As the second anniversary of the arrest of human rights activist Anar Mammadli approaches, Azadeh Rojan, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) General Rapporteur on political prisoners, called on Azerbaijan to release him. Rojan stated that the numerous charges, according to PACE, are retaliatory measures for Mammadli's civic activism, independent election monitoring, and cooperation with international organizations.
In North Ossetia, the court dismissed the appeal of a journalist fined three times for criticizing the war in Ukraine.
The Supreme Court of North Ossetia refused to accept the complaint of journalist Ruslan Totrov. Earlier, he was fined three times under the article about «discrediting» of the Russian army.
The defense has spoken on the constitutional right to express itself. However, the Court dismissed this argument on the grounds that this right was limited by federal law.
Earlier Ruslan Totrov repeatedly criticized the war in Ukraine and «partial mobilization». He said that Ossetians are not part of the so-called Putin «Russian world». According to him, the Russian army and authorities discredited themselves at all levels. The journalist was forced to leave Russia.
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