Human rights

April 18, 2024 17:24

• Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk arrested on charges of extremism

  The court has placed into custody a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk, suspected of taking part in activities of an extremist organization and involving his girlfriend in it.

April 17, 2024 22:37

• Lawyers assess chances of man mobilized in Rostov Region to avoid prison

  Mobilized Dmitry Setrakov, a native of the Rostov Region, who was taken out of Armenia by Russian law enforcers, has agreed to cooperate with investigators, but this fact is unlikely to help him avoid criminal prosecution, notes an activist of the “Idite Lesom” (Get Lost!) project.

April 15, 2024 21:06

• Human rights defender Oleg Orlov* convoyed from Moscow

  Oleg Orlov*, found guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, has been convoyed from Moscow to another region. He is now in Samara. Oleg Orlov* notes that he was not notified of the transfer.

April 15, 2024 20:43

• Volgodonsk resident found guilty of discrediting Russian Army

  In Volgodonsk, a court found Irina Ponomaryova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

April 15, 2024 19:11

• Court sides with Chechen convict in dispute with colony administration

  The appellate instance has not satisfied the complaint of the colony administration against the decision of the Grozny court, which found rights violations of Arbi Dandaev, a native of Chechnya, who was convicted within the case of the attack of Basaev's militants on Dagestan.

April 15, 2024 17:54

• Pensioner from Stavropol Territory suspected of justifying terrorism

  Law enforcers have suspected Larisa Kuznetsova, a 77-year-old resident of the Stavropol Territory, of justifying terrorism in her comment placed in a social network about the murder of blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.

April 14, 2024 16:57

• Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk sentenced to forced labour

  A court in Sochi has sentenced the 72-year-old Vladimir Atamanchuk to 200 hours of compulsory labour, finding him guilty of libel. Besides, he must pay 40,000 roubles in compensation to one of the victims. The activist intends to appeal against the court's ruling.

April 13, 2024 23:13

• Health condition of Nalchik woman worsens due to clinic's refusal to provide medication

  A court in Nalchik has obliged the clinic to prescribe the necessary medication to a patient with epilepsy, but doctors refused to do so, and the girl's health condition has worsened, her mother has informed.

April 13, 2024 22:07

• Investigators report on new criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* from Cherkessk

  An investigation has been launched into the criminal cases initiated against a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk for his involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. He is also charged with organizing the work of a local believers' community, investigators have reported.

April 13, 2024 18:08

• PO reacts to Melnichenko's complaint about disclosure of his personal data

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Tsentralny District of Volgograd has invited the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to consider on the merits the appeal lodged of Roman Melnichenko about the disclosure of his personal data on air of the local TV Company.

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