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Head of the “Team Against Torture”: “The investigation into the case of the attack on a journalist and a lawyer must be transferred from Chechnya to another region”
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Head of the “Team Against Torture”: “The investigation into the case of the attack on a journalist and a lawyer must be transferred from Chechnya to another region”
6 July 2023

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-journalist was transferred to a Russian prison
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner-journalist was transferred to a Russian prison
6 July 2023

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 was opened on the fact of the attack on Milashina and Nemov in Chechnya
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A criminal case was opened on the fact of the attack on Milashina and Nemov in Chechnya
6 July 2023

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 Musaeva, sentenced to 5 and a half years, cannot legally be kept in a colony due to illness
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Zarema Musaeva, sentenced to 5 and a half years, cannot legally be kept in a colony due to illness
5 July 2023

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.

A contract soldier from Dagestan who fought in Ukraine was convicted for visiting his sick father
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A contract soldier from Dagestan who fought in Ukraine was convicted for visiting his sick father
5 July 2023

A court in Makhachkala sentenced Rabiul Berkikhanov, a serviceman from Dagestan, to five years and five months in prison. He participated in the war with Ukraine as a volunteer and was forced to leave the war zone a month before the end of the contract to visit his single father suffering from a stroke.

Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov spoke about injuries sustained as a result of beatings in Grozny
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Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov spoke about injuries sustained as a result of beatings in Grozny
5 July 2023

The journalist Yelena Milashina and the lawyer Alexander Nemov, who were attacked in Chechnya yesterday morning, were transported to a hospital in Beslan in the afternoon, and in the evening of the same day they were taken to Moscow by a special plane.

Chechen lawyer released from arrest
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Chechen lawyer released from arrest
5 July 2023

The Moscow City Court issued a decision on the release of a lawyer, a native of Chechnya, Timur Idalov under a ban on certain actions. He will not be able to use the phone and the Internet.

A criminal case was opened against the arrested opponent of the war from Dagestan
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A criminal case was opened against the arrested opponent of the war from Dagestan
5 July 2023

Ulker Gashimova, an activist from Derbent, is being held in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Makhachkala. It became known that a criminal case was opened against her under a terrorist article due to publications in social networks.

Deputies in Georgia demanded to be allowed to see Mikheil Saakashvili
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Deputies in Georgia demanded to be allowed to see Mikheil Saakashvili
5 July 2023

46 deputies of the Parliament of Georgia appealed to Chairman Shalva Papuashvili with a request to allow them to meet with Mikheil Saakashvili.

The head of Chechnya finally commented on the attack on Milashina and Nemov in Grozny
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The head of Chechnya finally commented on the attack on Milashina and Nemov in Grozny
4 July 2023

“Let's figure it out. He instructed the competent services to make every effort to identify the attackers. The authorities started working immediately after the news of the incident,” said Ramzan Kadyrov.