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March 12, 2024 15:41

• Chechen native Djumaev, convicted of beating law enforcer at protest action, has his conditions of detention in penal colony tightened

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted of beating law enforcers at a protest action, has been transferred to a unified cell-type room, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reports on its Telegram channel.

March 11, 2024 21:16

• Colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev continue campaign in his defence

  For more than four years, Dagestani journalists have been picketing to support Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the newspaper “Chernovik”, who was accused of financing terrorists and sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment*.

March 11, 2024 19:55

• Fighter from Ingushetia complains to Putin about water and electricity problems in his village

  Residents of the village of Nizhnie Achaluki suffer from absence of water electricity and gas supplies, but Ingush authorities only promise to address the problem, Murad Esmurziev, a fighter at the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, has stated in his video appeal to President Putin.

March 11, 2024 18:16

• Blogger Alibekov placed into Kazan SIZO

  Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from Novorossiysk, suspected of using violence against a policeman, has been placed into the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Kazan, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed in his Telegram channel.

March 11, 2024 17:48

• Family of athlete Tsomartova, who went missing in Dagestan, files complaint against investigators

  After studying the materials of the disappearance case of the athlete, Anna Tsomartova, in Dagestan, her relatives came to the conclusion that investigators had failed with doing their work properly, and filed a complaint against them, Anna's mother has informed.

March 11, 2024 17:35

• Chechen authorities report 150,000 participants in rally for Putin

  In Grozny, about 150,000 people took part in a march in support of Vladimir Putin’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential election, the authorities of Chechnya announce.

March 10, 2024 16:38

• Relatives of blogger Alibekov report his beating up by law enforcers

  After his detention in Kazan, law enforcers beat Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan and the author of the YouTube channel "Wild Paratrooper", so that he had large bruises, his daughter, Zalina Alibekova, has reported.

March 10, 2024 16:36

• In Kuban, election commission member fined for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban has sentenced Victor Yevdoshenko, a member of the local election commission, to a fine of 30,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting Russian militaries.

March 09, 2024 23:58

• Authors of appeal to KBR head link end of pressure with publicity

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has failed to react to human rights defenders' appeals demanding to stop putting pressure on the activists who had opposed the persecution of scientists from the Institute for Humanitarian Studies; however, there were no new attempts to dismiss scientists or interrogate activists.

March 09, 2024 23:36

• Taganrog: chairman of Muslim organization fined for illegal missionary work

  A court in Taganrog has found Magomed Kebedov, the head of the "Ikhlas" local Muslim religious organization, guilty of illegal missionary activities and fined him by 5000 roubles.

March 09, 2024 23:16

• Twenty volunteers continue searching for athlete Tsomartova, who went missing in Dagestan

  The search for the athlete, Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Dagestan, is underway; 20 volunteers are engaged, the "Lisa Alert" search-and-rescue team has informed.

March 09, 2024 22:36

• ECtHR recognizes violations of residents’ rights in Southern Russia

  Compensation for violation of rights during trials and in places of deprivation of liberty, in particular, placement in a cage at trial and constant video surveillance in a cell, should be paid to natives of Dagestan, the Volgograd Region, and Kuban, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

March 09, 2024 21:55

• Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria call on to preserve memory of deportation

  The deportation affected all Balkar families, and the memory of it is passed on from generation to generation. It is important to remember those who did not return from the deportation, emphasize participants of a mourning rally in Nalchik dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the deportation.

March 09, 2024 21:15

• Karabulak residents demand to repair house after CTO

  Residents of a house in the city of Karabulak, damaged during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), have reported serious damage to the building and demanded that repairs begin as soon as possible; it follows from their video appeal addressed to authorities.

March 09, 2024 18:47

• In Saint Petersburg, law enforcers detain girlfriend of missing Chechen Seda Suleimanova

  Policemen have detained Lena Patyaeva, who at a picket held at the Saint Petersburg Prosecutor's Office (PO) demanded to disclose information about Seda Suleimanova, who had been taken by her relatives to Chechnya. The picketer called on townspeople to come out in Suleimanova defence.

March 09, 2024 13:25

• Activists assess impact of deportation on Balkar people's fate

  Now, even 80 years later, deportation consequences are telling on Balkars' fate; in particular, many nationals died during the deportation; and rehabilitation cannot be considered complete, activists of public organizations have stated.

March 09, 2024 12:07

• Nalchik townspeople commemorate Balkars on the 80th deportation anniversary

  On the 80th anniversary of deportation of Balkar nationals, actions in memory of the victims thereof were held in Nalchik (the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR)). An exhibition of archival documents and personal belongings of those repressed has opened at the "Memorial to the Repression Victims of the Balkar People".

March 08, 2024 21:37

• Jehovah's Witness* in Adygea sentenced to six years in colony

  A court in Maykop has sentenced Inver Siyukhov, a Jehovah's Witness*, to six years in penal colony, although the prosecutor demanded nine years of freedom deprivation for him. Siyukhov is the third Jehovah's Witness* in Adygea who was sentenced to real term under the article on an extremist organization.

March 08, 2024 20:30

• Kadyrov: law enforcers check relatives of militants killed in Ingushetia

  Chechen law enforcers have checked in the republic the relatives of the militants killed during the counterterrorist operation in Karabulak, Ramzan Kadyrov announces.

March 08, 2024 19:37

• Unofficial events become tradition to commemorate victims of deportation of Balkars

  Balkar activists applied to hold a rally in memory of the victims of deportation, but the authorities invited them to join and take part in events of the official Remembrance Day.