Chechnya

December 02, 2024 22:09

• Lawyers point to Timur Idalov being deprived of opportunity to work as lawyer in Chechnya

  The sentence of Timur Idalov, an advocate from Chechnya, in a case on threatening a public prosecutor will be challenged. Lawyers called the deprivation of the opportunity to practice law the most severe part of the Timur Idalov’s punishment, although the term of forced labour is close to the maximum stipulated by the article.

November 30, 2024 23:46

• Sick writer Zakhar Zaripov released in Chechnya

  Zakhar Zaripov, a writer and an oncology patient, convicted of an appeal to the head of Chechnya, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

November 29, 2024 23:16

• Chechen authorities report about reconciliation of 2659 divorced couples

  Special commissions reunited 2659 divorced couples in the republic.

November 29, 2024 21:23

• Chechen advocate Timur Idalov sentenced to forced labour

  The Khimki City Court (Moscow Region) has sentenced Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, to one year and 11 months of forced labour within a case of threats to a prosecutor. He was also banned from practicing advocacy for three years, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

November 28, 2024 23:46

• SIZO administration in Chechnya refuses to release writer Zakhar Zaripov, who is suffering from cancer

  Zakhar Zaripov, a writer, convicted for an appeal to the head of Chechnya, remains at the Khabarovsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), despite the cancellation of his punishment associated with freedom deprivation. The SIZO bosses refuse to release him until they receive the text of the verdict.

November 27, 2024 18:16

• Court reduces sentence of writer Zaripov, convicted of appealing to Kadyrov

  The military appellate court has replaced the five-year term of Zakhar Zaripov, convicted of appealing to the head of Chechnya, with a fine. After a cancer surgery, half of Zaripov's face is paralyzed and his vision has deteriorated.

November 26, 2024 22:09

• Lawyers comment on recognition of activist Ruslan Nurushev as political prisoner

  The “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project recognized Ruslan Nurushev, a lawyer from Volgograd, as a political prisoner. This status is important from a political and moral point of view.

November 26, 2024 20:43

• Nikita Zhuravel sentenced to 13.5 years in jail for burning Koran down

  A court in Volgograd has sentenced Nikita Zhuravel to a long colony term, finding him guilty of treason.

November 25, 2024 17:22

• Case of participant of Basaev's raid on Dagestan sent for reconsideration

  After overturning the verdict, the case of Alexander Umantsev, a Chechen native, convicted of taking part in the militants' raid on Dagestan, has been sent for review.

November 23, 2024 23:48

• Analysts assess nature of inscription on Kadyrov monument

  The inscription that the woman from the town of Sergiev Posad left on the monument to Akhmat Kadyrov erected in the Yuzhnoye Butovo District of Moscow is offensive, but rather refers to the current leadership of Chechnya.

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