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Azerbaijani activist will be under arrest for longer than a year
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Azerbaijani activist will be under arrest for longer than a year
3 October 2023

A court in Baku extended the detention of social activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev in a pre-trial detention center for three months. Now the arrest period will be 13 months, which is unacceptable for pre-trial detention under the presented articles. The defense will appeal.

Three Crimean Tatar prisoners were transferred to Russia
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Three Crimean Tatar prisoners were transferred to Russia
2 October 2023

Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Nariman Jelal and activists Aziz and Asan Akhtemov were transported from the pre-trial detention center in Simferopol.

A resident of Dagestan was sentenced to compulsory labor for calling against mobilization
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A resident of Dagestan was sentenced to compulsory labor for calling against mobilization
2 October 2023

The Karabudakhkent district court of Dagestan imposed 120 hours of compulsory labor on Rasul Bammatov. He was found guilty of calls against military mobilization.

Кримськотатарській громадянці України продовжили арешт до наступного року
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Кримськотатарській громадянці України продовжили арешт до наступного року
1 October 2023

У Москві суд продовжив арешт 25-річній громадянці України та кримській татарці Лінії Умеровій до 4 січня 2024 року. Російська влада звинувачує її у шпигунстві.

A Chechen detained in Kyrgyzstan asks not to be deported to Russia
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A Chechen detained in Kyrgyzstan asks not to be deported to Russia
29 September 2023

27-year-old native of Chechnya Mansur Movlaev appealed to the authorities of Kyrgyzstan with a request to sentence him to real time in a criminal case for illegal border crossing. The materials were received by the Bishkek court.

The ECHR awarded compensation to the relatives of the ex-guard of the head of Chechnya who died from torture in a colony
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The ECHR awarded compensation to the relatives of the ex-guard of the head of Chechnya who died from torture in a colony
29 September 2023

The Russian authorities are required to pay 12.5 thousand euros to the relatives of Ayub Tuntuev. In 2019, he died in IK-6 in the Vladimir region after torture.

The ECHR ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation to a resident of Makhachkala for torture in police custody
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The ECHR ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation to a resident of Makhachkala for torture in police custody
29 September 2023

The European Court found a violation of Articles 3 and 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to Ali Umarov from Dagestan and awarded him compensation in the amount of 26 thousand euros. This was reported by lawyers from the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

Azerbaijani political prisoner-theologian was again sentenced to a long term
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Azerbaijani political prisoner-theologian was again sentenced to a long term
28 September 2023

A court in Baku sentenced Shiite theologian Sardar Babayev to 17 years in prison. He was found guilty of treason in favor of Iran. He called the charges fabricated and called himself “a victim of the deterioration of Azerbaijani-Iranian relations.”

Six natives of the North Caucasus were sentenced to long terms on trumped-up charges
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Six natives of the North Caucasus were sentenced to long terms on trumped-up charges
28 September 2023

The Southern District Court found six natives of the North Caucasus republics guilty of promoting terrorism in correctional colony No. 2 in Kalmykia, where they had previously served time. The defendants deny guilt and call the case fabricated.

Russian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan was reportedly detained by the Azerbaijani military
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Russian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan was reportedly detained by the Azerbaijani military
27 September 2023

The wife of the former minister of state of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, ex-citizen of the Russian Federation, billionaire Ruben Vardanyan reported that contact with him had been lost.