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A Crimean Tatar political prisoner's health has deteriorated
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A Crimean Tatar political prisoner's health has deteriorated
9 November 2023

Crimean Tatar Remzi Memetov, sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison and serving time in a Stavropol colony, suffers from high blood pressure. He is constantly dizzy and his right eye moves poorly, the political prisoner’s wife said.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner denied legal relaxation of conditions of detention
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Crimean Tatar political prisoner denied legal relaxation of conditions of detention
8 November 2023

In Crimea, the court refused to satisfy the claim for the transfer from prison to a colony of the Crimean Tatar Eskender Abdulganiev, convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case.

Bakhtiyar Gadzhiev faces another charge
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Bakhtiyar Gadzhiev faces another charge
7 November 2023

A new charge has been brought against social activist Bakhtiyar Gadzhiev, who is being held in a pre-trial detention center in Baku. He is charged with Art. 213.1 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion). “The legal deadlines for conducting the investigation have expired, and new charges are being brought against Bakhtiyar,” noted human rights activist Rufat Safarov.

In the US, congressmen called for the release of Gubad Ibadoglu
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In the US, congressmen called for the release of Gubad Ibadoglu
6 November 2023

Members of the US Congress appealed to the Secretary of State in connection with the arrest of oppositionist and economist Gubad Ibadoglu in Azerbaijan. According to the brother of the arrested person, Galib Bayramov, the appeal calls for using all diplomatic channels for the unconditional release of former Rutgers University professor Gubad Ibadoglu.

Police officers who beat a native of North Ossetia are being checked in Moscow
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Police officers who beat a native of North Ossetia are being checked in Moscow
6 November 2023

The Investigative Committee and the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow began an investigation into the statement of police beating of a native of North Ossetia, Tamerlan Marzoev.

Of the more than 200 detained participants in the riots at Makhachkala airport, 11 people are facing criminal charges
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Of the more than 200 detained participants in the riots at Makhachkala airport, 11 people are facing criminal charges
6 November 2023

Police officers continue to identify those involved in anti-Semitic riots at Makhachkala airport. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the North Caucasus Federal District, 201 citizens were detained for violating public order.

Better to go to prison than to his homeland / Mansur Movlaev asked the Kyrgyz court not to deport him to Russia
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Better to go to prison than to his homeland / Mansur Movlaev asked the Kyrgyz court not to deport him to Russia
5 November 2023

On October 31, Mansur Movlaev, who fled from Chechnya to Kyrgyzstan, said that he was being tortured in a Bishkek pretrial detention center. The statement was made in the courtroom, where his appeal against the verdict of deportation from the country was to be considered. The hearing was postponed, the message was sent to the National Center of Kyrgyzstan for the Prevention of Torture.

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"Extremists are in fashion now" / Former Chechen political prisoner removed from terrorist list
5 November 2023

On September 19, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of Russia removed former political prisoner, native of Chechnya Zara Murtazalieva, from its List of Terrorists and Extremists. In 2005, she was found guilty of preparing a terrorist attack in Moscow.

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Honorary "foreign agents" / Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov and Chechen political scientist and historian Mairbek Vachagaev are recognized as foreign agents
5 November 2023

On September 1, the Russian Ministry of Justice added journalists Dmitry Muratov and Mairbek Vachagaev to the list of "foreign agents." According to the authorities, they participated "in the creation and dissemination of messages and materials of foreign agents to an unlimited number of people," and these materials were aimed at "forming a negative attitude toward the foreign and domestic policies" of the country.

Degradation / What is happening to Russian society – from the UN report on human rights in Russia
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Degradation / What is happening to Russian society – from the UN report on human rights in Russia
5 November 2023

On September 15, the report of the Special Rapporteur of the UN Council on Human Rights in the Russian Federation was published. This position was established a year ago. The document contains a statement, confirmed by documentary evidence, that "the peaceful exercise of human rights, especially since the start of the full-scale armed attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine in February 2022", is suppressed by increasingly repressive methods.