Ingush prisoner goes on hunger strike and disappears
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In Astrakhan colony, Ingush prisoner goes on hunger strike and disappears
3 September 2023

On August 21, Ingushetia native Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, serving his sentence in IK-6 in the Astrakhan region, went on a hunger strike due to the violation of prisoners' rights. After that, his lawyer was unable to contact him.
 

Chechen arrested in Kyrgyzstan for escaping illegal prison
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Chechen arrested in Kyrgyzstan for escaping illegal prison
3 September 2023

On August 21, the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek chose a preventive measure for Chechen activist Mansur Movlaev, detained by employees of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan. He will be held in pretrial detention until October 21.
 

Human rights activists stand up for the Koran arsonist beaten by Kadyrov's son
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Human rights activists stand up for the Koran arsonist beaten by Kadyrov's son
3 September 2023

On August 18, member of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, journalist Eva Merkacheva appealed to the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev with a request "for security reasons, urgently transfer Nikita Zhuravel to an FSIN institution in another region." We are talking about a resident of Volgograd, suspected of burning the Koran, who was transferred to the Grozny pretrial detention center.

Grozny court refuses to recognize Salman Tepsurkaev's widow as a victim for the fourth time
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Grozny court refuses to recognize Salman Tepsurkaev's widow as a victim for the fourth time
3 September 2023

On August 1, the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny terminated proceedings on the complaint of Salman Tepsurkaev's widow, whom the investigator refuses to recognize as a victim in the case of his abduction. The woman's interests are represented by lawyers from the "Team Against Torture".

The head of Adygea was sanctioned by the UK for deporting Ukrainian children
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The head of Adygea was sanctioned by the UK for deporting Ukrainian children
3 September 2023

On July 17, the UK added the head of Adygea, Murat Kumpilov, to its sanctions list. The main reason is his participation in the Russian government's program "for the forced deportation and re-education of Ukrainian children."