Nalchik and Baksan residents tell about situation during CTO

April 15, 2025 22:13

• Pre-planned nature is distinctive feature of attack on journalist Khoroshilov

  The actions of the man who attacked Igor Khoroshilov, a Rostov journalist, were prepared in advance, which excludes any spontaneous conflict. At the same time, the absence of direct proofs of links of the attack with Igor’s professional activities will allow law enforcers to treat the incident as a domestic conflict, lawyers have pointed out.

April 15, 2025 21:12

• Law enforcers ostracized relatives of employees of Telegram channel opposed to Chechen authorities

  Before deporting relatives of the NIYSO Telegram channel’s administrators and active commentators to Ingushetia, law enforcers gathered them and local residents in the mosque of the village of Gikalo and , where a “public curse ritual” was held there. The NIYSO activists considered the events an act of intimidation of the population.

April 14, 2025 23:49

• Rights defenders alarmed by deterioration of Azerbaijani oppositionist Yagublu’s health state during his hunger strike

  The “Amnesty International” human rights organization has called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to release and provide medical care to convicted oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, whose health state has deteriorated during his hunger strike.

April 14, 2025 23:13

• Activists report reprisals against relatives of teenager killed in Achkhoi-Martan

  The relatives of the teenager killed during an attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint in Achkhoi-Martan are having their property confiscated. The reprisals affected even distant relatives of the killed young man, as well as relatives of administrators and commentators of the opposition NIYSO Telegram channel.

April 14, 2025 22:16

• Rostov journalist reports attack

  Igor Khoroshilov, a journalist, was attacked in Rostov-on-Don. According to his story, the attacker was wearing a mask, sprayed him with a can and hit him several times.