Rostov Region

December 11, 2024 23:06

• Jehovah's Witness* from Taganrog reports health worsening in colony

  Alexander Skvortsov, a Jehovah's Witness*, who is serving his term in a colony located in the Ulyanovsk Region, has complained about his deteriorating health. He has high blood pressure and often suffers from headaches due to working at a hazardous production facility.

December 06, 2024 22:50

• Prosecutor demands long terms for Goncharenko and Abdurakhmanov for arson of military commissariat

  The prosecution has asked to sentence Boris Goncharenko to 11 years and Bogdan Abdurakhmanov to 12 years in colony, accusing then within the case of setting the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) on fire. This was reported by the human rights project "Solidarity Zone".

November 25, 2024 19:23

• Participation in SMO is way for convicted officials to avoid colony term

  Convicted officials, in particular, the former district head in Rostov-on-Don, when going to the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, want not only to avoid a colony term, but also to show that they are useful to the country.

November 22, 2024 19:54

• Defender of Sochi gardeners' rights claims illegal prosecution

  Law enforcers have conducted a search of the home of Tatiana Polivanova, an activist, and her family members in Taganrog in connection with a fraud case with land plots of the Sochi National Park. The Polivanova's organization provided legal assistance to dozens of gardeners whose plots were seized by the court within this case.

November 06, 2024 19:02

• Denial of medical care to disabled man in Novocherkassk highlights problem of violation of detainees' rights

  The court has refused to satisfy the complaint about the denial of medical care to Pyotr Golovnyov, a disabled person arrested in the city of Novocherkassk. A human rights defender and a lawyer have treated this as a manifestation of the systemic problem of violation of detainees' rights.

November 04, 2024 23:48

• Songs of Rostov musicians anger pro-government activists

  After musicians from the “Kasta” band from Rostov-on-Don presented their new album, the “Veterans of Russia” public movement found a reason to request an investigation into the musicians’ activities for their alleged assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

October 26, 2024 21:11

• Rights defenders report torture of detainees at Taganrog SIZO

  No less than seven inmates kept at the Taganrog SIZO (pre-trial prison) are being tortured to extract confessions within the case of the riot at the Rostov SIZO; and Muslims are prohibited from practicing their religion.

October 25, 2024 16:45

• Victims in case on slave labour in Rostov Region afraid to testify

  A detainee is suspected of holding eighteen people in slavery at one of the farms in the Aksaisky District. The investigating department, where a confrontation with the victims was being prepared, was approached by members of a Roma community, who started a scuffle on the spot.

October 24, 2024 18:09

• Ukrainian military man Denis Muryga recognized as political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have recognized Ukrainian military man Denis Muryga, who was sentenced by a Russian court to 16 years of imprisonment, as a political prisoner.

October 24, 2024 18:00

• Advocate seeks release of disabled man from Novocherkassk SIZO

  Investigators and the court refuse to release Pyotr Golovnyov, a 20-year-old disabled man, from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Novocherkassk, despite his serious health condition and growing tumour, his advocate has stated, treating the charges against Golovnyov as falsified.

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