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Smolensk colony to check illegal conditions of detention of prisoners from Dagestan
Human rights
Smolensk colony to check illegal conditions of detention of prisoners from Dagestan
22 August 2024

According to media reports, the rights of prisoners from Dagestan are being violated en masse in IK-2 in the Smolensk region. More than 60 people are in solitary confinement, many are cutting their veins due to unbearable conditions.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release free press representatives
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The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release free press representatives
22 August 2024

The International Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to drop charges against the journalists of the Abzas Media publication and release them.

Crimean Tatar political prisoners have had their arrest extended
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Crimean Tatar political prisoners have had their arrest extended
22 August 2024

The Southern District Military Court extended the pretrial detention of Enver Krosh, Vilen Temeryanov, Rinat Aliyev, and Edem Bekirov for three months. Another Crimean Tatar, Seityag Abbozov, had his house arrest extended for the same period.

Dagestani journalist gets back equipment confiscated during search
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Dagestani journalist gets back equipment confiscated during search
21 August 2024

Police officers have returned laptops and a phone confiscated during a search to Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov, who was recognized as a "foreign agent." At the same time, law enforcement officers did not give an official response about the reasons for the investigative actions, Memorial employees reported.

Cause of death of Akhmatovite Akhmed Dzhabrailov, detained in Dagestan, was suffocation
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Cause of death of Akhmatovite Akhmed Dzhabrailov, detained in Dagestan, was suffocation
21 August 2024

The results of the examination showed that the previously detained by the police special forces fighter "Akhmat", a member of the "SVO" Akhmed Dzhabrailov died of suffocation due to "compression of the chest and abdomen." No drugs or alcohol were found in his blood, as previously assumed. This was reported on his Telegram channel by the activist Shamil Khadulaev.

Svetlana Gannushkina has been charged over a letter in defense of an Ingush native accused of terrorism
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Svetlana Gannushkina has been charged over a letter in defense of an Ingush native accused of terrorism
21 August 2024

The Moscow prosecutor's office has opened an administrative case against human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina. The document states that she failed to indicate her "foreign agency" in her correspondence with Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova.

Murder of an Akhmat member in the Dagestan OMVD: who will answer?
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Murder of an Akhmat member in the Dagestan OMVD: who will answer?
20 August 2024

The Akhmat fighter killed in a police department in Dagestan suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. The sister of the deceased 48-year-old Akhmed Dzhabrailov told the BAZA Telegram channel about this. More details in our video report.

Mothers of children killed in Beslan were not allowed to ask Putin questions
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Mothers of children killed in Beslan were not allowed to ask Putin questions
20 August 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the mothers of the children killed in Beslan during his visit to North Ossetia. The video released by the Kremlin shows only three women, who are shown for only a few seconds. They were not allowed to ask questions on camera.

Policeman who witnessed the death of a SVO member detained in Dagestan
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Policeman who witnessed the death of a SVO member detained in Dagestan
20 August 2024

One of the police officers who took part in the detention of SVO member Akhmed Dzhabrailov, who died in the police station, has been detained in Makhachkala. The patrol police officer took part in the arrest of 48-year-old Dzhabrailov and was with him in the office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner's health has worsened in prison
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner's health has worsened in prison
19 August 2024

In prison No. 1 in Dimitrovgrad (Ulyanovsk region), the health of Yashar Muedinov, a Crimean Tatar sentenced to 13 years in prison, has worsened.