The Baku Court of Appeal rejected the defense's request to transfer economist-scientist and opposition politician Gubad Ibadoglu from pre-trial detention center to house arrest. Six months have passed since his arrest, no investigative actions are being taken, the lawyers noted. In the pre-trial detention center, Ibadoglu’s health condition is deteriorating.

In Brussels, near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in Vienna, near the Belgian Embassy, rallies were held in support of Islam Albakov, a native of Chechnya. He has been held in a Belgian deportation center since 2019 - Russia is seeking his extradition on charges of participation in an illegal armed group.

Kazbek Alikov was prosecuted under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army. The case will be considered by the Industrial District Court of Vladikavkaz.

Eldar Kestan, a resident of the village of Partizany in the Genichesk district of the Kherson region, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. He was accused of participating in the activities of the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Celebidzhikhan. The territory is under the control of Russian troops and authorities, the project “Support for Political Prisoners” reported. Memorial".

39-year-old native of Chechnya Islam Albakov, who has been held in a deportation center in Belgium since 2019, is deteriorating in his health and is almost blind. This was stated by the head of the human rights organization “Women of the World for Peace on Earth” Fatima Gazieva.

Lawyers for activist from Dagestan Eduard Atayev have been unable to obtain the full text of the verdict for more than a month and therefore were unable to file an appeal. In November 2023, he was sentenced to six years and five months in prison.

The Azerbaijani authorities must stop repressing the country's independent press and release, among other Channel 13 journalists, Aziz Orujov and Shamo Eminov. This was reported by the New York Committee to Protect Journalists (JMK).

Project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial recognized Tatyana Moskalenko, an arrested pensioner from the capital of Adygea Maykop, as a political prisoner. A case was opened against her under the article on public calls for activities directed against the security of the state. The accused faces up to 6 years in prison.

Today, the Visaitovsky Court of Grozny will continue the trial of student Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran. Let us remind you that on December 20, the court completed the interrogation of the victims - 13 imams of mosques in Grozny. They declared the moral damage that Zhuravel caused to them and all Muslims with his act.

The bank accounts of those arrested in the Abzas Media case, Ulvi Hasanli, Sevinj Vagifkizi, Nargiz Absalamova and Hafiz Babali, have been frozen. Their property was confiscated. Members of their families were also injured.