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Zarema Musayeva has not been given a medical examination in the colony for more than two months
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Zarema Musayeva has not been given a medical examination in the colony for more than two months
13 March 2024

In December 2023, Team Against Torture lawyer Alexander Savin sent a petition to the Shali City Court of Chechnya to hold a medical commission for Zarema Musayeva. The woman has insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes and a number of chronic diseases. With such a state of health, according to the law, a person should not be kept in prison.

Another Crimean Tatar activist was detained in Crimea after a search
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Another Crimean Tatar activist was detained in Crimea after a search
13 March 2024

Security forces conducted a search in Bakhchisarai of the Crimean Tatar activist and member of the Audit Commission of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people Eden Dudakov. He was taken away for interrogation.

Two more police officers were detained in Dagestan on suspicion of torturing and murdering a man
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Two more police officers were detained in Dagestan on suspicion of torturing and murdering a man
13 March 2024

In the case of the murder of Kurban Dalgatov, two more employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were detained - operative Timur Gugaev and ex-deputy head of the criminal investigation department of the Sovetsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Makhachkala Arsen Abdulkadirov.

Members of Azerbaijani journalistic communities spoke about the suppression of independent media and the protection of journalists
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Members of Azerbaijani journalistic communities spoke about the suppression of independent media and the protection of journalists
13 March 2024

Chairman of the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan Elchin Shikhly said that there is no institution left in the country to protect the rights of journalists. According to him, in the country, independent media workers are perceived rather as a harmful element.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner complained about the lack of medical care
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner complained about the lack of medical care
13 March 2024

Arsen Abkhairov, a defendant in the Red Guard case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was transferred from a prison in the Krasnoyarsk Territory to correctional colony No. 8 in Ulan-Ude. Previously, the man was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

The international journalistic community demanded the release of colleagues from Azerbaijan
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The international journalistic community demanded the release of colleagues from Azerbaijan
12 March 2024

The Azerbaijani authorities must release employees of the publication Toplum TV. This is one of the important independent media covering political topics, investigations into corruption and irregularities during voting in the presidential elections in February. This call was made by the Committee to Protect Journalists (located in New York).

A traditional picket for the release of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was held in Dagestan
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A traditional picket for the release of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was held in Dagestan
11 March 2024

Today in Makhachkala another picket took place in support of political prisoner-journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The action was attended by the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication Magomed Magomedov and his colleagues.

Azerbaijan opposes repression of media
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Azerbaijan opposes repression of media
11 March 2024

The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan condemned the massive repression of independent media. We are talking about the arrest of employees of the publications Abzas Media and Toplum TV, as well as civil activists.

Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev was transferred to strict conditions of detention
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Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev was transferred to strict conditions of detention
10 March 2024

A political prisoner, a native of Chechnya, Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev, was transferred to a single cell-type room (EPKT). There, the convicted person is completely isolated and his rights are limited as much as possible. Last year, Dzhumaev was repeatedly placed in the punishment cell IK-3 in the Tambov region.

A SVO participant from Dagestan was sentenced to five and a half years for leaving his unit
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A SVO participant from Dagestan was sentenced to five and a half years for leaving his unit
10 March 2024

The Makhachkala Garrison Court sentenced contract soldier Artur Sabraliev to 5.5 years. He left the military unit in Ukraine, went home, and then returned.