40-year-old native of Chechnya, refugee Ali Batayev, who faces torture and death in Russia, was refused international protection in Switzerland. The authorities of this country consider Chechnya a region where human rights are not violated.

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala extended until December 21 the arrest of five police officers accused of the death of a local resident during torture at a police station in January 2023. In total, seven security officers were detained in this criminal case.

The 1st Eastern District Military Court in Khabarovsk sentenced Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, to 17 years in prison. He was found guilty of preparing a terrorist attack in Norilsk. The men's relatives claim that the charges are completely fabricated.

The Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny extended for six months – until April 20, 2024 – the term of Nikita Zhuravel’s detention in a pre-trial detention center. A 19-year-old student from Volgograd partially admitted his guilt and apologized to the Islamic society for burning the Koran.

Lawyer Alexey Ladin was detained in Simferopol. He participated in trials of Crimean Tatars, who were accused of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, and defended Ukrainian political prisoners and prisoners of war in courts.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner Bilyal Adilov, sentenced to 14 years in prison, was transferred to strict conditions of detention (SUS) in a prison in the city of Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory.

In the Astrakhan Regional Court, the defense continues to seek the reversal of the decision to transfer prisoner from Ingushetia Abdul-Malik Albagachiev to prison.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published a fragment of his meeting with Nikita Zhuravel, who is under investigation in Grozny for burning the Koran. Zhuravel tells Kadyrov that he wants to convert to Islam.

The European Court of Human Rights has referred questions to Russian jurisdiction regarding the 2016 attack on a bus carrying journalists and human rights activists on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya. This was reported by the Team Against Torture.

In a village in the Simferopol region, security forces detained 20-year-old Crimean Tatar Lutfiye Velieva after a search.
Lawyer Edem Semedlyaev said that the day before, employees of Center “E” carried out an inspection at the Veliyevs’ house.