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Nadezhda Kevorkova in handcuffs is lead to a courtroom. Screenshot of a video posted by the RusNews on March 12, 2025, https://t.me/rusnews/68047

22:57, 13 March 2025

Court fines journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova

A Moscow court has found journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova guilty of justifying terrorism and sentenced her to a fine of 600,000 roubles.

Vadim Kharchenko. Photo: https://protokol.band/2024/01/29/3463/

22:50, 13 March 2025

Blogger Kharchenko* sentenced to seven years in colony

A court in Gelendjik has found blogger Vadim Kharchenko* guilty of repeated discrediting the Russian Army, slander, insulting believers’ feelings, and calls for extremism, and sentenced him to seven years in penal colony. This was reported by the United Press Service of the Courts of the Krasnodar Territory in its Telegram channel.

The flags of Azerbaijan and European Union. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"

21:48, 13 March 2025

EU and rights defenders criticize verdict to Azerbaijani activist Yagublu

Tofig Yagublu was convicted of criticizing corruption and human rights violations in Azerbaijan and should be released, like other arrested opposition figures and journalists, representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Amnesty International (AI) have stated.

Handcuffs. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:19, 12 March 2025

Rights defenders declare believer from Novorossiysk as political prisoner

The criminal case initiated against Dmitry Mladov, a Jehovah's Witness* from Novorossiysk, violates the right to the freedom of religion, human rights defenders have stated, demanding his release from custody.

Military servicemen in a court. Picture made in Copilot by the "Caucasian Knot"

22:58, 12 March 2025

Lawyers assess chances of Karaushi brothers’ sentence mitigation

Human rights organizations have commented on the possibility of mitigating the five-year prison term passed by the Nalchik Garrison Military Court for the Karaushi brothers, who were accused of evading their military service.

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

22:17, 12 March 2025

During the week of March 3-9, 2025, four people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

Four suspected militants were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March 3 to March 9, 2025. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Participants in the conflict around the Wildberries Company, screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel "Ostorozhno, Novosti"

21:38, 12 March 2025

Relatives of Chechen natives accused in “Wildberries” shooting case plead them being not guilty

Relatives of Chechen natives accused in the case on shooting in front of the “Wildberries” Company’s office in Moscow, as a result of which two natives of Ingushetia were killed, have claimed that those arrested are not guilty.

The blocking of the Telegram. Picture made in Copilot by the "Caucasian Knot"

21:32, 12 March 2025

Telegram blocking announcement surprises residents of Dagestan and Chechnya

Authorities have only now acknowledged the blocking of the Telegram in Dagestan and Chechnya, although there has been no access to the messenger in these republics and in Ingushetia for several months, local residents have noted.

23:56, 11 March 2025

In Nalchik, twin brothers sentenced to colony for evading military service

The twin brothers had signed a contract on the same day and served in the same detachment of the same military unit; they failed to show up for service from vacation without good reason during the mobilization period and were sentenced to five years in a penal colony each.

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23:51, 11 March 2025

Dagestani convict’s court victory encourages rights defenders

The court ruling to recognize a rights violation of Vitaly Silaev, a prisoner from Dagestan, at the Norilsk penal colony, has gone beyond the common judicial practice and instils hope that colony staff will take Muslim prisoners’ rights more seriously, human rights defenders believe.

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.

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