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Residents of the North Caucasus have spoken out against the law on repatriation, which requires knowledge of the Russian language
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Residents of the North Caucasus have spoken out against the law on repatriation, which requires knowledge of the Russian language
5 May 2025

More than 80 human rights defenders, activists, and cultural figures from Adygea, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia have sent an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation. They are asking not to adopt the law "On Repatriation to the Russian Federation", since it requires knowledge of the Russian language for potential repatriates from foreign countries to Russia and infringes on their rights.

Turkey may extradite Circassian opposition blogger to Moscow
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Turkey may extradite Circassian opposition blogger to Moscow
5 May 2025

Circassian activist and blogger Hasan Matuev has been detained in Istanbul. He faces extradition to Russia, as he is on the federal wanted list. Matuev is included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring.

Tbilisi Court Remands Pro-European Protesters Accused of Group Violence
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Tbilisi Court Remands Pro-European Protesters Accused of Group Violence
4 May 2025

The Tbilisi City Court has remanded 11 people detained at the protests in custody: Andro Chichinadze, Onise Tskhadadze, Guram Mirtskhulava, Jano Archaya, Luka Jabua, Ruslan Sivakov, Revaz Kiknadze, Giorgi Terashvili, Valery Tetrashvili, Sergei Kukharchuk and Irakli Kerashvili. The case has entered the merits stage.

Georgia and Azerbaijan were at the end, and Armenia was in the first half of the new press freedom rating of Reporters Without Borders
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Georgia and Azerbaijan were at the end, and Armenia was in the first half of the new press freedom rating of Reporters Without Borders
2 May 2025

Against the backdrop of the abrupt termination of American support for independent media in Europe and Central Asia and the strengthening of Russian propaganda, the international human rights organization Reporters Without Borders (RBG) published its annual press freedom rating. It is based on five indicators: political context, legal basis, economic environment for mass media, socio-cultural context and security.

A seriously wounded resident of North Ossetia was mobilized and went missing on
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A seriously wounded resident of North Ossetia was mobilized and went missing on "SVO"
1 May 2025

Dzatte Mamitov, mobilized from North Ossetia, who was sent to the assault brigade without an arm, with a festering leg and one eye, went missing.

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A follower of "Jehovah's Witnesses" from Adygea spent four years in a pre-trial detention center
1 May 2025

Inver Siyukhov, a 51-year-old resident of Adygea, was released after four years in a pre-trial detention center. He was found guilty of participating in the religious Christian organization Jehovah's Witnesses, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation.

In the CBD, two contract workers - father and son - received long terms for evasion of service
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In the CBD, two contract workers - father and son - received long terms for evasion of service
30 April 2025

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced contract worker Khachim Borsov to six years, and his son Charym to five years in the colony. They were found guilty of evading military service.

 

Zareme Musaeva's detention was extended for four months
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Zareme Musaeva's detention was extended for four months
30 April 2025

Shalin City Court of Chechnya extended Zarema Musaeva's arrest until August 26. The "Team Against Torture" reminded that the woman has diabetes and other serious diseases.

Another group of Crimean Tatars was sentenced to long terms
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Another group of Crimean Tatars was sentenced to long terms
29 April 2025

Six Crimean Tatars were sentenced to terms ranging from 11 to 14 years. Ayder Asanov was sentenced to 11 years, Osman Abdurazakov, Leman Zekeryaev, Ekrem Krosh, Khalil Mambetov and Refat Seydametov - 14 each.

A Crimean Tatar political prisoner was sent to a colony for 3.5 thousand km from home
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A Crimean Tatar political prisoner was sent to a colony for 3.5 thousand km from home
29 April 2025

Timur Yalkabov, a Crimean Tatar, was transferred from the prison of the city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region, to Murmansk. This is more than 3.5 thousand. kilometers from Crimea.