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A pre-trial prison. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

22:55, 11 March 2025

Resident of Khasavyurt kept in custody unlawfully, his defender claims

Batrutdin Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Khasavyurt, is being kept in custody, although under the law, he must be released because of procedural violations. A defender of Batrutdin Abdurakhmanov has filed a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.

22:17, 11 March 2025

Georgian advocate complains about political persecution

Advocate Mikhail Ramishvili has left Georgia and is going to seek political asylum abroad. The advocate accuses the Georgian authorities of persecution and attempting to put pressure on the entire legal community.

The participants of the women's march burned the bars at the Georgian Parliament. Screenshot of a photo taken by Mindia Gabadze for Publika on March 8, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1389788649087348&set=pcb.1389788782420668 the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia

23:48, 10 March 2025

Women-marchers join protests at Georgian Parliament

The participants of the women's march in Tbilisi have demanded to release political prisoners, including the journalist, Mziya Amaglobeli. They have joined the protesters at the Georgian Parliament.

Elena Patyaeva sticks a leaflet on the bridge railing. St. Petersburg, March 8, 2025. Photo posted on Elena Patyaeva's Telegram channel https://t.me/helpseda/313

22:59, 10 March 2025

Lena Patyaeva holds action in support of her friend Seda Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya

Elena Patyaeva, a friend of Seda Suleimanova, who was taken to her relatives in Chechnya, has posted leaflets on the Kadyrov Bridge in Saint Petersburg.

An action in memory of those who fell victim to the deportation. Nalchik, March 8, 2025. Screenshot of a video by the Kabardino-Balkarian Radio and Television Center https://t.me/vestikbr/14675

22:56, 10 March 2025

Participants in rally in Nalchik share memories of deportation victims

A mourning rally was held in Nalchik, dated to the 81st anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Balkars. Its participants remembered their relatives who were deported.

Khadidja Ismailova. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:33, 10 March 2025

CoE adopts resolution on the cases of Khadidja Ismailova

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Azerbaijan to protect journalists from attacks, threats and harassment related to their professional work, having adopted a resolution "on a group of Khadidja Ismailova’s cases".

Police obstruct Abzas Media's editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi's work at a feminist rally in Baku. March 8, 2023. Photo by Faik Medjid for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:39, 8 March 2025

Activists call for release of Abzas Media and Meydan TV journalists

The activists, who used to annually organize feminist actions in Baku on March 8, have abandoned the traditional march. They have called on the authorities to release the arrested Abzas Media and Meydan TV journalists.

Ulker Gashimova. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxohTwFW5Ajqn4nK2gdQq5om-lKj6yxm7I?app=desktop

22:56, 8 March 2025

Ulker Gashimova recognized as a political prisoner

The verdict in the case against Derbent native Ulker Gashimova is disproportionate to the degree of public danger of her statements and has signs of political persecution, human rights defenders have pointed out. They request the court to reconsider the Ulker Gashimova’s case.

Gatherings of residents in a Chechen village. Screenshot of a video posted on March 5, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrXj5pLOzKo

22:38, 8 March 2025

Analysts suggest to punish villagers for criticizing municipal authorities in Chechnya

Residents of Chechnya who took part in gatherings to express their dissatisfaction with the shortage of water and gas supply may be punished because their discontent was expressed publicly. The residents face from apologies and dismissals to threat of being sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone. At the same time, the authorities of the republic may also punish local officials, analysts believe.

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23:48, 7 March 2025

Rights defenders treat authorities’ help to domestic violence victims in Caucasus as insufficient

The law is poorly protecting women from domestic violence; and the only way to really help the victim and save her life is often only immediate removal from the aggressor, human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments on the beating of a woman with four children in a Dagestani village.

Protesters at the Georgian parliament building. Screenshot of a photo posted by the
"Interpressnews" on February 27, 2025 https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/167015-protest-u-parlamenta-prodolzhaetsia-prospekt-rustaveli-perekryt

23:16, 7 March 2025

Rights defenders criticize trial over supporters of Georgia’s European integration

The proofs in the case of the oppositionists accused of involvement in violence at protest actions were gathered with violations; and the decision to hold the trial behind closed doors violates the standards of fair trial.

A search of the home. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"

22:19, 7 March 2025

Search of lawyer Kuznetsova's home in Yessentuki declared illegal

The court has found illegal the search of the home Ekaterina Kuznetsova, a lawyer, who figures in the case against her colleague Georgy Legkobitov, who was accused of slandering a law enforcer. Despite the ruling, policemen have not returned the confiscated belongings to Ekaterina.

21:32, 7 March 2025

Tightening of laws on foreign agents becomes a threat to civil society in Georgia

The draft law “On the registration of foreign agents” and amendments to the Law “On Broadcasting” will deprive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media of the opportunity to continue their activities even under other organizational forms, analysts state.

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23:41, 6 March 2025

Activist Lyudmila Borzilo forcibly taken to psychiatric clinic by police

Activist Lyudmila Borzilo from the Rostov Region was taken to a hospital by an investigator’s order.

Ruslan Nurushev. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the "OVD-Info" (included into the register of foreign agent) on November 7, 2024 https://t.me/ovdinfolive/35194

23:32, 6 March 2025

Lawyer Ruslan Nurushev faces torture conditions during his trial

International principles for the protection of prisoners’ rights were violated when Ruslan Nurushev was delivered to a court in Volgograd, claims lawyer Roman Melnichenko.

The police blocked the journalists' way to the Toplum TV office. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:48, 6 March 2025

European human rights defenders alarmed by persecution of journalists in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is among the countries in Europe with the highest number of journalists kept in prison, with 30 at the end of 2024, reports the Council of Europe (CE) Platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists.

Georgy Legkobitov. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/pyatigorsk_online/p/DGzh8kSN5Kz/ the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia

22:17, 6 March 2025

Rights defender Legkobitov treats his criminal prosecution as intimidation attempt

The criminal case against the human rights defender from Yessentuki, Georgy Legkobitov, accused of slandering an officer of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service), was opened after his statement about violations in the case of his son Sergey, who was convicted in a bribery case.

22:07, 6 March 2025

EU educational programme suspended in Azerbaijan

The termination of the Erasmus+ programme projects will negatively affect the country's educational sector, Parviz Bagirov, the head of the programme's office in Baku, believes.

A counterterrorist operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/

21:57, 6 March 2025

Makhachkala residents alarmed by law enforcers’ night special operation

Residents of the Makhachkala village of Semender reported that they were alarmed by the night shootout, in which law enforcers killed four suspected militants.

The site of the counterterrorist operation. March 5, 2025. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/

21:16, 6 March 2025

CTO in Dagestan triggers conflicting assessments

The version about belonging of the militants killed in the dwelling settlement of Semender in Makhachkala to the “Islamic State” (IS)* is questionable, while the counterterrorist operation (CTO) was not duly planned, veterans of law enforcement bodies assert.

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