New head of Open Society - Georgia Foundation appointed

September 20, 2024 23:28

• Human rights defenders recognize blogger Askhabali Alibekov as political prisoner

  The charge of using violence against a policeman does not correspond to the circumstances of the blogger Askhabali Alibekov’s case. The authorities are forcing the blogger to stop his opposition activities by persecuting him, the “Support for political prisoners. Memorial” human rights project states.

September 20, 2024 23:13

• Natives of Ingushetia and Chechnya killed in shooting near “Wildberries” office in Moscow

  As a result of shooting which took place near an office of the “Wildberries” Company in Moscow, Islambek Elmurziev, a 28-year-old master of sports in freestyle wrestling from Ingushetia, and Adam Almazov, a 41-year-old deputy commander of the “Akhmat-1” OMON (riot police) battalion from Chechnya, have been killed, sources report.

September 20, 2024 22:25

• SC upholds sentence of Volgograd resident Paskar for setting fire to rug near FSB building

  The cassation court refused to grant an appeal lodged against the sentence of Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, who was sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug near an FSB building in Krasnodar. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 20, 2024 21:52

• Sentence in absentia for aiding terrorism upheld against Stavropol resident Denis Mamedov

  The military court of appeal upheld the sentence to 16 years of imprisonment for aiding and abetting terrorism pronounced against Denis Mamedov, a former official from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in Stavropol. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.

September 20, 2024 20:06

• Volgograd resident detained for justifying terrorism

  Agents of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) have detained an earlier convicted Volgograd resident for his post in a messenger, seeing support for banned terrorist organizations in them.