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July 12, 2024 21:45

• Sentence of Oleg Orlov* left unchanged

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the decision by which human rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced to 2.5 years of freedom deprivation.

July 12, 2024 18:58

• Relatives of Dagestani resident complain of torture and criminal case falsification

  Law enforcers have kidnapped Farkhad Kaziev, a resident of the village of Belidzhi, Derbent District, tortured him and accused him of a murder committed in 2011. At the same time, proofs of his alibi disappear from the case files, his relatives assert.

July 12, 2024 18:54

• Court commutes sentence of law enforcers for beating Derbent resident Temirkhan Amakhanov

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has commuted the sentence of former policemen Gasan Adalov and Magomed Yunusov in the case on beating Derbent resident Temirkhan Amakhanov. The punishment has been reduced from four to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

July 12, 2024 17:14

• Families of those killed by militants receive help from Suleiman Kerimov

  The families of 21 people who perished during the militant attacks’ in Dagestan received 5 million roubles each from businessman Suleiman Kerimov. In addition, the amount of 50 million roubles was allocated for the restoration of the synagogue in Derbent, damaged during the militants’ attack, MP Khizri Abakarov reported.

July 11, 2024 23:05

• Novosibirsk activist speaks out in defence of victims of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus

  Elena Tardasova-Yun, an activist from Novosibirsk, became the second woman in Russia, who held a solo picket with the demand to investigate the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova in Chechnya. The situation with domestic violence in Northern Caucasus requires a separate law to protect women, Elena Tardasova-Yun has noted during her picket.

July 11, 2024 22:48

• Arrest of KBR blogger accused of slandering officials extended

  A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to transfer Kazbek Shkhagoshev to house arrest. Earlier, Kazbek claimed in court that he was tortured into self-incrimination within a case of attempting to sell narcotic drugs and slandering local officials.

July 11, 2024 20:56

• Kuban PO challenged fine imposed on incompetent Muscovite

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) has appealed against the decision of the court in Anapa, which had fined Dmitry Lozner, an incompetent person from Moscow, for entering the fenced beach area.

July 11, 2024 19:33

• KChR’s MIA requests teachers’ and pupils’ dress code data

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has demanded from heads of city and district administrations to provide information about the teachers and students who attend schools wearing clothes with religious attributes.

July 11, 2024 17:17

• Sochi pensioner Atamanchuk calls his new case fabricated

  A case on contempt of court was instituted against Vladimir Atamanchuk, a pensioner from Sochi, based on a complaint from a victim in a case on defamation. The activist was not informed what exact words became the reason for criminal prosecution.

July 10, 2024 23:57

• Krasnodar resident fined for pacifist picket

  A court in Krasnodar has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles by treating his solo picket with a pacifist slogan as discrediting the Russian Army.

July 10, 2024 23:34

• ICRF’s chair orders to re-institute case against Maria Smelaya’s husband

  The prosecutor of the Prikubansky District of Krasnodar has cancelled the decision to institute a criminal case against a husband of Maria Smelaya. The woman complained about beating by her husband and abduction of her child.

July 10, 2024 22:46

• Dagestani MIA head names number of figurants in unrest case in Makhachkala

  A total of 140 people are in custody under the criminal cases related to the unrests at the Makhachkala Airport; 1200 people have been brought to administrative responsibility, Abdurashid Magomedov, the head of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has informed.

July 10, 2024 20:09

• Convicted Dagestani woman claims self-incrimination under pressure from law enforcers

  In its complaint, the defence claimed that the police forced Khava Gadjimuradova, a resident of Dagestan, to sign a confession of her intention to leave for Syria. The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia recognized the court’s decision, which sentenced the young woman to five years of imprisonment, to be legal.

July 10, 2024 18:50

• ECtHR treats detention of rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina* at picket as violation

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the detention at a picket in defence of Oyub Titiev as a violation of the rights of the human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina*. The Court has obliged Russian authorities to pay her compensation of EUR 4000.

July 10, 2024 17:47

• Activist in Adygea fined for announcing action in memory of Caucasian War victims

  A court in Adygea has fined Ilyas Soobtsokov, a Circassian activist, by 15,000 roubles, treating his announcement of an action in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War as a violation. He has denied the charge of organizing an unsanctioned rally.

July 09, 2024 23:58

• North-Ossetian Muftiate supports banning niqabs

  The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM or Muftiate) of North Ossetia recommends that believers refuse to wear niqabs, the republic’s Deputy Mufti has stated, noting that a complete ban on niqabs would be contrary to the Russian laws.

July 09, 2024 23:54

• Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria voices out its position on niqabs

  Wearing niqabs is a custom and not an obligation of Muslim women, the Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria has stated after the idea of banning niqabs was supported by Spiritual Administrations of Muslims (SAMs or Muftiates) of Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia.

July 09, 2024 23:09

• Activist attacked in Kabardino-Balkaria, sources report

  Zurab Khatsukov, an activist of the initiative group standing against the construction of a waste sorting complex near the village of Urvan, was attacked. As a result, the activist was brought to a traumatology ward in a hospital and diagnosed with a brain concussion.

July 09, 2024 21:48

• “RusHydro” Company requests public apologies from Nalchik resident for disrespect for Russian anthem

  An employee of the “RusHydro” Company’s branch in Nalchik disgraced his colleagues by disrespecting the Russian anthem at a school graduation event, the “RusHydro” Company claims. The employee has been requested to voice public apologies.

July 09, 2024 18:49

• Kuban Jehovah's Witness* sentenced to colony term

  The Abinsk City Court has found Valery Bailo, a Jehovah's Witness*, guilty of taking part in the activities of an extremist association due to discussion of the Bible and sentenced him to 2,5 years of freedom deprivation.