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January 28, 2023 23:20

• Lawyers comment on appointment of a new examination in Musaeva’s case

  A new examination in the case against Zarema Musaeva will also be carried out in Chechnya, lawyer Alexander Nemov reports. The results of the new examination will be attached to the case file, states Katerina Vanslova, the head of the North-Caucasian branch of the “Team Against Torture”*.

January 28, 2023 21:50

• In Kalmykia, penal colony warders refuse to confess to participating in torturing prisoners from Dagestan

  Four arrested warders of the penal colony refused to confess that they had participated in the torture of natives of Dagestan Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov. One more warder refused to answer questions. An advocate filed a motion for a face-to-face interrogation with other law enforcers, whom Magomed Atimagomedov identified.

January 28, 2023 21:11

• Resident of Khabarovsk Territory arrested for appealing to Kadyrov

  Zakhar Zaripov, a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory, was arrested on the charge of incitement to terrorism. According to the investigators’ version, when addressing the leader of Chechnya in LiveJournal, Zakhar Zaripov called for the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia.

January 27, 2023 23:58

• Chechen MPs suggest protecting religious literature from fighters against extremism

  The Parliament of Chechnya has submitted to the Russian State Duma a draft law on a ban on recognizing canonical Islamic and Christian texts as extremist materials. Attempts to treat them as forbidden literature outrage the believers, the MPs have explained.

January 27, 2023 22:15

• Court appoints new examination in Zarema Musaeva’s case

  A court in Grozny has granted a motion of Zarema Musaeva's defence for a new expert examination and agreed that it should be conducted outside of Chechnya, a lawyer for the Team Against Torture* has informed.

January 27, 2023 16:40

• Man from Makhachkala accused of shooting surrenders to law enforcers

  Arsen Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, has appeared at the police, handed over his firearm and confessed to opening fire on a human. The court has placed him under house arrest.

January 27, 2023 12:55

• Social media users express their indignation about public reprimand of schoolgirls in Chechnya

  A video, in which law enforcers were reprimanding six schoolgirls and their parents in the Urus-Martan District, caused a negative reaction on the media. In their comments, social media users point out that the law enforcers did not explain what the children had done and why it was necessary to post the video of the schoolgirls’ reprimand for public viewing.

January 27, 2023 09:46

• College in Novocherkassk announces conditions for girls expelled for hijabs to return to studies

  Five female students expelled for wearing hijabs can resume their studies if they refuse to wear clothes with religious attributes, the bosses of the Novocherkassk Medical College have stated.

January 26, 2023 23:37

• Astrakhan resident fined for pacifist comments in social media

  A court in Astrakhan has imposed a fine on a local resident, Ifrat Khabibulin, finding his comments in a social network as discrediting Russian militaries.

January 26, 2023 23:12

• MMA fighter promises Mercedes for subscribing to Kadyrov on Instagram*

  In his Instagram* blog, Askhab Tamaev, a Chechen MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter, has announced a lottery with a car and an 15 iPhones as prizes among those who will subscribe to the accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov and his entourage.

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 21:11

• Court disbelieves repentance of Novorossiysk blogger Alibekov

  A court in Novorossiysk has rejected the request lodged of Askhabali Alibekov to consider his criminal case under the special procedure in exchange for a mitigation of the punishment, by treating the blogger’s remorse for discrediting the army as insincere.

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 26, 2023 17:10

• Court rules on liquidation of MHG

  In Moscow, a court granted a claim filed by the Russian Ministry of Justice for the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).

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.

January 24, 2023 23:57

• On rights defenders’ demand, remains of Semyon Ganshin, a Sochi resident, exhumed

  After the meeting of human rights defenders with the head of the Kuban (Krasnodar Territorial) Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the remains of Sochi resident Semyon Ganshin were exhumed in order to accurately identify the deceased, Roman Veretennikov, a lawyer for the “Team Against Torture”*, has informed.