In a new report titled "Nowhere Safe: Exporting the Rule of Fear Beyond Borders — Transnational Repression by the Russian Federation," UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia Mariana Katzarova examines the persecution of Chechens outside the country against the backdrop of a sharp rise in cases of transnational repression by Russian authorities.

A preliminary forensic report on the death of 14-year-old Maryam indicates that she likely took her own life. Norwegian police announced this finding after receiving the autopsy results.

The Social Justice Center (SJC) has submitted another complaint to the European Court of Human Rights concerning the case of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadygov. This time, the complaint addresses his administrative prosecution in Georgia, his expulsion from the country, and a three-year entry ban following a Facebook post.

Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya currently held in Kazakhstan pending extradition, has recounted a conversation with a representative of the Penal System Committee following two suicide attempts. According to Movlaev, the prosecutor stated that the Russian side would succeed in having him returned regardless, while also mentioning the possibility of him becoming a "martyr."

The Shali City Court in Chechnya has again rejected an application for Zarema Musayeva, who is seriously ill, to be released on parole. The hearing began the previous day and continued today in an off-site session held at the penal colony where she is serving her sentence.

On September 16, former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan appealed to Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman, Sabina Aliyeva, requesting an inspection of the detention conditions for Armenian prisoners at the Umbaki penitentiary complex. An audio recording of the appeal was published on his official social media pages.

On September 17, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan denied parole to Samir Ashurov, an activist with the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (PFPA). The cassation court upheld the decision previously made by the Baku Court of Appeal.

Norwegian authorities are investigating the death of Maryam, a 14-year-old girl from a Chechen family. She died on September 9—roughly five weeks after being forcibly removed from her home and placed in a child welfare facility.

The documentary *Imprinted in Memory* (Zapechatlennye v pamyati), directed by Kristina Pashin, has won the international MYTH film award. The awards ceremony took place on September 12 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

The Telavi District Court fined activist Malkhaz Machalikashvili 1,000 lari (approximately $380) for making a public, insulting comment directed at Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling "Georgian Dream" party. Machalikashvili was not present at the hearing.