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April 22, 2022 19:07

• Activist Samir Ashurov arrested for four months

  A court in Baku has jailed Samir Ashurov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), for four months. He denied the accusation of attacking a man with a knife and claimed that he had been beaten up by law enforcers.

April 22, 2022 18:31

• After detention of official, Altan Ochirov, in Kalmykia, rights defender demands to check law enforcers' actions

  Valery Badmaev, an oppositional journalist and human rights defender, has demanded from investigators to check the information about the use of physical force during the detention of Altan Ochirov, an employee of the administration of the city of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia.

April 22, 2022 18:22

• Dagestani resident sentenced to 12 years within terrorism case

  A court in Rostov-on-Don has found Magomed Ramazanov, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of preparing explosions and attacks on law enforcers in Makhachkala and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

April 22, 2022 14:13

• Court in Grozny leaves Zarema Musaeva under arrest

  The Staropromyslovskiy District Court of Grozny has extended until June 12 the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, who is accused of attacking a law enforcer.

April 22, 2022 14:05

• In KBR, relatives of six casualties in Ukraine receive orders

  The commander of the North-Caucasian District of the "Rosgvargiya" (Russian National Guard) and the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have handed Orders of Courage over to the families of the KBR natives who perished in the special operation.

April 22, 2022 14:02

• Court in Dagestan extends Gadjiev's arrest

  The Southern District Military Court has left Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, accused of financing terrorism, in custody for other three months.

April 21, 2022 23:09

• More than a hundred citizens of Ukraine request refugee status in Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijan’s authorities were addressed by 114 citizens of Ukraine, who left the country after the start of the special military operation by the Russian troops. The people who came from Ukraine applied for refugee status.

April 21, 2022 23:06

• Azerbaijani activist goes on hunger strike in a pre-trial detention cell

  Activist Samir Ashurov, detained in Baku, denied the charge of attacking a man with a knife. He called his case falsified and went on a hunger strike in protest.

April 21, 2022 22:57

• Case on mass riots in a Vladikavkaz penal colony sent to court

  An investigation into a case against a native of Dagestan, accused of participating in mass riots in a Vladikavkaz penal colony, has been completed.

April 21, 2022 22:53

• Administration of Kotelnikovo District in Volgograd Region reports about death of a military man in Ukraine

  Yuri Rybinsky, a driver of a motorized rifle battalion, perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Kotelnikovo District reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation, the information about at least 23 perished natives of the Volgograd Region has been officially confirmed.

April 21, 2022 15:54

• Six figurants in case of attacking Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya arrested

  A court in Tatarstan has placed six local residents accused within the case of the attack of militants under command of Shamil Basaev and Khattab on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya into custody.

April 21, 2022 15:48

• Activists urge UN Human Rights Committee to help releasing Elchin Mamed

  The Public Association (PA) "Legal Enlightenment of Sumgait Youth" has sent an appeal to the UN Committee on Human Rights urging to help in releasing Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani human rights defender, from prison.

April 21, 2022 15:44

• NGOs doubt geologists' conclusions about reasons of landslide in Itkhvisi

  The quality of the study conducted by the National Environment Agency on the reasons of the landslide that went down on the village of Itkhvisi in the Chiatura District causes doubts, as it fails to mention the activities of the "Georgian Manganese" Mining Company, NGOs assert.

April 21, 2022 09:06

• Six persons detained in connection with attack on Pskov paratroopers

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported on the detention of six defendants within the case of the attack committed in 2000 by militants of Shamil Basaev on Pskov paratroopers.

April 21, 2022 09:03

• Lawyers name condition for transferring Musaeva's trial outside of Chechnya

  Judges of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) can use self-withdrawal as a trick to avoid participating in the trial of Zarema Musaeva; and in case of self-withdrawal of the entire court composition, the territorial jurisdiction of the case can be changed, the lawyers believe.

April 21, 2022 08:28

• Authorities of Shamil District report about death of a sailor in Ukraine

  Magomednur Kuramagomedov, a military man of the Caspian Flotilla, a native of the village of Assab, perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Shamil District reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 87 perished natives of Dagestan has been officially confirmed.

April 21, 2022 08:23

• In Yerevan, activists hold a protest against any change in status of Nagorno-Karabakh

  Members of the “5165” Party organized a march through the streets of Yerevan, and marchers called on students and passers-by to join the opposition action against attempts to change the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

April 20, 2022 23:58

• Dagestani activist Ruslan Magomedov achieves cancellation of his fine

  In Makhachkala, a court cancelled the decision of the chief of the district police department to fine activist Ruslan Magomedov, who was detained at a picket in support of freedom of speech.

April 20, 2022 18:40

• Makhachkala activist reports about his detention

  The police detained in Makhachkala Abdulkadir Isaev who held a picket in Moscow in support of political prisoners. According to the activist’s story, a grenade and drugs were planted to him.

April 20, 2022 18:33

• In North Ossetia, policemen convicted in Tskaev’s case avoid public boycott

  According to experts, the Ossetian tradition of expelling violators of the way of life from society is not used now and is not applicable to the policemen who escaped punishment for the death of Vladimir Tskaev.