On December 11, the Shali City Court of Chechnya will consider a petition for the parole of Zarema Musaeva. However, the leadership of the colony-settlement in Argun, where the woman is serving her sentence, asked to remain in custody. This was reported by the Team Against Torture.

After the arrest of economist Gubad Ibadoglu on July 23, a new wave of repression against critics of the ruling regime unfolded in Azerbaijan. Currently, the number of political prisoners has exceeded 250. This was stated by the Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare Party (ADBP).

In Dagestan, there are over 130 detainees in pre-trial detention center No. 1 on suspicion of participating in mass riots at Makhachkala airport on October 29. This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) Shamil Khadulaev.

Journalist Amet Suleymanov, sentenced to 12 years and serving time in prison No. 2 in the Vladimir region, did not receive the necessary medications for heart failure. He has been living without them for three months now. The prisoner's family prepared and sent him a package with drugs, but it was not accepted.

The Malgobek City Court of Ingushetia extended the arrest of Leila Gatagazheva until the end of the year. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a decision in the case of obstacles to the work of a Muslim school in Georgian in the city of Kobuleti (Adjara). One of the eight applicants was awarded compensation for moral damage in the amount of 1,000 euros, and another seven – 1,600 euros each.

The military appeal court upheld the 11-year sentence against Crimean Tatar journalist Ernes Ametov. Project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial recognized him as a political prisoner.

In 2017, security forces broke into the house of a builder and Nalchik resident Rustam Kuchmenov. He was taken to the police department, where they tried to force him to confess to the theft. There, as Rustam recalls, he was brutally tortured, reports the Team Against Torture.

The editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty (Idel.Realii) Alsu Kurmasheva was recognized as a political prisoner. Previously, she was arrested and charged with failure to report herself as a “foreign agent,” the Human Rights Project “Support for Political Prisoners” reported. Memorial".

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the sentence of three Crimean Tatar political prisoners - Enver and Riza Omerov and Aider Dzhapparov. They will spend 18, 13 and 17 years in prison respectively.