North Ossetia-Alania

May 20, 2023 14:47

• Rights defenders recognize Cheldiev, Besolov and Chirkinov as political prisoners

  The criminal case against Vadim Cheldiev, Arsen Besolov and Ramis Chirkinov, participants in the rally in Vladikavkaz against anti-covid restrictions, was fabricated in order to suppress attempts to create public associations and criticize authorities. This was stated by the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial".

May 19, 2023 15:21

• Special services make case of Ukrainian woman detained at Verkhni Lars secret

  Relatives of Leniye Umerova, a Crimean Tatar woman, who was held in the Vladikavkaz temporary detention centre (known as the IVS) for more than four months, cannot get access to the details of her case. Umerova's brother has treated her accusation of espionage as fabricated.

May 16, 2023 22:52

• On May 8-14, two persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from May 8 to May 14, 2023, two persons perished during the armed conflict ongoing in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May 08, 2023 15:45

• Contract serviceman from Vladikavkaz imprisoned for leaving his military unit

  In Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia-Alania, the military court has sentenced Sergey Osipov, a contract serviceman, to six years in prison for his six-months of absence from service at his military unit.

May 05, 2023 14:23

• Lawyer of Krasnodar branch of “Team Against Torture”* questioned by law enforcers

  After a search in the Krasnodar branch of the “Team Against Torture”*, law enforcers brought lawyer Ilya Platonov for questioning. According to the lawyer, he was questioned as a witness in a criminal case instituted in North Ossetia.

April 29, 2023 04:43

• Law enforcers conduct searches at homes of employees of “Team Against Torture”*

  In Nizhny Novgorod, the office of the “Team Against Torture”* and three lawyers from the human rights organization were searched on Friday. The police explained the searches with a criminal case instituted in North Ossetia.

April 22, 2023 19:18

• Rights defenders explain Interpol's decision to search for Dagestani preacher Abu Umar Sasitlinsky

  The Interpol has stopped searching for Dagestani preacher Israil Akhmednabiev (Abu Umar Sasitlinsky), treating the arguments of Russian law enforcers in his case as unconvincing. However, this decision will not affect the course of criminal cases initiated against his fund in Russia, human rights defenders have noted.

April 16, 2023 19:21

• Remorseful video released of Amir Bokov, suspected of attacking law enforcers in Ingushetia

  Amir Bokov, a resident of Ingushetia, who surrendered to law enforcers after a shootout in Zyazikov-Yurt, has explained in the video that after realizing the fallacy of his actions, he voluntarily came to the police so that there would be no new killings of law enforcers.

April 15, 2023 23:14

• Law enforcers seize laptop and flash drive from the employees of TaT*

  At the Pyatigorsk office of the Team against Torture (TaT)*, law enforcers have taken away a laptop and a USB flash drive. They explained the need for the search by a case initiated in North Ossetia.

April 14, 2023 18:41

• Blogger from North Ossetia fined for discrediting Russian army

  Alan Khasiev, a blogger from North Ossetia, was fined for a video posted on the social media.

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