Chechen journalist has been kidnapped in Grozny

June 21, 2024 23:09

• Mitigation of Leila Gatagazheva's restriction measure encourages her advocates

  The court ruling to release Leila Gatagazheva under recognizance not to leave the place has given hope that the criminal prosecution on charges of links with militants in Syria would be dropped, her advocates have stated.

June 21, 2024 22:31

• Lawyers treat sentence to Krasnodar man for calls to terrorism to as lenient

  The verdict to Vladimir Yarotsky, a resident of Krasnodar, who was fined by 350,000 roubles within the case of calls for terrorism, was a very lenient punishment under this article, lawyers have noted.

June 21, 2024 21:48

• Detainee complains of violence at Rostov SIZO after hostage-taking

  Ekrem Krosh, accused of taking part in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"*, held at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don, has complained that law enforcers had beaten him up. He has linked their actions with the recent hostage-taking that occurred at this SIZO.

June 21, 2024 20:08

• Resident of North Ossetia achieves compensation from MIA for torture

  Soslan Dzidakhanov, who was subjected to bullying by a law enforcer, has claimed one million roubles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) as compensation for moral harm, but the court in North Ossetia reduced this amount to 200,000 roubles.

June 21, 2024 17:28

• Investigators respond to complaint from Maria Smelaya, who fled from domestic violence

  In Krasnodar, the police released after detention a husband of Maria Smelaya, a native of Chechnya. No child was accompanying him. The man is suspected of unsanctioned actions with the use of violence.