Social network users complain about electricity problems in Chechnya

May 19, 2024 22:43

• ECtHR finds violations of rights of Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don residents

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled to pay compensations to participants in protest actions in Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don, recognizing a violation of their right to an impartial trial.

May 19, 2024 19:56

• Rights defenders assess level of public attention to Liya Zaurbekova's case

  The case of Liya Zaurbekova, an ethnic Chechen, who ran away from her relatives, has attracted attention of quite a lot of concerned people, human rights defenders have noted. Some came to the police station; others expressed their opinions on social networks, they have added.

May 19, 2024 14:52

• Rights defenders give number of kidnapped people in Chechnya

  At least 80 residents of Chechnya have been kidnapped after a car with a DUSTUM license plate was set on fire; volunteers have identified the names of a number of them. In the village of Starye Atagi, Urus-Martan District, about 50 members of the Saif-Islam Elmurzaev family, suspected of setting the above car on fire, have been kidnapped; and about 30 people have been kidnapped in the Shali District, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence (CHRD)* has reported.

May 18, 2024 23:54

• Rights defenders announce Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev as political prisoners

  The case against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev is politically motivated, human rights defenders have stated. They recognized Rizvanov and Tambiev as political prisoners, demanding that the criminal prosecution of those convicted on charges of financing terrorism be stopped and that they be released, as well as an inquiry into the torture of Kemal Tambiev.

May 18, 2024 23:46

• Escaped Chechen native Zaurbekova frightened by promise of Kadyrov’s associates to return her to her family

  Liya Zaurbekova, a native of Chechnya, who fled the country, asked not to look for her and stated that she feared a forced return to her family, since her escape attracted the attention of Adam Delimkhanov.