Volgograd Region

November 23, 2023 18:54

• Rights defender Igor Nagavkin claims threats and pressure at SIZO

  At his trial within the case concerning disorganization of the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has stated constant threats and pressure on him from the SIZO administration.

November 22, 2023 21:18

• Wife of mobilized Volgograd resident wants to return her husband back home from SMO zone

  In Volgograd, a court started a re-trial on a claim filed by Alexandra Stepanischeva, a wife of mobilized Anton Stepanischev. According to the woman’s claim, her husband suffers from serious diseases and has not been subjected to a medical examination during conscription or a military medical commission.

November 20, 2023 22:15

• Court denies Volgograd resident's claim about torture in colonies

  The Volgograd Regional Court has rejected the lawsuit lodged by Vladimir Khlyntsev, a serviceman for the "Wagner" Private Military Company (PMC) against two penal colonies and the Russian Ministry of Finance (MoF) concerning torturous custody conditions.

November 17, 2023 19:18

• Human rights defenders recognize Nikita Zhuravel as a political prisoner

  The persecution of Nikita Zhuravel is politically motivated and aimed at intimidating the public, states the human rights project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial.” The human rights defenders requested the authorities to immediately release the resident of Volgograd and launch an investigation into his beating by a son of Ramzan Kadyrov.

November 17, 2023 16:15

• In Volgograd, court confirms right of a conscript to alternative service

  The Volgograd Regional Court recognized the refusal to replace military service with an alternative civilian one for pacifist Pavel Abramov as unlawful and ordered the draft commission to reconsider the application.

November 09, 2023 20:47

• Volgograd Regional Court denies pacifist's right to alternative service

  Mark Belyansky, a Volgograd resident, tried to defend his right to the alternative civilian service (ACS), but the court has rejected all the pacifist's arguments.

November 08, 2023 16:56

• Court approves Igor Paskar's sentence

  The court has refused to satisfy the appeal of Igor Paskar's defence; he has been sentenced to a long term in the case of a terror act, and left the sentence unchanged, the SOTA Telegram channel has informed.

November 06, 2023 16:53

• Posts in social networks lead to fine imposed on Volgograd resident for discrediting Russian militaries

  A Volgograd resident was fined for reposting a Ukrainian video and for his pacifist post.

November 04, 2023 15:02

• In Zhuravel’s case, witness associates burning of Koran with “Utro Dagestan” Telegram channel

  A video of the burning of the Koran in Volgograd was posted on the “Utro Dagestan” (Morning Dagestan) Telegram channel, which is associated with the recent riots at an airport in Makhachkala, states a witness in a case against Nikita Zhuravel.

October 30, 2023 19:15

• Volgograd students support commemoration of victims of repression

  Volgograd university students have taken part in the all-Russian action "Names' Return" by gathering at the monument to the victims of Stalin's repressions and reading out the names of those repressed.

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