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Iraqi prison. Photo: https://golosislama.com/news.php?id=36782

23:50, 28 April 2023

Female natives of Northern Caucasus go on hunger strike in Iraqi prison

About 30 natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Chechnya, convicted under terrorist articles, are on hunger strike in a Baghdad prison, demanding a revision of their cases and return to Russia.

Chechen fighters. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru

19:33, 28 April 2023

Politico cites the number of Chechens fighting for Ukraine

Some 150-200 Chechens are fighting on the side of Ukraine in hostilities there; they are mostly descendants of former militants who fought against federal troops in the first and second Chechen campaigns; they are among the personnel of three units, the Politico, an US-based outlet, reports.

19:25, 28 April 2023

Rights defenders tell about fate of kidnapped Alkhan-Kala villagers

After kidnapping, residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala were accused of links with militants, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, has stated.

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: https://zerkalo.az/na-sessii-pase-rossiyu-prizvali-vypolnyat-resheniya-espch/

18:12, 28 April 2023

ECtHR recognizes violations of rights of activists from three cities in Southern Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered the claims filed by six residents of Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, and Sochi, who were detained at protest actions in 2017-2018, and obliged Russia to pay them compensation for their illegal detentions and lack of fair trials.

The Moscow City Court. Photo: mos-gorsud.ru

16:13, 28 April 2023

Court decides to liquidate “SOVA” Centre*

In Moscow, a court pronounced a decision to liquidate the “Sova” Centre*, engaged in dealing with problems of xenophobia and nationalism.

The Ingush activists in the courtroom. Photo: https://fortanga.org

18:09, 27 April 2023

Defence of Ingush protest leaders demands disqualification of judges

The Stavropol Territorial Court has begun considering an appeal in the case of seven leaders of Ingush protests, despite the absence of several advocates for valid reasons. The activists' defence demanded to remove the judges, because they communicated with the prosecutors outside the trial.

Elena Milashina, Ramzan Kadyrov, Tumso Abdurakhmanov (from left to right). Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: https://www.grozny-inform.ru, https://cpj.org, https://www.yuga.ru

17:06, 27 April 2023

Rights defenders and bloggers argue about Kadyrov's role in staging deaths of critics of Chechen authorities

In his comment on the article by Elena Milashina, in which she stated that Tumso and Khasan Khalitov were materially interested in staging their deaths on the order of Chechen authorities, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has objected that Elena had failed to present any proofs that the intermediary was associated with Ramzan Kadyrov.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photo: RIA Novosti https://ru.wikipedia.org, Grozny Inform

15:56, 27 April 2023

Analysts assess degree of Kadyrov's influence on FSB

The head of Chechnya, who has appointed his nephew, Khamzat Kadyrov, as his assistant for the power bloc of agencies, enjoys a special status among Russian governors and can influence the Russian power structures, including the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service), Amir Kolov, a Colonel at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has stated.

Alipat Sultanbegova. Photo by Anton Bykov https://www.yuga.ru

15:04, 27 April 2023

Krasnodar journalist Alipat Sultanbegova suspected of discrediting Russian army

The police drew up a protocol against Alipat Sultanbegova, a journalist from Krasnodar, on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of her post in stories a pacifist slogan.

Yevgeny Manchenko. Screenshot of the video youtu.be/k_W1jt7rSoM

13:36, 27 April 2023

Court orders to reconsider decision in case against law enforcers beating a disabled person from Krasnodar

In Krasnodar, the Court of Cassation returned a case on beating of Yevgeny Manchenko by law enforcers for a new consideration.

A criminal case. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

00:00, 27 April 2023

Resident of Nevinnomyssk claims fabricated criminal case

Batyr Laipanov, a former policeman, has achieved cancellation of his sentence in a criminal bribe case after having served a part of his term, but at retrial, the prosecution demanded a harsher sentence for him. Laipanov treats the bribe case as falsified, pointing to his conflict with agents of special services.

23:58, 26 April 2023

Court in Chechnya refuses to add evidence about Kardashov's disappearance to case files

Representatives of the suffered party in the case of the disappearance of Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Dagestan, have asked to add the testimony of Said-Magomed Omarov to the case files, although it contradicts the version of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) fighters from Chechnya accused of illegally detaining Kardashov.

Pyotr Parpulov. Photo courtesy of Yulia Parpulova for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:56, 26 April 2023

Pyotr Parpulov, Sochi resident, convicted of treason, left at large

A court in Tambov has ruled in favour of Pyotr Parpulov, a Sochi resident, sentenced to 12 years in prison within a treason case, admitting that he could not be in jail with such diseases.

A criminal case and handcuffs. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:52, 26 April 2023

Resident of Chechnya charged with attacking Pskov paratroopers

A charge of attacking Pskov paratroopers in 2000 has been put forward against Alavdi Batykaev, a Chechen resident. He denies his guilt, and his advocate states that there are no proofs of his participation in the attack, the "Memorial" Human Rights Defence Centre reports.

19:16, 26 April 2023

Kadyrov's nephew appointed adviser-assistant to head of Chechnya for power bloc

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has appointed his nephew, Khamzat Kadyrov, as his adviser-assistant for the power bloc.

The residents of the Dagestani village of Kurush at a protest action against the seizure of pasture land. Screenshot of the post https://www.instagram.com/p/CrUD-yzseuJ/

09:43, 26 April 2023

SMO participants from Dagestani village complain to Putin about seizure of land

The residents of the Dagestani village of Kurush, who take part in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, have recorded a video appeal to Vladimir Putin complaining about the unjustified seizure of pasture land from villagers in favour of the national park.

Magomed Magomedov at a solo picket. Makhachkala, March 2023. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

23:58, 25 April 2023

Pickets of journalists remind residents of Makhachkala about Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case

Residents of Makhachkala expressed their active support to colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), during their solo pickets. The picketers demanded to release their colleague.

A signpost at the entrance to the village of Alkhan-Kala. Screenshot of the video by BasTim on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Ys_omCX8M

23:20, 25 April 2023

Rights defenders treat publicity as efficient way to help abductees in Chechnya

The residents of Chechnya, whose relatives are being held by law enforcers, refrain from turning to human rights defenders, fearing that this will aggravate the situation of their relatives and the family itself; they try to resolve the problem through behind-the-scenes negotiations.

Natives of Chechnya on the border of Croatia. Screenshot of the video by the Balkan service of Radio Liberty https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/ceceni-s-granice-bih-traze-azil-eu/32195930.html

19:15, 25 April 2023

Natives of Chechnya go on hunger strike in a deportation camp near Zagreb

Six natives of Chechnya are on hunger strike at a deportation centre in Croatia. They are protesting against the denial of refugee status because of suspicions of extremism.

The village of Alkhan-Kala. Photo https://chechnyainfo.com/alhan-kala.html

18:16, 25 April 2023

Human rights defenders find out fate of kidnapped residents of Chechen village

At least 25 residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala, whose whereabouts were unknown after they had been kidnapped by law enforcers in January, are being kept in a Chechen detention facility and charged with involvement in the militant activities.

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