Human rights

April 18, 2025 23:16

• Lawyer names criteria for prosecuting Astrakhan teens under sabotage article

  Schoolboys from the Astrakhan Region have pleaded guilty to committing a sabotage act. In order to prosecute them under this article, investigators must prove that the aim thereof was to undermine the country’s economic security, a lawyer has emphasized.

April 18, 2025 21:59

• Makhachkala resident Olga Petrova recognized as political prisoner

  Human rights defenders recognized Olga Petrova, a resident of Makhachkala, as a political prisoner. The woman was convicted in a case on financing terrorism despite arguments stating that she was not guilty.

April 18, 2025 21:14

• Georgian Parliament adopts amendments to Law “On Grants”

  The Georgian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law “On Grants” in the final third reading, according to which grants can only be received with the permission of the country’s government. Not a single MP has voted against the amendments.

April 17, 2025 22:55

• On 16th day of his hunger strike, Azerbaijani politician Tofig Yagublu is unable to walk

  Tofig Yagublu, an Azeri oppositional politician, was unable to walk on his own on the 16th day of his hunger strike hr holds at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and was taken to a meeting with his advocate in an electric car. During his hunger strike, Tofig has lost 10 kg of his body weight.

April 17, 2025 22:14

• Georgian activist tells of beating

  Lekso Samkharadze, an activist, and Levan Kanchaveli, his comrade, have been attacked in Tbilisi. Both were hospitalized with serious traumas.

April 16, 2025 22:56

• Volunteers report collection of signatures for investigation into Suleimanova’s kidnapping

  The Seda Suleimanova’s support group has begun collecting signatures for an appeal demanding a fair investigation into her case. Almost 1300 electronic signatures were collected during the first day of the campaign. The appeal is planned to be submitted to the Russian presidential administration.

April 16, 2025 22:37

• After kidnapping in Chechnya, NIYSO activist’s relative remains with law enforcers

  Chechen law enforcers have not released the nephew of Zelimkhan Mustafinov, one of the authors of the oppositional Telegram channel NIYSO; the nephew’s whereabouts after kidnapping are unknown. All the relatives of Said-Ali Abubakirov have been expelled from Chechnya; they have left Northern Caucasus.

April 16, 2025 21:18

• Human rights defenders warn society of consequences after displaying body of participant in attack on law enforcers in Chechnya

  A rally with a public display of the body of a teenager who killed a law enforcer in Achkhoi-Martan is an act of medieval savagery that has nothing in common with Chechen customs, activists of the “Memorial”* Centre for Human Rights Defence (CHRD) note.

April 15, 2025 21:12

• Law enforcers ostracized relatives of employees of Telegram channel opposed to Chechen authorities

  Before deporting relatives of the NIYSO Telegram channel’s administrators and active commentators to Ingushetia, law enforcers gathered them and local residents in the mosque of the village of Gikalo and , where a “public curse ritual” was held there. The NIYSO activists considered the events an act of intimidation of the population.

April 14, 2025 23:49

• Rights defenders alarmed by deterioration of Azerbaijani oppositionist Yagublu’s health state during his hunger strike

  The “Amnesty International” human rights organization has called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to release and provide medical care to convicted oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, whose health state has deteriorated during his hunger strike.

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