Georgia

November 12, 2024 23:37

• Underground singer from Saint Petersburg fined for song about sex with natives of Caucasus

  Singer Albina Sexova has been fined 10,000 roubles under the article on incitement of hatred.

November 04, 2024 23:47

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 28-November 3, 2024

  Explosion in Cherkessk, drone attacks, Gadjiev’s case, parliamentary elections in Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 28-November 3, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 28, 2024 19:51

• Tbilisi: activists call on Russian authorities to find Chechen woman Seda Suleimanova

  Russian authorities must provide information about the fate of Seda Suleimanova, who had been returned by law enforcers to her family in Chechnya, participants of the action in Tbilisi have stated.

February 21, 2024 19:54

• Political analysts voice meaning of actions in memory of Alexei Navalny* for Southern Russia and countries of Caucasus

  In Southern Russia, law enforcers are suppressing the laying of flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny* and persecuting activists, although the law does not prohibit such citizens’ actions, lawyers point out.

December 08, 2023 04:35

• Case on torture of Caucasian natives in Saratov prison hospital received by court

  The Saratov Regional Court received a case on torture of prisoners, including natives of Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, in the regional tuberculosis hospital No. 1 of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) in Saratov. Charges have been brought against two former employees of the FSIN and six prisoners.

November 08, 2023 22:58

• After disappearance in Tbilisi, Russian activist arrested in Vladikavkaz

  Rafail Shepelev, an activist, who lived in Georgia since 2021, has disappeared in Tbilisi, human rights defenders have reported. According to sources, he was arrested in Vladikavkaz.

October 20, 2023 23:37

• French media report new details of Mogushkov’s case after his arrest

  Mokhamad Mogushkov is arrested, and he refuses to talk to investigators. His younger brother and cousin have been arrested together with him. A father of Mokhamad Mogushkov was deported from France for involvement in a case on terrorism and now lives in Georgia, the media report.

July 05, 2023 14:52

• Rostov activist Sporysheva leaves Russia after search

  Activist Tatiana Sporysheva, whose apartment was searched after Anatoly Berezikov had died in a special detention centre in Rostov-on-Don, left for Georgia. According to the activist, she made the decision to emigrate because of fears of criminal prosecution.

June 27, 2023 18:28

• Activist Berezikov’s defender leaves Russia after searches

  Advocate Irina Gak has left Russia after the death of her client Anatoly Berezikov in a special detention centre in Rostov-on-Don and searches in her house. This is reported by the human rights project “OVD-Info”*.

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