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February 03, 2025 23:29

• Volgograd resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  The court has fined Victor Femelidi, a Volgograd resident, treating him guilty of discrediting Russian militaries.

February 03, 2025 23:14

• Religious activist Zeinalov detained in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, law enforcers have detained Elvin Zeinalov, a religious activist. His relatives have stated that narcotic drugs had been planted on him during a search.

February 03, 2025 22:58

• PACE members and human rights defenders alarmed over increasing repressions in Azerbaijan

  Participants in the hearings in Strasbourg as part of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) winter session have called on the Council of Europe to take tough steps to force Azeri authorities to stop repressing their critics.

February 03, 2025 22:13

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 27-February 2, 2025

  Presidential election in Abkhazia, pollution in Anapa, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, drone attacks, Georgian turbulence, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 27-February 2, 2025, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 03, 2025 21:50

• After detention at picket, Seda Suleimanova's friend complains about non-admission of advocate

  Elena Patyaeva, a Seda Suleimanova's friend, has stated that she was not allowed to see her advocate after she was detained at her solo picket, and this has violated her right to defence.

February 01, 2025 20:48

• Elena Patyaeva sentenced to compulsory labour

  A court sentenced Elena Patyaeva, a Seda Suleimanova’s friend, to twenty hours of compulsory labour, considering her solo picket a violation.

February 01, 2025 19:43

• Parents of Dalgatov, who died at police station, prepare rally in Makhachkala

  The parents of Kurban Dalgatov, who died after detention at the Makhachkala police station, have sent a notification about the planned rally to the Makhachkala Mayoralty. They are dissatisfied with the inquiry results and the course of the trial against 10 law enforcers.

February 01, 2025 18:40

• Belorechensk resident recognized as political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have recognized Yaroslav Sukhanov from Belorechensk, sentenced to 6.5 years of imprisonment for preparing to commit high treason, as a political prisoner. The human rights defenders pointed out that the confession which Yaroslav Sukhanov retracted in court could be obtained under pressure.

February 01, 2025 14:23

• Maria Smelaya, who accused her Chechen husband of beating her, claims that custody trial is delayed

  A court in Krasnodar has postponed by 2.5 months the hearing on the custody case over Maria Smelaya's child, during which time she intends to achieve meeting with her son in Grozny.

January 31, 2025 23:57

• Volgograd resident sentenced to colony for online comment

  The Southern District Military Court has found a Volgograd resident guilty of extremism.

January 31, 2025 23:55

• Elena Patyaeva, Seda Suleimanova’s friend, left in police custody until trial

  Elena Patyaeva, who was detained by law enforcers in Saint Petersburg during her solo picket demanding an inquiry into the disappearance of her friend, Seda Suleimanova, in Chechnya, has been left at the police station until the court hearing. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.

January 31, 2025 22:50

• Demonstrators in Georgia demand to release detained protesters

  Marches and rallies were held on the 64th day of daily protests in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi; all the protesters’ demands included the release of all the political prisoners, including Mziya Amaglobeli. In Batumi, protesters set up tents near the building of the Constitutional Court.

January 31, 2025 22:46

• Relatives report details of new case against Yapov, surrendered member of Chechen underground

  Relatives are concerned about the health state of Khamid Yapov. The man served two terms of imprisonment for involvement in Chechen armed underground, but was arrested for the third time in December 2024. A human rights organization employee believes that the recent case against Khamid Yapov is part of a systemic problem of persecuting militants who surrendered in the hope of amnesty.

January 31, 2025 22:10

• Court dismisses Farid Mekhralizade’s complaint about inhuman treatment

  A court dismissed a complaint filed by journalist and economist Farid Mekhralizade, arrested in the “Abzas Media” case, about a refusal of the prosecutor’s office to recognize the fact of inhuman treatment during the detention. The defence intends to lodge an appeal against the court’s decision.

January 30, 2025 23:40

• Krasnodar court cancels verdict to law enforcers for beating Yevgeny Manchenko

  In Krasnodar, the Cassation Court has cancelled the acquittal of the police inspectors who beat disabled person Yevgeny Manchenko in 2019, and the case has been returned to the regional court for a new trial for the fourth time, the “Team Against Torture”* reports.

January 30, 2025 23:16

• Defence challenges court’s decision to arrest Magomedov

  The investigators’ version in the case against Dagestani native Magomed Magomedov is unfounded, and some of the documents in the case have been falsified, advocates claim in their appeal. The defenders emphasized that even under torture, Magomed Magomedov had not given a confession.

January 30, 2025 21:59

• Law enforcers detain Suleimanova's friend at her picket

  The police have detained Elena Patyaeva during her solo picket held in Saint Petersburg, where she demanded an inquiry into the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova. The reason for the detention was an alleged violation of anti-Covid restrictions.

January 30, 2025 21:44

• At her picket, friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, claims investigators’ inaction

  At her solo picket held in Saint Petersburg, Elena Patyaeva has stated that within 10 months the inquiry into the disappearance of her friend, Seda Suleimanova, had yielded no results.

January 30, 2025 20:49

• Defence treats extension of Musaeva's arrest as unlawful

  A court in Grozny has extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva in the case of disrupting the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) until February 24, 2025.

January 29, 2025 22:40

• Georgian Ombudsperson tells about Mziya Amaglobeli’s health condition

  Mziya Amaglobeli, a journalist, who has been on her hunger strike for the third week, feels satisfactory, her condition is monitored by doctors. More than 300 Georgian journalists have signed a letter in Mziya’s support.