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21:11, 28 January 2023

Resident of Khabarovsk Territory arrested for appealing to Kadyrov

Zakhar Zaripov, a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory, was arrested on the charge of incitement to terrorism. According to the investigators’ version, when addressing the leader of Chechnya in LiveJournal, Zakhar Zaripov called for the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia.

Collections of hadiths. Photo: Bakkouz https://ru.wikipedia.org

23:58, 27 January 2023

Chechen MPs suggest protecting religious literature from fighters against extremism

The Parliament of Chechnya has submitted to the Russian State Duma a draft law on a ban on recognizing canonical Islamic and Christian texts as extremist materials. Attempts to treat them as forbidden literature outrage the believers, the MPs have explained.

Zarema Musaeva. Photo: Team Against Torture https://ovd.news/express-news/2022/09/07/sud-v-chechne-prodlil-arest-zareme-musaevoy-pohishchennoy-iz-nizhnego

22:15, 27 January 2023

Court appoints new examination in Zarema Musaeva’s case

A court in Grozny has granted a motion of Zarema Musaeva's defence for a new expert examination and agreed that it should be conducted outside of Chechnya, a lawyer for the Team Against Torture* has informed.

A law enforcer. Photo by the press service of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard)

16:40, 27 January 2023

Man from Makhachkala accused of shooting surrenders to law enforcers

Arsen Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, has appeared at the police, handed over his firearm and confessed to opening fire on a human. The court has placed him under house arrest.

A still of the video, in which law enforcers were reprimanding six schoolgirls and their parents in the Urus-Martan District www.instagram.com/p/Cnz7rxY03pF ** the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are banned in Russia

12:55, 27 January 2023

Social media users express their indignation about public reprimand of schoolgirls in Chechnya

A video, in which law enforcers were reprimanding six schoolgirls and their parents in the Urus-Martan District, caused a negative reaction on the media. In their comments, social media users point out that the law enforcers did not explain what the children had done and why it was necessary to post the video of the schoolgirls’ reprimand for public viewing.

A girl wearing a hijab. Photo: https://inbusiness.kz/ru/news/kak-zashitit-prava-devushki-v-hidzhabe-i-pochemu-nelzya-spisat-kredity

09:46, 27 January 2023

College in Novocherkassk announces conditions for girls expelled for hijabs to return to studies

Five female students expelled for wearing hijabs can resume their studies if they refuse to wear clothes with religious attributes, the bosses of the Novocherkassk Medical College have stated.

The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:37, 26 January 2023

Astrakhan resident fined for pacifist comments in social media

A court in Astrakhan has imposed a fine on a local resident, Ifrat Khabibulin, finding his comments in a social network as discrediting Russian militaries.

Askhab Tamaev, a Chechen MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter, has announced a lottery with a car and an 15 iPhones as prizes. Screenshot www.instagram.com/p/CnwqzMKhCN6 * the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are banned in Russia

23:12, 26 January 2023

MMA fighter promises Mercedes for subscribing to Kadyrov on Instagram*

In his Instagram* blog, Askhab Tamaev, a Chechen MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter, has announced a lottery with a car and an 15 iPhones as prizes among those who will subscribe to the accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov and his entourage.

Listeners in the broadcast hall during a hearing on the case of the liquidation of the MHG. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

21:18, 26 January 2023

Liquidation of MHG continues cleansing in human rights movement

The Russian Ministry of Justice achieved the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) on the basis of absurd arguments and nit-picking, and the defence will file an appeal against the court’s decision, advocates Henry Reznik and Mikhail Biryukov state.

Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of the video posted on the “Wild Paratrooper” YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXra9fVrsI

21:11, 26 January 2023

Court disbelieves repentance of Novorossiysk blogger Alibekov

A court in Novorossiysk has rejected the request lodged of Askhabali Alibekov to consider his criminal case under the special procedure in exchange for a mitigation of the punishment, by treating the blogger’s remorse for discrediting the army as insincere.

Apti Alaudinov. Photo https://grozny.tv/news/main/13567

17:17, 26 January 2023

Alaudinov treats video with complaints against Chechen fighters as staged

Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” Special Forces unit, has called the video with a complaint on behalf of Russian fighters about the actions of Chechen counterparts as staged, claiming that his subordinates never resort to illegal actions.

17:10, 26 January 2023

Court rules on liquidation of MHG

In Moscow, a court granted a claim filed by the Russian Ministry of Justice for the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).

23:55, 25 January 2023

Journalists were not let to session on MHG liquidation

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has begun considering a liquidation claim against the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG). Journalists and visitors were not allowed into the courtroom, offering them to watch the session by video broadcast.

Malika Musaeva. Photo by Zarema Alieva, 7ooo.ru

23:16, 25 January 2023

Film by Sokurov's pupil included into Berlin Film Festival programme

The film by Malika Musaeva, a pupil of the famous film director, Alexander Sokurov, entitled "A bird is looking for a cage" has been included into the Encounters programme of the Berlin Film Festival.

Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the video posted on Instagram of the Grozny TV channel https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAL5i5JfKU

15:16, 25 January 2023

Advocate reports deterioration of Zarema Musaeva’s condition

A Chechen expert was not able to confirm in court his conclusions about the harm to the health of the law enforcer, whom, according to the investigators’ version, was scratched by Zarema Musaeva. An independent expert stated that the conclusions of the first examination were unfounded.

Ruslan Kutaev. Photo: www.kavkazr.com https://pytkam.net/evropejskij-sud-kommunicziroval-zhalobu-v-interesah-ruslana-kutaeva/

14:12, 25 January 2023

ECtHR awards compensation of 52,000 euros to Ruslan Kutaev for persecution in Chechnya

In Chechnya, a court pronounced a decision in a drug possession case against Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, without taking into account the fact that confessions were obtained under torture and without reliable evidence of his guilt, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

Kurban Dalgatov (on the left) and brothers Nabi Gasanguseinov and Gasangusein Gasanguseinov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot." Photos from family archives http://www.islamnews.ru/news-504880.html https://t.me/GOREC_ANTIPROPAGANDA/4041

23:59, 24 January 2023

After man’s death at police station, social network users remind Dagestani leader about Gasanguseinovs’ case

In a social network, residents of Dagestan have reminded Sergey Melikov, the head of the republic, that the law enforcers involved in the murder of Gasanguseinov brothers, have not yet been punished. They demanded a duly qualitative inquiry into the death of a native of the Shamil District at a Makhachkala police station.

Semyon Ganshin. Photo courtesy of Irina Ganshina

23:57, 24 January 2023

On rights defenders’ demand, remains of Semyon Ganshin, a Sochi resident, exhumed

After the meeting of human rights defenders with the head of the Kuban (Krasnodar Territorial) Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the remains of Sochi resident Semyon Ganshin were exhumed in order to accurately identify the deceased, Roman Veretennikov, a lawyer for the “Team Against Torture”*, has informed.

23:55, 24 January 2023

Resident of Buynaksk convicted of calling for protests

A resident of Buynaksk, who posted calls in social networks to participate in protests against regular power outages, has been sentenced to four months of freedom restriction.

Idris Yusupov talking to the law enforcers during a picket. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

22:01, 24 January 2023

Gadjiev’s colleagues treat decrease in police’s interest in their pickets as temporary

Passers-by were actively interested in the solo picket held by Idris Yusupov, a journalist, in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev; and law enforcers’ attention to the action was limited to the fact that they wrote down the picketer’s data, Yusupov himself has informed.

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