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Crimean Tatar imam persecuted for “illegal missionary activity”
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Crimean Tatar imam persecuted for “illegal missionary activity”
9 February 2024

In Crimean Alushta, the court hearing on the administrative protocol against local imam Yusuf Ashirov has been extended for the second time. He is accused of illegal missionary activity.

A resident of Dagestan who suffered from police torture had his compensation reduced 12 times
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A resident of Dagestan who suffered from police torture had his compensation reduced 12 times
8 February 2024

The Derbent City Court reduced the amount of compensation to Temirkhan Amakhanov for beating by police officers by 12 and a half times. He asked to pay five million rubles, but the court decided to collect 400 thousand.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner held in prison longer than expected
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner held in prison longer than expected
8 February 2024

The court in Crimea refused to count the time Rustem Emiruseinov was kept in a pre-trial detention center against the period of his stay in prison. He has been in prison in the city of Balashov, Saratov region, for more than a year, which contradicts the length of his sentence.

A resident of Ingushetia was convicted of intending to defect to the side of Ukraine
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A resident of Ingushetia was convicted of intending to defect to the side of Ukraine
8 February 2024

The Supreme Court of Ingushetia sentenced Beslan Tsechoyev to five years in prison. He was found guilty of “preparing for treason by going over to the enemy’s side.” He was also charged with illegal possession of weapons.

The Crimean Tatar political prisoner was again placed in strict detention conditions
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The Crimean Tatar political prisoner was again placed in strict detention conditions
8 February 2024

Crimean Tatar human rights activist Server Mustafayev was transferred to strict conditions of detention in a colony in the Tambov region. He was also registered as “prone to terrorism and extremism.” Due to changes in detention conditions, the man cannot continue his studies at the Faculty of Law, but continues to help his cellmates as a human rights activist.

A resident of Ingushetia was condemned for statements about the low level of professionalism of the Russian army
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A resident of Ingushetia was condemned for statements about the low level of professionalism of the Russian army
7 February 2024

The Magas District Court of Ingushetia imposed a fine of 250 thousand rubles on local resident N. Kh. Tsechoev. He was found guilty under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Office of the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation confirmed that there was no crime in the beating of prisoner Nikita Zhuravel by Kadyrov’s son
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The Office of the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation confirmed that there was no crime in the beating of prisoner Nikita Zhuravel by Kadyrov’s son
7 February 2024

The office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia agreed with the arguments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Grozny, which did not find a crime in the beating of prisoner Nikita Zhuravel in a pre-trial detention center by the son of the head of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov. Accordingly, the initiation of a criminal case on this fact was refused.

Participants of riots at Makhachkala airport want to be tried in Krasnodar
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Participants of riots at Makhachkala airport want to be tried in Krasnodar
7 February 2024

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation received a petition from the Prosecutor General's Office to transfer to the court of the Krasnodar Territory the criminal case of five residents of Dagestan accused of participating in riots at the Makhachkala airport. The petition states that the accused have extensive connections in the law enforcement bloc and the judiciary of Dagestan and can put pressure on the participants in the trial.

In Chechnya, a mobilized man was sentenced to five years in prison
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In Chechnya, a mobilized man was sentenced to five years in prison
7 February 2024

The Grozny garrison military court sentenced mobilized Volgograd resident Maxim Galchenko to five years in prison. He was found guilty of leaving his unit without permission (Part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

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"Crimean Tatar Resource Center" recognized as a foreign agent
7 February 2024

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has updated the register of “undesirable” organizations, adding to it the “Crimean Tatar Resource Center”, based in Ukraine.