Volgograd resident sentenced to colony for online comment

March 07, 2025 23:48

• Rights defenders treat authorities’ help to domestic violence victims in Caucasus as insufficient

  The law is poorly protecting women from domestic violence; and the only way to really help the victim and save her life is often only immediate removal from the aggressor, human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments on the beating of a woman with four children in a Dagestani village.

March 07, 2025 23:16

• Rights defenders criticize trial over supporters of Georgia’s European integration

  The proofs in the case of the oppositionists accused of involvement in violence at protest actions were gathered with violations; and the decision to hold the trial behind closed doors violates the standards of fair trial.

March 07, 2025 22:19

• Search of lawyer Kuznetsova's home in Yessentuki declared illegal

  The court has found illegal the search of the home Ekaterina Kuznetsova, a lawyer, who figures in the case against her colleague Georgy Legkobitov, who was accused of slandering a law enforcer. Despite the ruling, policemen have not returned the confiscated belongings to Ekaterina.

March 07, 2025 21:32

• Tightening of laws on foreign agents becomes a threat to civil society in Georgia

  The draft law “On the registration of foreign agents” and amendments to the Law “On Broadcasting” will deprive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media of the opportunity to continue their activities even under other organizational forms, analysts state.

March 06, 2025 23:41

• Activist Lyudmila Borzilo forcibly taken to psychiatric clinic by police

  Activist Lyudmila Borzilo from the Rostov Region was taken to a hospital by an investigator’s order.