Krasnodar Territory

July 16, 2019 17:40

• ECtHR finds illegal a refusal to register LGBT organization in Sochi

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced that it found to be discriminatory the refusal of the Russian authorities to register the "Sochi Pride House", an organization of LGBT activists.

June 27, 2019 08:06

• Picketers recall torture of four Anapa residents

  Relatives of the Anapa residents, tortured after being detained by law enforcers, and lawyers of the Committee against Torture (CaT) have held a series of solo pickets in the city centre.

June 19, 2019 11:01

• Head of Krasnodar criminal search testifies in favour of Benyash

  The policemen, who had accused the lawyer Mikhail Benyash of beating them, had no noticeable injuries after the conflict with him, Sergei Sakhno, the head of the Krasnodar criminal search division, has stated to the court. The prosecution witness gave testimonies useful for the defence, Mr Benyash believes.

June 08, 2019 12:27

• Editors-in-chief of Krasnodar media come out in support of Golunov

  Artyom Besedin and Vlad Yanyushkin, the editors-in-chief of the "Yuga.ru" and "Free Media", have held solo pickets in Krasnodar in support of the journalist Ivan Golunov arrested in Moscow.

June 06, 2019 11:03

• Krasnodar blogger needs surgery after attack

  Vadim Kharchenko, a Krasnodar blogger, said that after the attack on him, he turned to a Moscow clinic for a surgery of the stabbed arm. Policemen are seizing surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the incident and search for witnesses.

June 05, 2019 07:25

• Uraza Bayram celebration raises issue of returning Krasnodar mosque to Muslims

  There is not a single operating mosque in Krasnodar; the nearest ones are in Adygea; and they are always overcrowded on holidays, local Imams have stated.

June 04, 2019 19:07

• Kuban police react to blogger's attack statement

  The Krasnodar Territorial Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched a check of the video, in which Vadim Kharchenko, a local blogger, told about an attack on him. YouTube users have supported the blogger and his activities.

May 22, 2019 17:19

• Krasnodar activist Antonova charged

  On May 21, the indictment was presented to Yana Antonova, the coordinator of "The Open Russia"* in the Krasnodar Territory, within the criminal case on participation in an organization that is undesirable in Russia.

May 15, 2019 20:36

• ECtHR demands from Russia explanations on complaint of Sochi schoolboy about torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russian authorities to answer on how efficiently the torture complaint of Georgy Sveshnikov, a Sochi schoolboy had been investigated. This was reported by the head of the Krasnodar branch of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

May 15, 2019 15:02

• Employees of shelter for domestic violence victims tell about law gaps

  Problems of domestic violence victims have aggravated after the decriminalization of this violence; moreover, rapists very often manipulate victims of family conflicts, employees of shelters for domestic violence victims have stated in their comments on the incident that happened at the Makhachkala centre for the protection of motherhood and childhood. According to their version, the legislation on the protection of mothers' and fathers' rights in Russia is defective.

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