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February 04, 2023 15:01

• Dagestani Jehovah’s Witnesses* refuse to appeal against suspended sentences

  Four Jehovah’s Witnesses* who received suspended sentences withdrew their appeals against the verdict, and it came into force, the Supreme Court of Dagestan reported.

February 03, 2023 16:50

• Fine imposed on Sochi woman for status in Korean on WhatsApp surprises social media users

  A court in Sochi has fined a local resident who, the day before, posted a translation of a pro-Ukrainian slogan into the Korean language as her WhatsApp status.

February 03, 2023 16:46

• Rights defenders link Gireeva’s return with psychological breakdown

  The decision of Leyla Gireeva to return to her family in Ingushetia was caused by the severe stress that the girl faced. Fear of the uncertainty in the future and longing for relatives used to encourage other fugitives to return home, human rights defenders have pointed out.

February 03, 2023 16:38

• Zarema Musaeva’s arrest extended by three months

  A court in Grozny has extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva until May 12, 2923, human rights defenders have informed.

February 03, 2023 16:35

• Chechnya: children involved in activities in defence of Koran

  Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has posted a video with the mass participation of children speaking out in defence of the Koran in response to the actions with the burning of this book held in Denmark and Sweden.

February 03, 2023 16:28

• Female students expelled because of hijabs are allowed to return to NMC

  Five girls-students of the Novocherkassk Medical College (NMC), including the natives of Dagestan and Chechnya, earlier expelled for wearing hijabs, can resume their studies, their advocate has informed.

February 03, 2023 16:19

• Chechen MPs propose to supplement title of Kadyrov’s position with title “father of country”

  A draft law proposing to supplement the position of the leader of Chechnya with the title “Mekhkan Da” has been published on the official website of the republic’s parliament.

February 03, 2023 15:43

• Chechen SC cancels refusal to recognize wife of killed Tepsurkaev as victim

  The decision of the court, which refused to recognize a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev as a victim in the case on his kidnapping, was cancelled by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. The Court of Appeal pointed to significant violations of the law by the first instance court.

February 02, 2023 19:29

• Court extends arrest of accounts of activist Antonova and her mother

  The arrest of bank accounts of the Krasnodar activist Yana Antonova and her mother has been extended until May. The court ruling named the pensioner as an employee of an extremist organization, the activist herself has informed.

February 02, 2023 19:24

• Caucasian scholars point to changes in blood feud practices

  Chechen authorities are unable to eradicate the practice of blood feud; this custom has adapted itself to the Sharia Law and remains relevant, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, and Akhmet Yarlykapov, a Caucasian scholar, believe. 

February 02, 2023 19:09

• Female rights defenders are sceptical about Mezhiev’s words about mothers’ chances to see their kids

  The call of Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, not to prohibit mothers from seeing their children in the event of a divorce, if authorities and the society stay inactive, will hardly affect men in the republics of Northern Caucasus, female human rights defenders have noted.

February 02, 2023 19:06

• Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from domestic violence, returns to her family in Ingushetia

  Leyla Gireeva, an 18-year-old resident of Nazran, who ran away from home, has returned to her family and wants to settle her conflict with family members. The girl is under the recognizance not to leave, human rights defenders have informed.

February 02, 2023 18:20

• ECtHR awards compensation to Jehovah’s Witnesses* from two regions of Southern Russia for their disrupted meetings

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized the disruption of meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses* by law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria and the Rostov Region as a violation of the right to freedom of religion and awarded compensation to the complainants in the amount of 7500 euros.

February 02, 2023 05:55

• Volgograd installs bust of Stalin amid dispute over city renaming

  Today, in Volgograd, busts of Joseph Stalin and Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Alexander Vasilevsky have been installed on the occasion of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.

February 01, 2023 23:32

• After homophobic complaint, Novorossiysk store removes rainbow from ads

  The bosses of a store in Novorossiysk have replaced the image on the signboard after a visitor saw attributes of the LGBT propaganda therein it and contacted the police.

February 01, 2023 23:31

• Rostov court obliges Catholic priest to leave Russia

  In Rostov-on-Don, the court of appellate instance has rejected the complaint lodged against the decision to expel Mikhal Mzhyglud, the rector of the Catholic Church in Novocherkassk, out of Russia. The Polish priest has violated the immigration legislation, which could pose a threat to the security of the state and people's lives, the court has ruled.

February 01, 2023 20:16

• Krasnodar resident mobilized with hernias sent to hospital

  Initially, during the examination, they tried to award Alexei Abramov, a mobilized resident of Krasnodar, who suffered from multiple spine hernias, the category "fit (for military service) with minor restrictions"; now, documents are being prepared for his hospitalization.

February 01, 2023 16:44

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev note interest of Makhachkala residents in pickets in his support

  Law enforcers did not interfere with the pickets held by journalists Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov in Makhachkala, but carried out a standard procedure to verify the activists’ personal data. According to the picketers, passers-by actively expressed their support.

February 01, 2023 16:40

• Chechen native Djumaev placed in punishment cell

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced for using violence against law enforcers, was transferred to a punishment cell. His relatives believe that the punishment measure was deliberately used by warders of the penal colony to disrupt a visit of his mother.

January 31, 2023 18:25

• Lawyers comment on prospects for alternative service for residents of Northern Caucasus

  Amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, Northern Caucasus faces a growing demand for an alternative military service. A mobilized person can be sent to the rear if he categorically refuses to take up arms, Artyom Mugunyants, a lawyer, has explained.