Krasnodar Territory

October 14, 2019 19:52

• Law enforcers drive human rights defenders out of POCs in Southern Russia

  Former law enforcers or officials of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) occupy places in public oversight commissions that monitor the human rights situation in places of detention. When POCs were formed in Adygea, Dagestan, Chechnya, the Krasnodar Territory, and the Rostov Region, proposals for candidates of the Human Rights Council (HRC) were only partially taken into account.

October 11, 2019 22:24

• Kuban Court finds Mikhail Benyash guilty of assaulting policemen

  Today, in Krasnodar, the court has pronounced a decision to fine advocate Mikhail Benyash 30,000 roubles, taking into account his one-month stay in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).

September 28, 2019 17:09

• GPO reports about prevented terror act in Adygea

  A check of the social media groups that promoted violence at schools, conducted after the tragedy at the Kerch Polytechnic College, has prevented a terror act, pre-planned by a resident of Adygea, said the spokesman for the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO).

September 21, 2019 11:38

• Adyg Day in Nalchik brings together Circassians from Middle East and Europe

  In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the celebration of the Circassian (Adyg) Day is accompanied by concerts of folk and student groups. Circassians from five regions of Southern Russia, as well as from other countries, have come to Nalchik, the KBR capital, to take part in the festival.

September 18, 2019 23:47

• Law enforcers announce number of terrorist cells revealed in Russia

  Since the start of 2019, in 17 regions of Russia, Northern Caucasus inclusive, secretive units of the "Islamic State" (IS) a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, have been revealed, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

September 14, 2019 18:08

• Krasnodar activists complain about bank account arrests after law enforcers' raids over Navalny's offices

  During searches in Krasnodar, law enforcers seized computers and telephones local activists have stated, adding that by a Moscow court judgement their bank accounts were blocked. Political analysts treat this law enforcers' reaction as a response to the "Smart Voting" system.

September 13, 2019 14:28

• Human rights defender from Sochi reports search of his apartment

  On September 12, after a search at the apartment of Semyon Simonov, a human rights defender and an expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group, the police seized laptops and documents. This was reported by Semyon Simonov himself.

September 12, 2019 18:22

• In Southern Russia, Navalny's activists report searches and arrests of banking accounts

  Today, in Volgograd, investigators have summoned at least two Navalny's supporters for interrogation. Activists from Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar reported that their personal banking accounts were frozen.

September 12, 2019 14:14

• In Southern Russia, police start searching offices and homes of Navalny's supporters

  Today, law enforcers have started conducting searches at offices and homes of employees of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) and Alexei Navalny's offices in 39 cities of Russia, including Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and the Stavropol Territory.

September 12, 2019 14:04

• ICRF's refusal to investigate torture of Gelendzhik resident provokes questions from human rights defenders

  An investigator refused to institute a case on torture by law enforcers of Maxim Timoshenko, a resident of Gelendzhik, the Committee Against Torture (CaT) reported on September 11. The human rights defenders decided to seek additional verification of the Maxim Timoshenko's complaint.

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