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A journalist from Dagestan was searched again
Human rights
A journalist from Dagestan was searched again
2 April 2024

Police officers searched the house of journalist Idris Yusupov in Makhachkala. A mobile phone and two laptops were confiscated from him. On October 30, 2023, FSB officers already conducted a search and took away similar items, which were returned only on March 18, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

Azerbaijan refused to release one of the leading opposition figures
Human rights
Azerbaijan refused to release one of the leading opposition figures
2 April 2024

A court in Baku denied the defense of Tofig Yagublu, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the Musavat party, to replace the preventive measure in the form of detention with house arrest. He has been in pre-trial detention for more than three and a half months, and during all this time no investigation has been carried out.

In the cities of Dagestan, after the detention of migrants, they stopped collecting garbage
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In the cities of Dagestan, after the detention of migrants, they stopped collecting garbage
2 April 2024

In Makhachkala, problems arose with cleaning and garbage disposal. This happened after the police detained many migrants from the Central Asian republics. As a result, employees of the city hall came out to clean up.

An elderly Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffering from multiple illnesses was transferred to a maximum security colony
Human rights
An elderly Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffering from multiple illnesses was transferred to a maximum security colony
2 April 2024

66-year-old Crimean Tatar Zekirya Muratov, a former music teacher, was transferred from the Balashov prison in the Saratov region to maximum security colony No. 5 in Nizhny Novgorod. He is a disabled person of the 3rd group.

A journalist specializing in the problems of ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation was extended her detention in a pre-trial detention center
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A journalist specializing in the problems of ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation was extended her detention in a pre-trial detention center
2 April 2024

The Sovetsky District Court of Kazan extended the detention of journalist and editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty Alsu Kurmasheva until June 5. She is accused of failing to provide documents to the Ministry of Justice to include her in the register of “foreign agents.”

Media: the cause of death of a Chechen suspected of committing a terrorist attack in Crocus could have been a beating by security forces
Human rights
Media: the cause of death of a Chechen suspected of committing a terrorist attack in Crocus could have been a beating by security forces
2 April 2024

A native of Chechnya, Askhab Uspanov, died in the Moscow police department after being detained on suspicion of complicity in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. This was reported by the Agency with reference to the mother of the deceased.

Human rights activists appealed to the ECHR to find the Russian authorities guilty of the murder of a Chechen activist
Human rights
Human rights activists appealed to the ECHR to find the Russian authorities guilty of the murder of a Chechen activist
1 April 2024

The “Team Against Torture” appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with a request to find the Russian authorities responsible for the murder of Chechen Salman Tepsurkaev and the ineffective investigation into his death.

Oleg Orlov reported deteriorating health and hearing problems
Human rights
Oleg Orlov reported deteriorating health and hearing problems
1 April 2024

Convicted 70-year-old co-chairman of the Memorial Center Oleg Orlov complained about the lack of medical care in the pre-trial detention center. Due to problems with a runny nose and without treatment, the human rights activist began to hear much worse, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

FSB: “militants” detained in Dagestan participated in financing the terrorist attack in Crocus
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FSB: “militants” detained in Dagestan participated in financing the terrorist attack in Crocus
1 April 2024

Four bandits detained yesterday during the CTO financed and supplied the terrorists who carried out the attack on Crocus City Hall. One of them admitted that he took weapons to them in Mytishchi. The FSB of the Russian Federation reports this.

Arrests extended for seriously ill riot participants at Makhachkala airport
Human rights
Arrests extended for seriously ill riot participants at Makhachkala airport
1 April 2024

The Soviet court of Makhachkala extended the detention of citizens accused of riots at Makhachkala airport on October 29, 2023. Some of them have diseases for which, by law, they cannot be kept in prison.