North Caucasus

January 26, 2023 21:18

• Liquidation of MHG continues cleansing in human rights movement

  The Russian Ministry of Justice achieved the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) on the basis of absurd arguments and nit-picking, and the defence will file an appeal against the court’s decision, advocates Henry Reznik and Mikhail Biryukov state.

January 26, 2023 17:17

• Alaudinov treats video with complaints against Chechen fighters as staged

  Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” Special Forces unit, has called the video with a complaint on behalf of Russian fighters about the actions of Chechen counterparts as staged, claiming that his subordinates never resort to illegal actions.

January 25, 2023 23:55

• Journalists were not let to session on MHG liquidation

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has begun considering a liquidation claim against the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG). Journalists and visitors were not allowed into the courtroom, offering them to watch the session by video broadcast.

January 25, 2023 23:16

• Film by Sokurov's pupil included into Berlin Film Festival programme

  The film by Malika Musaeva, a pupil of the famous film director, Alexander Sokurov, entitled "A bird is looking for a cage" has been included into the Encounters programme of the Berlin Film Festival.

January 25, 2023 15:16

• Advocate reports deterioration of Zarema Musaeva’s condition

  A Chechen expert was not able to confirm in court his conclusions about the harm to the health of the law enforcer, whom, according to the investigators’ version, was scratched by Zarema Musaeva. An independent expert stated that the conclusions of the first examination were unfounded.

January 25, 2023 14:12

• ECtHR awards compensation of 52,000 euros to Ruslan Kutaev for persecution in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, a court pronounced a decision in a drug possession case against Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, without taking into account the fact that confessions were obtained under torture and without reliable evidence of his guilt, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

January 24, 2023 23:59

• After man’s death at police station, social network users remind Dagestani leader about Gasanguseinovs’ case

  In a social network, residents of Dagestan have reminded Sergey Melikov, the head of the republic, that the law enforcers involved in the murder of Gasanguseinov brothers, have not yet been punished. They demanded a duly qualitative inquiry into the death of a native of the Shamil District at a Makhachkala police station.

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