Human rights

August 03, 2021 22:20

• Fellow villagers report about release of disappeared native of Chechnya

  Ibragim Musaev, a resident of the Chechen village of Sernovodskoye, who disappeared in June on his way from the Magas airport after his return from Greece, is at home, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.

August 03, 2021 21:13

• Astrakhan family complains about non-admission of an autistic child to water park in Volzhsky

  In the city of Volzhsky, employees of the water park unreasonably refused to let in a family with a disabled child who had come to rest from Astrakhan, the boy’s parents complained. The Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into the incident.

August 03, 2021 13:44

• In new football season, Chechnya retains practice of forcing fans to attend "Akhmat" FC's matches

  In the first home match of the Russian Premier League football championship, the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) lost to "Sochi" FC. Residents of Chechnya complained about being forced to attend the team's match.

August 03, 2021 11:19

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, solo picketers have demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, and all political prisoners; they also called to stop arrests without proofs.

August 02, 2021 22:25

• Opposition boycotts first session of Armenian new parliament

  MPs from the opposition “Armenia” and "I Have the Honour" factions left the first session of the Armenian National Assembly of the eighth convocation, boycotting the discussion of the candidacy of Alen Simonyan, the speaker of the ruling “Civil Contract” Party, the “News-Armenia” reports today.

August 02, 2021 10:28

• Resident of Udmurtia freed from labour slavery in Dagestan

  Ivan Yakovlev managed to escape from labour slavery in Dagestan twice; at first he worked at a brick factory, then on a farm as a shepherd, the "Alternativa" anti-slavery movement has reported. Commentators are outraged by the widespread use of forced labour in Dagestan.

August 01, 2021 11:50

• Advocates state grave condition of Eldar Gasanov, former Azerbaijani GPO head

  The defence of Eldar Gasanov, the former Public General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan, has appealed to authorities in connection with his grave health condition. They ask for help in changing his freedom restraint measure so that Gasanov could receive high quality medical care.

July 31, 2021 23:59

• Baku court refuses to release activist Agil Magerramov before term

  The court has refused to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Agil Magerramov, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). His defence has treated the judgement as unfair and intends to appeal against it.

July 31, 2021 23:58

• Nina Tseretilova, resident of Dagestan, complains about court's inaction after her children were stolen

  Court marshals arrived at the house of Magomed Tseretilov in Buynaksk to enforce the court decision on the transfer of children to their mother, but the procedure was disrupted because of marshals' inaction, Nina Tseretilova has complained. In his turn, Shamil Khadulaev, Magomed Tseretilov's advocate, insists that the children themselves refused to leave with their mother.

July 31, 2021 23:53

• Missing Makhachkala resident found in SIZO

  Timurlan Abakarov, a resident of Makhachkala, whose relatives had announced his kidnapping, was found in the SIZO (pre-trial prison). He is suspected of illegal arms possession, his advocate has informed.

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