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Yasin Khalidov. Photo: https://theins1.press/news/261933

18:13, 20 September 2023

Rights defenders recognize Yasin Khalidov as political prisoner

The "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence has announced Yasin Khalidov, a former Chechen policeman and OMON (riot police) fighter, to be a political prisoner.

Magomed Daudov, Ramzan Kadyrov, Adam Delimkhanov (from left to right). Photo from Magomed Daudov's page on the VKontakte

14:05, 20 September 2023

Analysts list candidates for power in Chechnya without Kadyrov

The Kremlin will find a replacement for Ramzan Kadyrov as the leader of Chechnya, human rights defender Oyub Titiev believes. The redistribution of power may lead to a conflict between the groups headed by Adam Delimkhanov, Magomed Daudov, and Abuzaid Vismuradov, suggests Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNEDVekrF4A

20:51, 19 September 2023

Rights treat sentence of pregnant servicewoman KBR as unique

The verdict to Madina Kabaloeva for evading service is the first of its kind in Russia, but this is not a systematic approach, but a performers' excessive action, Valentina Melnikova, the head of the Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers, believes.

The father of the soldiers who perished in Ukraine has appealed to Putin. Screenshot of the video posted in the Telegram channel "Atypical Makhachkala" on September 18, 2023 https://t.me/official_atypical/14951

18:11, 19 September 2023

Father of soldiers who perished in Ukraine complains to Putin about Melikov

Dagestani authorities would not react to residents' requests to move the construction of the landfill from the Sarykum Dune; and it is impossible to get an appointment with Sergey Melikov about this. The father of two sons who perished in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine has stated this in a video appeal addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Kemal Tambiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, Abdulmumin Gadjiev (from left to right). Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:17, 18 September 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 11-17, 2023

Verdict in Rostov-on-Don, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, elections in Russia, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, Zarema Musaeva’s case, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 11-17, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" about a domestic violence victim

20:35, 18 September 2023

ECtHR’s decision highlights problems with safety of shelters

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on a complaint filed by Svetlana Anokhina and Maisarat Kilyaskhanova, against whom law enforcers used force in a shelter, should remind the authorities of Russia that the problem of the safety of shelters, especially in Northern Caucasus, has not been resolved, believe members of NGOs.

A representative of the initiative group of residents of the village of Mutsalaul reads out an appeal to Vladimir Putin on behalf of those gathered. Screenshot of the video from the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" outlet https://t.me/chernovik/60111

18:45, 18 September 2023

Dagestani villagers call on Putin to intervene in their land conflict with authorities

Residents of the village of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District, who had asked to be allocated the land plots due to them by the law, refused refusals, while authorities drew up a new general plan, in which land was allocated only for social facilities.

Alexander Nozdrinov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i_ILUe1YRY

18:14, 18 September 2023

Prosecutor demands nine years in colony for Krasnodar journalist Nozdrinov

The prosecutor has demanded to sentence Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist from Krasnodar, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army, to nine years in colony. None of those who came to support the journalist were allowed into the courtroom.

A criminal case, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

17:37, 18 September 2023

Pregnant servicewoman from KBR convicted of evading service

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has upheld the verdict of the first-instance court, which had found Corporal Madina Kabaloeva from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), guilty of failure to appear for her military service.

Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the photo from the Telegram channel of the "Team against Torture" (included into the register of the foreign agents) https://t.me/no_torture/2852

19:46, 17 September 2023

Advocates treat Musaeva's CER as realistic

The prosecutor has offered to commute Musaeva's sentence due to her state of health and the injustice of the sentence passed by the first-instance court. After sentence mitigation, Musaeva has every reason to ask for the conditional early relief (CER), Natalia Dobronravova, an advocate, believes.

22:13, 16 September 2023

Defence excludes any influence of ECtHR's decision on trial of Barzukaev and Kurbanov

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which recognized the Derbent residents, Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov, as victims of torture, will not affect the outcome of the consideration of the appeal complaint, since Russia is no longer a party to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), the convicts' advocate has indicated.

20:12, 16 September 2023

Based on check outcomes, PO and Ombudsperson fail to confirm torture of Dagestani Ramazan Gadjiev

The information of Ramazan Gadjiev, a prisoner from Dagestan, about torture in the Mordovian colony was not confirmed, the Prosecutor's Office (PO) has reported. The Ombudsperson for Mordovia, during his meeting with Gadjiev, also found no violations of any of the prisoner's rights.

Oleg Orlov (on the left). Screenshot of the video https://wwww.youtube.com/watch&v=iJM2LdCG6Q4

17:51, 16 September 2023

Witnesses tell the court about Orlov's human rights work in Dagestan and Chechnya

At the trial, the defence witnesses have recalled the role of Oleg Orlov and of the "Memorial" he heads in the case of the Gasanguseinov brothers killed by law enforcers in Dagestan, and his work during the military campaigns in Chechnya.

Temirkhan Amakhanov near the Derbent City Court. March 16, 2021. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

17:13, 16 September 2023

ECtHR awards Derbent resident Amakhanov compensation for beating by law enforcers

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay 26,000 euros to Temirkhan Amakhanov, a resident of Derbent, recognizing him as a victim of torture by law enforcers. The ECtHR’s decision was pronounced against the backdrop of the Russia’s refusal to implement the decisions of the Strasbourg Court.

Klavdiya Kushnikova, photo: Protokol https://t.me/protokol_band/363

23:57, 15 September 2023

Strasbourg Court recognizes violation of Kuban pensioner’s rights

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized that Kuban pensioner Klavdiya Kushnikova suffered after the unjustified use of force by the police, being injured in her home.

Mansur Movlaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=agMJzgNyGMo

23:09, 15 September 2023

Chechen Mansur Movlaev asks asylum in Kyrgyzstan

Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, who was arrested in Kyrgyzstan in connection with illegal border crossing, has requested temporary asylum, his advocate has informed.

Oleg Nosov. Screenshot t.me/no_torture/2852

22:14, 15 September 2023

Kuban resident complains about torture

By using torture, law enforcers obtained a confession of theft from Oleg Nosov, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), who is under arrest. Human rights defenders have appealed the refusal of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to investigate the use of violence by law enforcers.

Elkhan Suleimanov during an online interview with Minval.Az, https://minval.az/news/124344266

20:48, 15 September 2023

In interview about his fate with "Minval.Az", Chechen ex-minister praises Kadyrov

Elkhan Suleimanov, a former Minister of Public Health and Deputy Chairman of the Chechen Government, stated that he had resigned of his own free will and left for another country for personal reasons. At the moment of his resignation, Suleimanov treated Kadyrov's health condition as satisfactory and voiced praise for the head of Chechnya.

19:51, 15 September 2023

ECtHR recognizes violations of rights of Derbent residents Barzukaev and Kurbanov

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the Russian authorities to pay 26,000 euros to each of Derbent residents Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov in compensation, recognizing that law enforcers forced them to confess to crimes under torture.

Zarema Musaeva in the courtroom. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

19:37, 15 September 2023

Commutation of sentence gave Musaeva a chance for CER

After the Supreme Court of Chechnya commuted her sentence, Zarema Musaeva has the right to take into consideration the time served by her in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), as well as to ask for conditional early relief (CER), noted human rights defenders.

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