Kalmykia

July 14, 2024 18:46

• Kalmyk activist Dovdanov* fined for violating foreign agents law

  A court in Elista has sentenced activist Vladimir Dovdanov*, who fled Russia, to a fine of 30,000 roubles for his failure to provide a report on the activities of a foreign agent, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.

July 08, 2024 23:51

• Kalmykia: HIV-infected convict achieves his verdict commuted

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia has commuted the sentence of an HIV-infected convict, assigning him four years of freedom restriction instead of forced labour.

June 24, 2024 18:24

• Three Elista Jehovah's Witnesses* sentenced conditionally

  The Elista City Court has convicted three female Jehovah's Witnesses*: Kishta Tutinova has been sentenced to three years, Tsagan Khalgaeva and Ekaterina Menkova – to two years of conditional imprisonment each.

June 21, 2024 23:50

• Case of Jehovah's Witnesses* in Kalmykia fits into trend of persecuting believers in Southern Russia

  A court in Elista has conducted interrogations and again moved on to the debate on the case of local Jehovah's Witnesses*. In Southern Russia, a total of 109 believers have been convicted or are under investigation; the first case in Kalmykia has demonstrated the signs of conveyor-belt persecution inherent in other cases, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.

June 15, 2024 22:55

• Lawyers doubt prospect of bills banning religious clothes

  The bills that intend to ban wearing religious clothing, including niqabs, in public places are causing a split in the society, which is especially negative amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Religious clothes are not widespread in the country, this issue is not relevant, therefore the bills to ban them will not be adopted, lawyers believe.

June 11, 2024 21:52

• Judge resumes inquiry into case of Jehovah's Witnesses* from Elista

  The judge who is considering the case of three Jehovah's Witnesses* from Elista (the capital of Kalmykia) failed to pronounce his verdict and resumed the trial for additional examination of the case materials.

June 08, 2024 23:10

• Court in Elista refuses to transfer HIV-positive convict to correctional labour

  Yuri Mikhailov, who became HIV infected after staying at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in the Krasnodar Territory and in colonies in Kabardino-Balkaria and Kalmykia, has asked the court to replace the remaining part of his forced labour for freedom restriction and correctional labour.

June 07, 2024 18:37

• Defence of Kalmyk Jehovah's Witnesses* points to unproved accusations

  The prosecutor has demanded from the Elista court to find Jehovah's Witnesses* Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva and Ekaterina Menkova guilty of extremism and sentence them to various suspended (conditional) prison terms. The defence has demanded to acquit the defendants.

June 05, 2024 23:48

• Dozens come to support Elista Jehovah's Witnesses* in court

  About 30 people from different regions have come to the debate session on the case of three Jehovah's Witnesses* from Elista, accused of extremist activities.

June 04, 2024 18:52

• Lawyer points to protracting infection case of Kuban prisoner

  The consideration of the lawsuit lodged by Yuri Mikhailov, who was HIV infected while being kept at the Novorossiysk SIZO (pre-trial prison) and the colonies of Kabardino-Balkaria and Kalmykia, was again postponed due to the fact that SIZO bosses failed to provide the documents requested by the court.

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