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March 12, 2025 23:19

• Rights defenders declare believer from Novorossiysk as political prisoner

  The criminal case initiated against Dmitry Mladov, a Jehovah's Witness* from Novorossiysk, violates the right to the freedom of religion, human rights defenders have stated, demanding his release from custody.

March 12, 2025 22:58

• Lawyers assess chances of Karaushi brothers’ sentence mitigation

  Human rights organizations have commented on the possibility of mitigating the five-year prison term passed by the Nalchik Garrison Military Court for the Karaushi brothers, who were accused of evading their military service.

March 12, 2025 22:17

• During the week of March 3-9, 2025, four people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  Four suspected militants were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March 3 to March 9, 2025. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 12, 2025 21:38

• Relatives of Chechen natives accused in “Wildberries” shooting case plead them being not guilty

  Relatives of Chechen natives accused in the case on shooting in front of the “Wildberries” Company’s office in Moscow, as a result of which two natives of Ingushetia were killed, have claimed that those arrested are not guilty.

March 12, 2025 21:32

• Telegram blocking announcement surprises residents of Dagestan and Chechnya

  Authorities have only now acknowledged the blocking of the Telegram in Dagestan and Chechnya, although there has been no access to the messenger in these republics and in Ingushetia for several months, local residents have noted.

March 11, 2025 23:56

• In Nalchik, twin brothers sentenced to colony for evading military service

  The twin brothers had signed a contract on the same day and served in the same detachment of the same military unit; they failed to show up for service from vacation without good reason during the mobilization period and were sentenced to five years in a penal colony each.

March 11, 2025 23:51

• Dagestani convict’s court victory encourages rights defenders

  The court ruling to recognize a rights violation of Vitaly Silaev, a prisoner from Dagestan, at the Norilsk penal colony, has gone beyond the common judicial practice and instils hope that colony staff will take Muslim prisoners’ rights more seriously, human rights defenders believe.

March 11, 2025 22:55

• Resident of Khasavyurt kept in custody unlawfully, his defender claims

  Batrutdin Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Khasavyurt, is being kept in custody, although under the law, he must be released because of procedural violations. A defender of Batrutdin Abdurakhmanov has filed a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.

March 11, 2025 22:17

• Georgian advocate complains about political persecution

  Advocate Mikhail Ramishvili has left Georgia and is going to seek political asylum abroad. The advocate accuses the Georgian authorities of persecution and attempting to put pressure on the entire legal community.

March 10, 2025 23:48

• Women-marchers join protests at Georgian Parliament

  The participants of the women's march in Tbilisi have demanded to release political prisoners, including the journalist, Mziya Amaglobeli. They have joined the protesters at the Georgian Parliament.

March 10, 2025 22:59

• Lena Patyaeva holds action in support of her friend Seda Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya

  Elena Patyaeva, a friend of Seda Suleimanova, who was taken to her relatives in Chechnya, has posted leaflets on the Kadyrov Bridge in Saint Petersburg.

March 10, 2025 22:56

• Participants in rally in Nalchik share memories of deportation victims

  A mourning rally was held in Nalchik, dated to the 81st anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Balkars. Its participants remembered their relatives who were deported.

March 10, 2025 20:33

• CoE adopts resolution on the cases of Khadidja Ismailova

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Azerbaijan to protect journalists from attacks, threats and harassment related to their professional work, having adopted a resolution "on a group of Khadidja Ismailova’s cases".

March 08, 2025 23:39

• Activists call for release of Abzas Media and Meydan TV journalists

  The activists, who used to annually organize feminist actions in Baku on March 8, have abandoned the traditional march. They have called on the authorities to release the arrested Abzas Media and Meydan TV journalists.

March 08, 2025 22:56

• Ulker Gashimova recognized as a political prisoner

  The verdict in the case against Derbent native Ulker Gashimova is disproportionate to the degree of public danger of her statements and has signs of political persecution, human rights defenders have pointed out. They request the court to reconsider the Ulker Gashimova’s case.

March 08, 2025 22:38

• Analysts suggest to punish villagers for criticizing municipal authorities in Chechnya

  Residents of Chechnya who took part in gatherings to express their dissatisfaction with the shortage of water and gas supply may be punished because their discontent was expressed publicly. The residents face from apologies and dismissals to threat of being sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone. At the same time, the authorities of the republic may also punish local officials, analysts believe.

March 07, 2025 23:48

• Rights defenders treat authorities’ help to domestic violence victims in Caucasus as insufficient

  The law is poorly protecting women from domestic violence; and the only way to really help the victim and save her life is often only immediate removal from the aggressor, human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments on the beating of a woman with four children in a Dagestani village.

March 07, 2025 23:16

• Rights defenders criticize trial over supporters of Georgia’s European integration

  The proofs in the case of the oppositionists accused of involvement in violence at protest actions were gathered with violations; and the decision to hold the trial behind closed doors violates the standards of fair trial.

March 07, 2025 22:19

• Search of lawyer Kuznetsova's home in Yessentuki declared illegal

  The court has found illegal the search of the home Ekaterina Kuznetsova, a lawyer, who figures in the case against her colleague Georgy Legkobitov, who was accused of slandering a law enforcer. Despite the ruling, policemen have not returned the confiscated belongings to Ekaterina.

March 07, 2025 21:32

• Tightening of laws on foreign agents becomes a threat to civil society in Georgia

  The draft law “On the registration of foreign agents” and amendments to the Law “On Broadcasting” will deprive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media of the opportunity to continue their activities even under other organizational forms, analysts state.