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Crimean Tatar political prisoner sent to punishment cell again
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner sent to punishment cell again
23 December 2024

15 days of punishment cell were assigned to Crimean Tatar Teymur Abdullaev, who is serving his sentence in IK-2 Salavat (Republic of Bashkortostan). The reason for this punishment is unknown.

In Azerbaijan, they want to sentence a journalist to 9 years
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In Azerbaijan, they want to sentence a journalist to 9 years
23 December 2024

At the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, the state prosecutor asked to sentence journalist Teymur Kerimov to nine years in prison. He was previously recognized as a political prisoner.

Human rights activists call on Azerbaijani authorities to release Rufat Safarov
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Human rights activists call on Azerbaijani authorities to release Rufat Safarov
23 December 2024

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD) has demanded that the Azerbaijani authorities release Rufat Safarov. The human rights activist has been in custody since December 3.

Crimean Tatar imam transferred from pretrial detention center
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Crimean Tatar imam transferred from pretrial detention center
21 December 2024

Crimean Tatar imam Raif Fevziev, who was sentenced to 17 years, was transferred from pretrial detention center No. 3 in Novocherkassk (Rostov region). His relatives do not know which prison he is to be taken to.

Reporters Without Borders calls on the EU to take action against impunity of Georgian authorities
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Reporters Without Borders calls on the EU to take action against impunity of Georgian authorities
20 December 2024

More than 70 representatives of the independent press have been attacked while covering protests in Georgia, some of them repeatedly. Cases of beatings, the use of water cannons and tear gas, obstruction of work, insults and damage to property, arrests, etc. have been recorded, according to a report by the international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Zarema Musayeva sent to pretrial detention center on charges of assaulting an FSIN officer
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Zarema Musayeva sent to pretrial detention center on charges of assaulting an FSIN officer
19 December 2024

The mother of Chechen activists, Zarema Musayeva, was sent from a penal colony to a pretrial detention center until February 1, 2025. A second criminal case was opened against her - for disrupting the colony's activities.

Ingushetia court rules to transfer prisoner closer to home
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Ingushetia court rules to transfer prisoner closer to home
18 December 2024

The Magas City Court and the Supreme Court of Ingushetia have ruled that the Federal Penitentiary Service's decision to leave Zurab Didigov in Correctional Colony No. 6 in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, two thousand kilometers from home, is illegal. He will be transferred to another colony, closer to his family.

A native of Chechnya faces deportation from Austria to Russia
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A native of Chechnya faces deportation from Austria to Russia
18 December 2024

A native of Chechnya, Azamat Balayev, who served a five-year sentence in an Austrian prison, may be deported to Russia. In this case, human rights activists claim, he faces torture and forced transfer to the "SVO".

The court refused to disclose the identity of a secret witness in the case of Crimean Tatar political prisoners
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The court refused to disclose the identity of a secret witness in the case of Crimean Tatar political prisoners
18 December 2024

At a hearing in the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, the judge refused the defense to disclose a secret witness under the pseudonym "Ibragimov." According to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, this person is an agent of the state who wanders from one criminal case to another related to the Crimean Tatars.

Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders Call on Azerbaijan to Release Journalists
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Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders Call on Azerbaijan to Release Journalists
17 December 2024

On the eve of the trial of the Abzas Media journalists arrested in Azerbaijan, international human rights organizations Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders called on the country's authorities to release them. The human rights activists also appealed to foreign diplomats and the international community with a request to take part in the trial.