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Another serviceman sentenced to a long term in Nalchik
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Another serviceman sentenced to a long term in Nalchik
4 April 2025

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Adam Tsyzdoev to five years. He was found guilty of unauthorized abandonment of his place of service during mobilization.

A group of Crimean Tatar political prisoners have had their arrest extended for three months
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A group of Crimean Tatar political prisoners have had their arrest extended for three months
4 April 2025

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol has extended the detention of Abibulla Smedlyaev, Bakhtiyar Ablaev, Rustem Mustafaev, Mirzali Tazhibaev and Emir Kurtnezirov until July 4. The defense objected to this measure of restraint, claiming that the investigation had no real grounds. However, the court did not take into account the lawyers' arguments.

Chechnya's Ombudsman Calls on Law Enforcement Agencies to Respond to Ethnic Discord in Relation to North Caucasians
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Chechnya's Ombudsman Calls on Law Enforcement Agencies to Respond to Ethnic Discord in Relation to North Caucasians
4 April 2025

The Chechen Human Rights Commissioner Mansur Soltayev called on the prosecutor's office and law enforcement agencies to pay attention to the problem of inciting ethnic discord. He notes that this is especially often observed on social networks by nationalists in relation to North Caucasians.

Zarema Musayeva quoted threats from a security guard whose face she allegedly scratched
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Zarema Musayeva quoted threats from a security guard whose face she allegedly scratched
3 April 2025

The hearing on the criminal case of disruption of the colony's activities against Zarema Musayeva continued in the Shali City Court of Chechnya. According to the investigation, she, being seriously ill, attacked FSIN employee Bekbulatov and scratched his neck. It is noteworthy that he did not ask the defendant a single question in court.

Another serviceman in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was sentenced to a long term for evading military service
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Another serviceman in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was sentenced to a long term for evading military service
2 April 2025

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Yuri Ganasevich to six years in prison. He was found guilty of abandoning his military unit.

Ingushetia has once again rejected the complaint of a man who was tortured by the police
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Ingushetia has once again rejected the complaint of a man who was tortured by the police
2 April 2025

A court in Magas has dismissed Albert Khamkhoev's complaint about the suspension of a criminal case on torture at the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2018, he was sentenced to one and a half years of probation on charges of illegal possession of weapons.

Five more participants in the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport received long terms
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Five more participants in the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport received long terms
1 April 2025

A court in Stavropol sentenced five more participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport to prison terms ranging from eight to nine and a half years. Imam Selimkhanov, Rustam Salavov, Dzhabrail Kairbekov, Magomedali Shanavazov and Abusupiyan Dzhanayev were found guilty under Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code (participation in mass riots) and Part 3 of Article 263.1 of the Criminal Code (failure to comply with transport security requirements).

On the eve of the hearing in the case of Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi, Reporters Without Borders published a statement in her defense
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On the eve of the hearing in the case of Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi, Reporters Without Borders published a statement in her defense
31 March 2025

For over a year, a criminal trial has been ongoing against the editor-in-chief of the independent publication Abzas Media, Sevinj Vagifgizi, which human rights activists, authoritative international organizations, and she herself consider politically motivated. Since November 2023 - almost 500 days - the journalist has been in custody. On the eve of a new hearing in her case, the international organization Reporters Without Borders (French: Reporters Sans Frontières, RSF) called for the immediate release of Vagifgizi along with other defendants. Let us recall that five of her colleagues are also involved in the case.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner complains about
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner complains about "unbearable conditions in the colony"
31 March 2025

Former physical education teacher Server Zekiryaev filed a lawsuit against IK-1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Tula Region in connection with the unbearable conditions of detention in the EPKT (single cell-type room). Due to gas emissions from the sewer system, the political prisoner suffers from nausea and lack of oxygen.

Nadezhda Kevorkova avoided imprisonment: the prosecution did not appeal the verdict
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Nadezhda Kevorkova avoided imprisonment: the prosecution did not appeal the verdict
29 March 2025

The defense and prosecution did not exercise their right to challenge the verdict of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova. On March 12, she was fined 600 thousand rubles in a case of justifying terrorism. The journalist spent almost a year in a pretrial detention center.