Human rights

September 30, 2023 15:52

  • ECtHR awards compensation to residents of Southern Russia for torture

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) examined the complaints filed by residents of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Astrakhan, convicted in Russia on the basis of testimonies obtained under torture, and awarded them compensation. The decision was made against the backdrop of the Russia’s refusal to comply with the decisions of the ECtHR.

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  • Volgograd court denies conscript's right to alternative service

    The Volgograd Regional Court has refused to satisfy the appeal complaint lodged by Danila Khamidulin, a conscript, who asked to replace his military service with an alternative civilian service (ACS) due to his religious beliefs. A lawyer from the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) claims that Khamidulin had violated the deadline for filing an application.

September 29, 2023 14:58

  • European Court recognizes violation of rights of convicted Ingush native

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation of articles on the prohibition of torture and the right to a fair trial in relation to Lechi Gadamauiri, a native of Ingushetia, who was sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment in a case on the “Ordzhonikidze jamaat”, and also obliged Russia to pay compensation.

September 29, 2023 14:47

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  • Journalist Nozdrinov pleads not guilty in his final speech

    Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist from the Krasnodar Territory, called a criminal case on fakes about the Russian army fabricated. In his final speech, the journalist emphasized that he was not guilty. The case file contains no evidence of Alexander Nozdrinov’s guilt, reports the defence.

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Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power?

Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power? Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny intends to run for presidency in the upcoming elections to be held on March 18, 2018. His team has already opened 63 regional campaign offices. The "Сaucasian Knot" correspondent visited five offices in Astrakhan, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and Stavropol. The correspondent also met Navalny’s opponents in the regions - representatives of the Communist Party and the movement "All-Russian People's Front". They analyzed the work of the volunteers and Navalny's campaign offices, and expressed their opinions about what prompts young people to take part in the movement, and how this relates to the volunteers' families and friends. Read about that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot".
Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

"Safari in Syrian Way": A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL*

Safari in Syrian Way: A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL A native of Dagestan, who was successful in Moscow, tells why he had quitted his job, home, family and went to Syria, where he joined the ranks of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (banned in Russia). The story of the battles, in which the base of the 17th Division of the Syrian Army was defeated; about how militants organized the "Safari in Syrian Way" by hunting the retreating soldiers of al-Assad in the desert; why those who come to Syria later get disappointed in militants’ ideas, – read about all that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot". *IS, ISIL has been recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL* to return the son

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL to return the son Inside glimpse into realities of Islamic State and illegal border crossing business. Motivations of young people going to Syria and factors affecting such decisions by Dagestani youth. What are the true values of Islam, parental duties, nuances of family relations — Kazim Nurmagomedov, who managed to return his son from ISIL, talks about these topics in his interview with the ’Caucasian Knot’. *IS, or ISIL has been recognized a terrorist organization; its activities are forbidden in Russia.
WEEK IN THE CAUCASUS

September 17, 2023 19:46

Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the photo from the Telegram channel of the "Team against Torture" (included into the register of the foreign agents) https://t.me/no_torture/2852

The prosecutor has offered to commute Musaeva's sentence due to her state of health and the injustice of the sentence passed by the first-instance court. After sentence mitigation, Musaeva has...

September 13, 2023 19:23

Zarema Musaeva at the court. Photo by the "Team against Torture" https://ovd.news/express-news/2022/09/07/sud-v-chechne-prodlil-arest-zareme-musaevoy-pohishchennoy-iz-nizhnego

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya reduced the term of imprisonment for Zarema Musaeva to five years and replaced the term in a common-security penal colony with a settlement colony.

September 13, 2023 22:10

Abubakar Rizvanov, Kemal Tambiev and Abdulmumin Gadjiev (from left to right) in the courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

An acquittal for Abdulmumin Gadjiev was unlikely, but given the absence of proofs in the charges, there was hope for a minimum sentence; therefore, the court's decision turned out to be...

September 12, 2023 22:45

Kemal Tambiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Abdulmumin Gadjiev (from left to right). Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has announced the verdict in the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, accused of financing terrorism. They were...

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