Human rights project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial” recognized a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory Zakhar Zaripov as a political prisoner. In February, he was arrested on charges of incitement to terrorism.
Over the past two months, political prisoner Memet Belyalov has been repeatedly sent to the punishment cell of colony No. 9 in the Novgorod region.
The Baku Court of Appeal dismissed the complaint about the extension of the term of arrest of human rights activist and public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev.
A court in Cherkessk terminated an administrative case against a local resident, Ramazan Mkhtse, who is charged with criticizing the war in Ukraine.
The Southern District Military Court sentenced Tenali Kanaev to 13.5 years in a strict regime colony. He was found guilty under Art. 317 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (encroachment on the life of military personnel).
The Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don continued the debate on the case of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, a journalist from the Dagestan newspaper Chernovik, accused of financing terrorism and participating in the activities of terrorist organizations.
The Nozhai-Yurtovsky District Court in Chechnya sentenced Said-Magomed Omarov, a taxi driver from Grozny, to eight years and two months in a strict regime penal colony. He was convicted of the murder in 2017 of a resident of Dagestan.
Journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov, victims of the attack in Chechnya, believe that an effective investigation is possible only if the case is transferred from this republic to another region.
Crimean Tatar political prisoner and journalist Remzi Bekirov was transferred to Prison No. 2 of Yeniseisk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. In it, he must spend five years, and the remaining period - in a strict regime colony. In total - 19 years.
A criminal case on the grounds of deliberate infliction of bodily harm was initiated in Chechnya in connection with the attack on journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov.
Zarema Musayeva, who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison the day before by a court in Grozny, cannot serve her sentence due to her health condition. She has insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes, according to the Anti-Torture Team.