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January 29, 2025 22:12

• Georgian activist links his kidnapping to participation in protests

  Vakho Pitskhelauri, an activist, was kidnapped and beaten up by unknown persons; he managed to escape. He believes that his kidnapping had to do with his participation in protests against the policy of the “Georgian Dream” Party.

January 29, 2025 21:22

• Pacifist comments result in fine for Stavropol woman

  The court has fined Yulia Seireikidis, a resident of the city of Stavropol, by 30,000 roubles, finding her comments posted in the social network as discrediting the Russian Army.

January 28, 2025 23:59

• Analysts assess prospects for investigation into torture of Magomedov

  The attention of the Dagestani authorities to a complaint filed by Magomed Magomedov, a native of the republic, about torture by law enforcers in the Moscow Region could affect the investigation, analysts believe.

January 28, 2025 23:17

• In Volgograd, rally participants honour memory of Holocaust victims

  In Volgograd, a rally, dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, was attended by members of the Jewish community, local officials, and guests of the city. Some participants of the rally have claimed that the tragedy of the Holocaust is not being sufficiently covered in educational institutions’ programmes.

January 28, 2025 22:38

• Kadyrov boasts about sending armoured pickups to SMO zone

  Five armoured Changan pickups have been sent to fighters of the Chechen military units.

January 28, 2025 21:47

• Dagestani native Magomed Magomedov achieves public outcry around his case on torture at police

  Magomed Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who complained about torture at a police station, has been visited in a temporary detention facility (IVS) in Moscow by officials from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the prosecutor’s office. Human rights defenders have also visited the defendant in the IVS.

January 28, 2025 21:11

• Makhachkala resident complains about falsification of terrorism case

  Devlet Ismailov, a resident of Makhachkala, has claimed that the law enforcement bodies fabricated a case against him for creating a terrorist organization and that a court arrested him without any grounds.

January 27, 2025 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 20-26, 2025

  Tragedy in Imishli, pollution in Anapa, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, protests in Georgia, 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 20-26, 2025, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

January 27, 2025 22:00

• AI points to worsening human rights situation in Azerbaijan

  The human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has noted the intensification of repressions against journalists and activists in Azerbaijan and called on the international community to condemn human rights violations.

January 27, 2025 21:59

• Rights activists point to worsening political freedoms in Azerbaijan

  In 2024, the human rights situation in Azerbaijan worsened in all the parameters of political freedoms; repressions against journalists and activists intensified, and custody conditions in detention places grew poorer.

January 27, 2025 21:56

• Native of Dagestan blames law enforcers of torture

  Magomed Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who lives in Moscow, has claimed that he was tortured after being detained on suspicion of upgrading weapons.

January 25, 2025 23:49

• Relatives claim fabrication of criminal case against Chechen resident

  Khamidulla Yapov, a resident of Chechnya, has served two sentences for his links with Chechen militants in 1999-2000; but after his terms were over, he was charged with new accusations.

January 25, 2025 22:42

• After working with Zaira Pirova, the SK SOS Crisis Group* has to change shelter

  During the stay at the shelter of Zaira Pirova, who later left for Georgia and from there returned to Dagestan to her relatives, unknown people tried to enter the shelter for violence victims. The SK SOS Crisis Group* changed the address of the shelter; since human rights defenders found it useless to turn to the police.

January 25, 2025 16:46

• “Abzas Media” editor-in-chief complains about pressure in SIZO

  Sevindj Vagifgyzy, the editor-in-chief of the “Abzas Media”, who was arrested in Baku, claimed that she again faced physical violence and discrimination from warders.

January 24, 2025 23:32

• Alley of memory for perished journalists opened in Makhachkala

  The journalists’ community of Dagestan has long sought to open a monument in Makhachkala to pay tribute to media workers who perished while performing their professional duties.

January 24, 2025 22:56

• Musaeva’s health state worsened in SIZO

  Zarema Musaeva, who is being kept at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny, has experienced worsening knee pain.

January 24, 2025 21:52

• European journalists speak out in support of Mziya Amaglobeli

  European organizations of journalists have issued an appeal to the authorities of Georgia calling them on to stop persecuting Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi”online publications, and to investigate the brutal treatment to which she had been subjected.

January 24, 2025 21:47

• Defendants in Makhachkala riot case complain of beatings

  Magomedgadji Chirgilaev and Yasin Gadjiev, figurants in the case of the riots at Makhachkala Airport, have reported that they had been beaten up to force them to incriminate themselves.

January 24, 2025 21:31

• Tbilisi marchers demand to release detainees

  Students and teachers from two higher schools have marched through the streets of Tbilisi demanding the release of those detained during protests.

January 23, 2025 23:50

• Lawyers assess blogger Alibekov’s chances for CER

  Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from the city of Novorossiysk, can hope for conditional early relief (CER), if he has no violations and the suffered policeman agrees to this, lawyers have indicated in their comments on the reduction of Askhabali’s punishment.