Results of your search

The apology for the death of Stavropol resident Khalit Mustafaev during a chase is four years late, his father emphasizes. The man demands the authorities to bring to justice the police inspector, one of whom participate in the special military operation (SMO), and the other is involved in the criminal case only as a witness.

Vladimir Akoev, a resident of Vladikavkaz, has posted a comment in the “VKontakte” social network; and the court fined him by 10,000 roubles.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) should conduct an independent examination of the health of Ruben Vardanyan, who is on a hunger strike, guarantee that he receives the due medical care and ensure the respect of the rights of all Armenian prisoners, 28 NGOs have stated.

On the tenth anniversary of the assassination of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, it became known that Abdul Elmurzaev, a native of Chechnya, has been put on the wanted list. He had been following Boris Nemtsov for two months before his assassination, the “Agency”* reports. Investigators have not yet made public the names of those who ordered the assassination of the politician.

Three men were held in labour slavery in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia; their documents were taken away, they were paid no wages, and they were beaten up for their offenses. They managed to contact the "Alternativa" movement, after which they were released.

The defence of those convicted under the Ingush case has filed a complaint against the verdict with the Panel of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) and will seek to lift the restrictions in effect after their release. Four of the convicts, including the elderly Malsag Uzhakhov and Akhmed Barakhoev, remain behind bars.

A criminal case on illegal deprivation of liberty has been opened in Kizilyurt after the release of a 15-year-old girl, whom her relatives had chained to a heat radiator for educational purposes.

A court in Novorossiysk has sentenced Vyacheslav Lyutov, a military serviceman, to two years of conditional imprisonment (probation) for causing moderate bodily harm, treating his participation in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance.

The Akhmatovsky Court of Grozny has once again dismissed the complaint about investigators' refusal to open a criminal case about the torture of Timur Debishev. Human rights defenders believe that it is necessary to continue fighting, despite numerous dismissals.

Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi” online publications, agreed to stop her hunger strike. The journalist has called on the activists who held protests in her support to resume accepting food.

Due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, the Court of Appeal has released Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, from punishment in the case of a murder threat, and the Moscow Regional Court also decided not to deprive him of his advocate’s status.

Ruslan Umaev, a resident of Bachi-Yurt, accused of murdering his daughter-in-law, has left for the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine. He confessed to the murder and said that he did it because of the girl's immoral behaviour, human rights defenders have informed.

The acquittal of law enforcers who beat Krasnodar resident Yevgeny Manchenko has been cancelled, and the court’s decision has encouraged the victim’s family and human rights defenders. The man has not recovered six years after his leg injury.

Within the last two months, the list of Azerbaijani political prisoners was added with 17 new names; and the total number of human rights defenders in this list has reached 357 persons. The list was compiled by Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, and Elshan Gasanov, the head of the Centre for Monitoring Political Prisoners.