Human rights

January 19, 2020 11:34

• HRW claims restrictions to fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan

  In 2019, the Azerbaijan's authorities continued to maintain rigid control, severely curtailing freedoms of association, expression, and assembly. Some of the persons sentenced on politically motivated charges remained in prisons, and the persecution of critics of the authorities continued, the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) states in its report.

January 18, 2020 18:06

• "Girchi" Party leader refuses to pay fine for participating in picket in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, the court imposed a fine on Zurab Djaparidze for participating in a protest action held by supporters of a change in the electoral system. The fine was imposed two months after the protest action had taken place. Zurab Djaparidze accused law enforcers of falsifying materials on his alleged failure to obey to the police. The activist claimed he would not pay a fine.

January 18, 2020 17:10

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities respond to disabled persons' requests to create conditions for participation in elections

  At the national elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, citizens with health problems will be provided with the necessary conditions at polling stations for voting. This was announced by Srbui Arzumanyan, the chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Nagorno-Karabakh, during a CEC's regular meeting held on January 15.

January 18, 2020 16:55

• Bagaudin Khautiev becomes sixth defendant in case on extremist community

  Today, investigators have charged Bagaudin Khautiev, a participant of a rally in Magas, with participation in an extremist community, which, according to the law enforcement bodies, had been created by protest leaders in Ingushetia.

January 18, 2020 11:11

• Malsag Uzhakhov accused of organizing extremist community

  Malsag Uzhakhov, the chairman of the Council of Teips (family clans) of the Ingush People, has faced the third criminal charge.

January 18, 2020 07:20

• Baku police help Ismailova to return her passport

  After escaping from her relatives in Baku, the Russian citizen, Sevgiya Ismailova, is in a shelter of one of the NGOs. On January 17, her relatives, in the presence of policemen, returned Ismailova's documents; she is preparing to return to Russia.

January 18, 2020 00:03

• Timur Oziev sentenced to 19 months of imprisonment

  In the Stavropol Territory, the court found Timur Oziev, a participant of a rally in Magas, guilty of assaulting a fighter of the National Guard of Russia for political reasons.

January 17, 2020 13:52

• Yunis Safarov claims violation of his right to be visited at SIZO

  Yunis Safarov, a defendant in the case on an attempted assassination of the Ganja Mayor, demanded from the court to ensure the publicity of the trial and also claimed a violation of his rights to visits of relatives and phone calls at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

January 17, 2020 11:30

• Charging Ingush activists with extremism outrages rights defenders

  Akhmed Barakhoev is charged with creating an extremist community, while investigators have accused Barakh Chemurziev and Ismail Nalgiev of taking part in this community. Human rights defenders urge to stop criminally prosecuting them.

January 17, 2020 08:28

• Azerbaijani activists announce Ismailova’s escape from home

  Sevgiya Ismailova, an eighteen-year-old Russian citizen, has escaped from her relatives in Azerbaijan, who held her by force; now, she is under the care of local activists. The girl’s mother denies violence against her.

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