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July 08, 2024 19:38

• Concert organizers doubt need for dress code for performers in Northern Caucasus

  There is no need to introduce a dress code for the pop performers who come to give concerts in the republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), since the performers are sensitive to local traditions, tour organizers have commented on the officials' idea.

July 08, 2024 18:17

• Comedian apologizes to Dagestanis for statements about niqabs

  Omar Alibutaev, an actor and comedian, has apologized to the Dagestani people for his statements about the ban on wearing niqabs. Thus, speaking about niqabs, he said that nightclubs are also contrary to the Dagestani culture.

July 06, 2024 19:34

• Religious scholars claim law violations by Sharia patrols in KBR

  For violating the norms of the Sharia Law, offenders should respond before the Sharia Court; and the patrols that use threats and beatings against violators are doing arbitrariness. This was stated by religious scholars after the detention of Sharia patrols in the city of Tyrnyauz.

July 06, 2024 18:56

• Mikhailovsk resident files complaint with UN Human Rights Committee

  In his complaint lodged with the UN Human Rights Committee Vitaly Fedorenko, a resident of Mikhailovsk, has claimed that six fines imposed on him under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces for expressing personal opinions are unlawful and violate human rights.

July 06, 2024 18:12

• Lawyers treat verdict to Dagestani law enforcers for kidnapping and torture as lenient

  The court handed down an overly lenient sentence to five law enforcers convicted of kidnapping and torturing a woman from Dagestan; and the lengthy investigation into the case is related to the systemic problems in the law enforcement system, lawyers have pointed out.

July 05, 2024 23:57

• Former official from Stavropol Territory repeatedly sentenced in absentia in case on fakes about Russian Army

  The Basmanny District Court of Moscow found Maria Mamedova, a former employee of the Stavropol Territorial Department of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ), earlier convicted in a criminal case on promoting terrorism, guilty of spreading fakes about the Russian Armed Forces and sentenced her in absentia to eight years of imprisonment in a penal colony. That was reported by the “Mediazona”* portal.

July 05, 2024 23:48

• Chechen activists assess risks for Khalitov

  The publication of threats voiced by Adam Kadyrov against blogger Khasan Khalitov does not reduce the risks for the critic of the Chechen authorities living abroad, but confirms the involvement of the Chechen authorities in the kidnapping of his relatives, a political analyst and a human rights defender state.

July 05, 2024 23:12

• Kremlin and State Duma distance off niqab-ban discussion

  The topic of banning niqabs in the republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) is not discussed in the Kremlin, the presidential press secretary has stated. The issues of religious clothing fall within the competence of the clergy, the Russian State Duma MPs have indicated.

July 05, 2024 21:10

• Death case of Dagestani Kurban Dalgatov gets to court

  Eleven law enforcers from Makhachkala have faced trial on charges of torturing Kurban Dalgatov, who died after detention. The cases of two other figurants are being considered separately.

July 05, 2024 19:57

• Haste in opening case against Dagestani blogger Khanov raises doubts about its grounds

  Blogger Khadjimurad Khanov asked for house arrest in a criminal case on illegal arms trafficking, but a court placed him in custody, an advocate and a friend of Khadjimurad Khanov report. The criminal case against the blogger looks strange, since it was instituted several days after the scandal over a niqab, a Dagestani human rights defender and a journalist emphasize.

July 05, 2024 17:48

• Analysts argue about masterminds of militants’ attack in Dagestan

  The involvement of participants in a militants’ attack in Dagestan in the “Islamic State”* and other organizations has not been confirmed; there are no signs inherent in the actions of the above-mentioned terrorist organization, analysts note.

July 05, 2024 17:08

• Law enforcers' provocations put gays in Dagestan under additional threat

  Gays in Dagestan were in danger even before law enforcers held provocations and raids on them; and after the arrest of the gay blogger Matvei Volodin, threats have grown manifold. However, as noted by rights defenders, law enforcers have no real grounds to open cases against gays under the article on extremism.

July 04, 2024 23:57

• Sochi resident convicted of preparing for treason

  The Southern District Military Court has found a Sochi resident guilty of preparing to defect to Ukraine and sentenced him to six years in penal colony.

July 04, 2024 23:08

• Religious scholars assess likelihood of observing ban on niqabs in Dagestan

  The niqab-banning fatwa is not mandatory; it will be observed only by those for whom the Dagestani Muftiate is an authority; and they are not all residents of the republic. This is the result of polling religious scholars and a former Imam conducted by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 04, 2024 20:52

• Coordination Centre for Muslims of Northern Caucasus calls niqab a threat

  Wearing niqabs and burqas in modern conditions causes practical harm to Muslims and threatens discord in interreligious and interethnic relations, announces the Coordination Centre for Muslims of Northern Caucasus.

July 04, 2024 20:45

• Human rights defenders recognize Mikhail Balabanov as political prisoner

  The case against Mikhail Balabanov, convicted under the article on terrorism for preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office in the Stavropol Territory, was the result of a provocation by the FSB, stated the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project.

July 04, 2024 17:19

• Dagestani Muftiate announces temporary ban on niqabs

  A ban on wearing niqabs has been introduced in Dagestan; it will remain in force until a new theological conclusion, the republic's Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM or Muftiate) has announced.

July 03, 2024 23:58

• Krasnodar priest explains his departure from Russia with threat of arrest for pacifism

  Archpriest Andrei Drugai from Krasnodar, deprived of the right to conduct priestly services, reported that he had to leave Russia due to the threat of arrest for preaching about peace, contrary to the policies of the Russian Orthodox Church.

July 03, 2024 23:49

• Dagestani blogger Khadjimurad Khanov arrested for two months

  The court has appointed the freedom deprivation measure of two months for Dagestani blogger, Khadjimurad Khanov, with in the case of illegal arms trafficking.

July 03, 2024 23:38

• Teacher in Dagestan fined for speaking out against SMO

  The Tlyaratinsky District has fined Zharula Ramazanov, a school teacher, by 30,000 roubles for speaking against the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine and deaths of servicemen from Dagestan there.