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Swiss authorities refuse to deport a refugee from Chechnya to Russia
Human rights
Swiss authorities refuse to deport a refugee from Chechnya to Russia
20 December 2023

40-year-old native of Chechnya, refugee Ali Batayev was released from a deportation prison in Switzerland. Thus, the country's authorities refused to deport him to the Russian Federation, where he faced torture and death.

In Azerbaijan, the court refused to transfer to the Gubad Ibadoglu prison hospital
Human rights
In Azerbaijan, the court refused to transfer to the Gubad Ibadoglu prison hospital
20 December 2023

A court in Baku did not satisfy the request for the transfer of opposition politician and economist Gubad Ibadoglu from a pre-trial detention center to a medical institution of the Ministry of Justice. A representative of the medical department stated that the prisoner's health was normal, although he himself stated that he was not feeling well.

Pashinyan reproached Russian peacekeepers for their failure to protect the residents of Karabakh
Politics
Pashinyan reproached Russian peacekeepers for their failure to protect the residents of Karabakh
20 December 2023

The Russian peacekeeping contingent, within the framework of its obligations, did not protect the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.

Detentions of men in Gekhi, double murder in Grozny, shelling of Kurchaloy and other events
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Detentions of men in Gekhi, double murder in Grozny, shelling of Kurchaloy and other events
19 December 2023

During the “cleansing” in the village of Gekhi, the Russian military captured Khizir Masudovich Musaev, born in 1966. This happened not far from his house (57 Zarechnaya St.). Having decided to visit his mother, he went out into the street and was almost immediately stopped to check his documents.

A person mobilized from the Russian Federation, detained by the Russian military in Armenia, was deported to Rostov
Human rights
A person mobilized from the Russian Federation, detained by the Russian military in Armenia, was deported to Rostov
19 December 2023

The mobilized Dmitry Setrakov, who did not want to fight against Ukraine and left the Russian Federation for Armenia, was deported back. Now he is in Rostov-on-Don, in the military police department for the Southern Military District. This was reported by the “Go through the Forest!” project, which helps Russian citizens flee abroad.

The KBR continues to put pressure on social activists who supported scientists defending national languages
Human rights
The KBR continues to put pressure on social activists who supported scientists defending national languages
19 December 2023

The signatories of the appeal in defense of scientists of the Institute for Humanitarian Research of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are under pressure, they are summoned to law enforcement agencies. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

The Parliament of Ukraine will consider the issue of recognizing the statehood of the Ingush people and condemning the crimes of the Russian Federation
Politics
The Parliament of Ukraine will consider the issue of recognizing the statehood of the Ingush people and condemning the crimes of the Russian Federation
19 December 2023

Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine submitted for consideration a draft resolution recognizing the right of the Ingush people to self-determination and the creation of an independent national state. In addition, the document condemns the mass deportation of Ingush to the USSR in 1944.

Crimean Tatar political prisoners accused of terrorism for talking about prayers
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoners accused of terrorism for talking about prayers
19 December 2023

An audio recording of conversations about prayer, secretly made in a mosque back in 2015, became evidence for the prosecution in the case of the “first Jankoy group” of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Previously, its participants - activist Enver Krosh, journalist Vilen Temeryanov, Rinat Aliyev, Murat Mustafayev, Seityagi Abbozov and Edem Bekirov - were recognized as political prisoners.

Suspected squad member Shamil Basayev was detained in Dagestan
Human rights
Suspected squad member Shamil Basayev was detained in Dagestan
19 December 2023

In Dagestan, security forces detained a former member of the detachment of Chechen field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab. Ibragim Magomedov is accused of participating in an attack on the Novolaksky region of Dagestan in 1999 during the second Russian-Chechen war.

Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia named the most sober regions
Society
Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia named the most sober regions
19 December 2023

According to a study by the Sober Russia movement, in 2023 the most non-drinking regions were Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia. They are followed by Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria. In 2022, the first five lines of the ranking were occupied by these same republics.