"Article 19": no progress in openness of information in Azerbaijan

April 03, 2025 22:57

• Relatives of political prisoners announce 24-hour protest in Tbilisi

  Families of oppositionists arrested in connection with participation in pro-European protest actions have united in a public movement to demand the release of prisoners of conscience. The activists plan to start a 24-hour protest action in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi.

April 03, 2025 22:13

• Sister of convicted Rizvanov demands answer about legality of law enforcers’ visits

  Two men came to the house of the parents of Abubakar Rizvanov, who was sentenced to imprisonment in a case on terrorism financing, and demanded the information about the place of residence of his children. A sister of Abubakar Rizvanov regarded the constant visits by law enforcers as pressure and demanded an answer about the legality of their actions.

April 03, 2025 21:58

• Zarema Musaeva questioned in court about attack on penal colony employee

  In Chechnya, a court questioned Zarema Musaeva in a case on disruption of the activities of a penal colony. The version of physical harm inflicted to a penal colony employee is a pre-planned fabrication and revenge, Zarema Musaeva claims.

April 02, 2025 22:55

• Verdict to Sochi resident Schus upheld

  The appellate court has refused to change the sentence passed to Alexei Schus, a Sochi engineer, convicted on charges of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and making a slingshot.

April 02, 2025 21:15

• Kurban Dalgatov's mother assess trial prospects of her son's death case

  The law enforcers guilty of the death of Kurban Dalgatov, a Makhachkala resident, are trying in every way to avoid punishment, while the judges are following their lead, the mother of Kurban, who died after being tortured by the police. The trial of Dalgatov's death case will continue on April 30 this year.