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September 02, 2024 23:59

• Makhachkala residents interested in information about journalist Gadjiev’s case

  Many passers-by took pictures of the picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and scanned a QR code to learn more about his persecution, reported Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft). Abdulmumin Gadjiev continues to write articles under arrest and publish them in the “Chernovik”.

September 02, 2024 23:56

• Analysts associate Shoigu’s words about strengthening Sharia with criticism of republics’ leaders in NCFD

  The statements voiced by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu about radicals’ attempts to displace secular laws in Northern Caucasus with Sharia norms are a signal to the leaders and officials of the regions, analysts note.

September 02, 2024 23:28

• Journalists remind authorities about absence of inquiry results into Beslan terror act

  After 20 years, the authorities have still failed to give a specific answer to how terrorists managed to organize the school capture in Beslan in 2004, where more than three hundred people perished, journalists have stated.

September 02, 2024 23:14

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 26-September 1, 2024

  Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, fires and drones in the Caucasus, parliamentary elections in Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, anniversary of the terror act in Beslan, 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 August 26-September 1, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 02, 2024 20:36

• Mourning events held in Beslan on the 20th anniversary of school capture

  Mourning events were held in North Ossetia to mark the 20th anniversary of school capture in Beslan. There, at School No. 1, the mourning ceremony began with the ringing of the school bell; its participants commemorated the victims of the terror act.

September 02, 2024 19:12

• Defence treats criminal prosecution of Naptugov and Kuzhev, Cherkessk residents, as unjustified

  The case materials on an extremist community contain no proofs of the guilt of Aslan Naptugov and Oleko Kuzhev, residents of the city of Cherkessk, their advocates have stated. Naptugov treats his criminal case as political persecution.

September 01, 2024 23:58

• Online conference discusses kidnapping practices in Northern Caucasus

  The practices of kidnapping and enforced disappearances in the regions of Northern Caucasus, primarily in Chechnya, are a legacy of two Chechen campaigns. This issue is very acute due to authorities' repressions, but the fight against these practices must be continued. This was stated by the participants of the online conference of human rights defenders, organized by the "Memory Project" team jointly with the "Vyorstka" (Layout)* outlet.

September 01, 2024 23:38

• MoJ repeatedly declares Kuban ecological NCO foreign agent

  The non-commercial organization (NCO) "Civil Initiative against Environmental Crime"* has been added to the register of foreign agents, the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has informed.

September 01, 2024 22:05

• Comments in social network result in fine imposed on resident of Slavyansk-on-Kuban

  The Slavyansk-on-Kuban City Court has fined a local resident by 30,000 roubles, treating his comments posted in the "VKontakte" social network as discredited the Russian Army.

August 31, 2024 23:36

• Verdict to KBR resident Andzor Kudaev upheld despite torture claim

  The cassation instance has upheld the sentence of Andzor Kudaev, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was sentenced to six years in penal colony on charges of aiding terrorism and possessing weapons. The instance has found the defence's arguments that Kudaev had confessed under torture to be untenable.

August 31, 2024 22:45

• Ingush law enforcer sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment for beating a detainee

  Sulumbek Yandyrkhanov, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has been sentenced to four and a half years of imprisonment for beating a detained resident of Magas. The above information is reported on the Telegram channel of the “Travmpunkt” human rights project.

August 31, 2024 21:36

• Arrest of Sochi resident Schus for fakes about Russian Army extended

  The court has extended the arrest of Alexei Schus, a Sochi resident, accused of distributing fakes about Russian Army.

August 31, 2024 20:04

• Rights defenders link detainees' falls from windows with fear of torture at police

  Cases of detainees jumping from windows of police buildings are rare in Russia and are associated with the fear of becoming a victim of torture, human rights defenders have stated after an incident at the Makhachkala police station.

August 31, 2024 18:13

• Alexei Schus, accused in case on fakes about Russian Army, complains about conditions of detention in SIZO

  Alexei Schus, an engineer from Sochi, accused of disseminating fakes about the Russian Army and making a weapon, has complained that the conditions of detention at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar are torture. There are not enough sleeping places for prisoners, and they are not taken out for walks.

August 30, 2024 23:38

• After hostage-taking in Surovikino and Rostov-on-Don, law enforcers point to FSIN's blunders

  The institutions of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) have staff deficit; and those who work there with great overloads have modest salaries, which contributes to corruption and violation of safety rules for personal gains. This was stated by law enforcers in their comments on the hostage-taking incidents that occurred in Surovikino and Rostov-on-Don.

August 30, 2024 23:38

• Arrest of Zaur Magomedov, accused of militants' attacks in Dagestan, extended by three months

  The court has extended the custody of Zaur Magomedov, accused of involvement in the militants' attacks committed in Derbent and Makhachkala, by three months. It was done despite the complaints from Magomedov's defence that the proofs in the case had been falsified, the advocate has stated.

August 30, 2024 22:54

• Stavropol Territorial Court changes sentence for ecologist Sergey Legkobitov

  In the Stavropol Territory, following the reconsideration of appeals, a court has changed the article under which ecologist Sergey Legkobitov was found guilty from attempted bribery to the transfer of a bribe, an advocate reports.

August 30, 2024 22:23

• Father and advocate of Alexei Schus consider charge of fake news about Russian Army far-fetched

  Alexei Schus, an engineer from Sochi, has deleted his posts on a social network that the law enforcement bodies considered dissemination of fake news about the Russian Army, and the weapon the man was accused of making was a modification of a slingshot, an advocate reports.

August 30, 2024 21:28

• Journalists treat incident with niqab in Dagestan as not typical

  A woman, whose niqab a man tried to remove because of a temporary ban by the muftiate, lodged a complaint to the police. There are opponents of wearing niqab in Dagestan, but no such aggressive actions have ever happened earlier, journalists note.

August 30, 2024 20:04

• Blogger Maria Borzova fined for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in the city of Abinsk in the Krasnodar Territory has fined Maria Borzova, a streamer, by 40,000 roubles, concluding that the criticism of Russian militaries she expressed during a live broadcast on the Internet discredited the Russian Armed Forces.