Dagestan

November 26, 2023 18:54

• Accusation of Dagestani native of setting fire to military commissariat sparks rights defenders' scepticism

  Shamil Aliev-Gasanov, a native of Dagestan, is charged with terrorism in connection with the arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Murmansk. Such accusations are intended to intimidate initiators of pacifist actions, human rights defenders have pointed out.

November 26, 2023 13:16

• Number of administrative cases against Makhachkala rioters exceeds 500

  Dagestani courts have received administrative cases against 515 people, on whom protocols had been drawn up on various offenses committed during the anti-Semitic action and riots in Makhachkala.

November 26, 2023 11:18

• Adding journalist Yusupov* to foreign agents surprises Telegram users

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has included Idris Yusupov*, a Dagestani journalist, into the register of foreign agents under dubious pretext; this decision is a persecution manifestation of dissidents, Telegram users have indicated.

November 25, 2023 16:41

• ECtHR awards compensation to relatives of people kidnapped in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has pronounced the decision to award relatives of six natives of Northern Caucasus, whose fate stays unknown after enforced disappearances in Chechnya, the compensation in the amount of more than 430,000 euros.

November 25, 2023 16:39

• ECtHR recognizes Dagestani advocate as victim of torture by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights has awarded compensation of 12,500 euros to Magomed Magomedov, an advocate from Dagestan, who complained about torture by law enforcers in Makhachkala.

November 24, 2023 22:25

• Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov* registered as foreign agent

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has justified the inclusion of the Dagestani journalist, Idris Yusupov*, into the list of foreign agents by his participation in the creation of materials for foreign agents and the dissemination of "unreliable information about the decisions taken by Russian authorities and the policies pursued by them."

November 24, 2023 18:51

• POC counts 126 people arrested after Makhachkala riots

  Overall 126 persons are being held under arrest within the criminal case of mass riots at the Makhachkala Airport, Shamil Khadulaev has reported after the visit of the Dagestani Public Oversight Commission (POC) to the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Seven of those arrested refuse to agree with the charges.

November 23, 2023 20:46

• In Dagestan, activist Eduard Ataev sentenced to real freedom deprivation

  The Khasavyurt District Court has found Eduard Ataev, a former coordinator of Navalny's* office in Makhachkala, guilty of possession of an explosive device and narcotic drugs. He was sentenced to six years and five months in a penal colony.

November 23, 2023 17:38

• Forty accused in case on unrest in Makhachkala remain in custody

  The Supreme Court of Dagestan received 44 complaints about the arrests of the persons accused in the case on riots at an airport in Makhachkala. Out of those 44, 40 complaints were dismissed.

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