Human rights

July 23, 2024 22:56

• KBR woman fined for disrespecting the anthem

  A court in the Chegem District has fined a local woman by 3000 roubles for refusing to stand during the playing of the Russian anthem. This is the ninth fine under this article after the publication of a video from a graduation at a Nalchik school in social networks.

July 23, 2024 17:51

• Expert's conclusion exposes custom nature of case against oppositional politician Alexander Yefimov

  The expert's conclusion by Inna Vasilenko, Doctor of Philosophy, which the Prosecutor's Office (PO) presented at the trial of Alexander Yefimov, a member of the federal bureau of the "Yabloko" Party, is of a custom nature, lawyers have stated.

July 22, 2024 19:15

• Former coordinator of Navalny's office in Krasnodar arrested in absentia

  A court in Moscow has arrested in absentia Lev Gyammer*, a former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar, within the case of organizing activities of an extremist community.

July 20, 2024 22:56

• Circassian activist Kase Kik reports his relatives being searched

  Law enforcers have searched the residence of the parents of Kase Kik, the leader of the Circassian Congress, who is living abroad. He has treated the unsanctioned search as a pressure attempt.

July 20, 2024 21:58

• Dagestani activist Bochieva claims pressure on court

  In Makhachkala, a court refused to question 20 out of 35 witnesses in a case on an extremist organization, and pressure is being put on the court, Larisa Bochieva claimed. A case against Larisa Bochieva has been falsified, however, to achieve a fair verdict, several years of proceedings may be required, an advocate believes.

July 20, 2024 19:11

• Relatives of Zaur Magomedov, accused of involvement in militants’ attack in Dagestan, claim falsification of evidence

  Law enforcers planted evidence during a search in the apartment of builder Zaur Magomedov, accused of involvement in the militants’ attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala. The above was claimed by relatives of the accused man.

July 19, 2024 21:55

• Activist's attempt to check dog shelter results in beating and questioning by FSB

  Three men have beaten up an animal rights activist when he tried to check the living conditions of dogs at a shelter that is supposed to provide humane care for stray animals. One of the attackers wrote a denunciation against the activist, accusing him of discrediting the military.

July 19, 2024 21:48

• After being beaten by law enforcers, resident of North Ossetia achieves case initiation

  Eight months later, investigators in Moscow have opened a criminal case into the beating of Tamerlan Marzoev, a North-Ossetian native, by law enforcers.

July 18, 2024 22:37

• Activist Marina Melikhova again accused of discrediting Russian Army

  The police considered a video with a verse by Kuban activist Marina Melikhova posted on YouTube as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Marina Melikhova noted that she did not post the video, since at that time she was serving her sentence in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) and that she learned about the mentioned video from the police.

July 18, 2024 21:50

• Police apologize for beating Kuban resident

  The head of the Primorsko-Akhtarsky division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has apologized to Andrei Popov, a local resident, for beating him by a law enforcer, human rights defenders have reported.

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