Human rights

April 19, 2021 16:06

• Rights defenders complain to German court about persecution of gays in Chechnya

  The European Centre for Constitutional Rights and the Russian LGBT Network have sent a complaint to a German court against Chechen law enforcers and officials in connection with the persecution of people with non-traditional sexual orientation in Chechnya, The Guardian has reported.

April 19, 2021 11:31

• Social media users sceptical about promises to pay compensations to Irganai resettlers

  More than 1150 families, whose houses fell into the flooded zone of the Irganai reservoir, failed to receive compensation for their houses; and more than 2000 families received no compensations for their lost gardens, the Dagestani authorities have stated, promising to solve these problems.

April 18, 2021 11:34

• Georgian political analysts dispute about link of OSCE's statement on Russia with Biden's sanctions

  Twelve OSCE countries have demanded from Russia to fulfil the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which has found Russia involved in human rights violations committed in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. However, despite its interest in fulfilling the ECtHR's decision on the 2008 war, Georgia, will refrain from imposing sanctions against Russia, Georgian political analysts believe.

April 17, 2021 19:57

• Law-makers of Canadian Alberta Province recognize Armenian Genocide

  Members of the Canadian Alberta Provincial Legislature have adopted a resolution in which they recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey.

April 17, 2021 13:03

• Demand to get vaccinated under threat of firing shows intimidation atmosphere that reigns in Chechnya

  The audio record, in which an official from the healthcare system demands from medical workers of the kindergartens of the Nadterechny District to ensure their employees' visiting the polyclinic for vaccinations and accompanies his order with threats of dismissal, reflects an atmosphere of intimidation that has formed in Chechnya, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

April 17, 2021 08:50

• Rights defenders link Eldar Gasanov's persecution with his political ambitions

  The charges brought against Eldar Gasanov are unconvincing; the real reason for his arrest was the active work to build up his political influence, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

April 17, 2021 08:35

• Three elderly Azerbaijani women go on hunger strike

  The residents of the Baku dwelling settlement of Turkan, who had been declared dead, are seeking the return of the land plots, as well as the release of the local resident who tried to help them solve the problem, the "Meydan.TV" has reported.

April 17, 2021 08:22

• Rights defenders urge to render medical care to Crimean activist kept at Rostov SIZO

  Oleg Prikhodko, a pro-Ukrainian activist, recognized as a political prisoner, is kept at the Rostov-on-Don SIZO (pre-trial prison) and needs urgent medical care, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has reported.

April 16, 2021 22:18

• Ibragim Gadjiev estimates damage from police actions at a million roubles

  Ibragim Gadjiev, a witness in a case against Ashikov brothers, filed a lawsuit to the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala. Ibragim Gadjiev requested the Court to declare unjustified the actions of law enforcers during a search in his house. The man also requested compensation for moral damage in the amount of one million roubles to be collected from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

April 16, 2021 18:52

• Tagir Galaev sentenced in case on Magas rally

  The Zheleznovodsk City Court recognized Tagir Galaev as a participant of an attack on law enforcers in the course of a rally in Magas and sentenced him to seven months of imprisonment. At the same time, taking into account the period of time spent by Tagir Galaev in custody, the Court pronounced a decision to release the defendant at the courtroom, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.

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