PACE can appoint a new Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan

November 15, 2024 23:07

• Case of Zhuravel, who burned down Koran, evidences voluntary law interpreting

  The treason case of Nikita Zhuravel is being considered at the place where the alleged crime was committed, although the case of burning the Koran was transferred from Volgograd to Chechnya. The voluntary nature of Zhuravel's testimonies on treason remains in question, but the closed nature of the trial does not allow his statements to be heard.

November 15, 2024 19:32

• Dagestani activists complain about attempt to disrupt roundtable in defence of Rabadanov

  Law enforcers attempted to detain activist Denga Khalidov, who organized a roundtable in defence of blogger Ramazan Rabadanov, who was detained in Dagestan. Activists accepted an appeal to the law enforcement bodies, despite the fact that they had to change twice the location of their meeting.

November 14, 2024 23:18

• Young people apologize for desecrating “Eternal Glory” memorial in Nevinnomyssk

  A video of four young people apologizing for desecrating the “Eternal Glory” memorial in Nevinnomyssk has been posted on Telegram.

November 14, 2024 22:45

• Claims from tax authorities draw attention to charitable fund of Khabib, UFC champion from Dagestan

  Khabib Nurmagomedov, the ambassador of the "Tooba" charity crowd-funding application, was publicly supporting the Makhachkala football club. However, no information about any assistance to mountain villages, low-income people, or children's clubs appeared in the public space.

November 14, 2024 22:40

• Kuban resident fined for pacifist post on Telegram

  The court has fined Anton Timoshenko, a resident of the Pavlovsky District of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), for a pacifist video placed by him in a Telegram channel criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.