Azerbaijani authorities stop the ANS independent TV channel

July 04, 2024 17:19

• Dagestani Muftiate announces temporary ban on niqabs

  A ban on wearing niqabs has been introduced in Dagestan; it will remain in force until a new theological conclusion, the republic's Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM or Muftiate) has announced.

July 03, 2024 18:12

• Scandal with niqab in Khasavyurt provokes Khanov’s detention

  Charges brought against Khadjimurad Khanov in a criminal case on possession of firearms and a grenade is absurd, and the attention of the law enforcement bodies is caused by the scandal surrounding the demands for an apology from a doctor in Khasavyurt, who asked a patient to remove her niqab during a medical examination, to which the leader of Dagestan reacted, Dagestani journalists and activists believe.

July 03, 2024 16:03

• Kidnapping of Khalitov's relatives alarms rights defenders

  The kidnapping of the relatives of Khasan Khalitov, a Chechen blogger living abroad, is revenge for his call to Aishat Kadyrova, the current Vice-Premier of Chechnya; threats to Khalitov were voiced out by Adam Kadyrov, a son of the head of Chechnya, human rights defenders report, expressing concern for the health condition of the blogger's relatives, especially his elderly father.

July 02, 2024 23:23

• Dagestani gay man leaves Russia after being forced to denunciation

  After an arrest of porn actor Matvei Volodin, law enforcers in Dagestan launched a campaign against gay men and organized raids against them. Yusuf, one of the detainees, left Russia after he was forced to agree to cooperate with the law enforcement bodies.

July 02, 2024 22:51

• Kadyrov critic Khasan Khalitov reports kidnapping his relatives in Chechnya

  Khasan Khalitov, an oppositional blogger and a Ramzan Kadyrov's critic, has stated that several days ago authorities summoned his father and two brothers to Grozny for a talk; and since then their whereabouts remain unknown.