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North Caucasus plus “demonization” of the entire country (UN Report on Human Rights in Russia)
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North Caucasus plus “demonization” of the entire country (UN Report on Human Rights in Russia)
4 November 2022

On November 3, the UN Human Rights Committee published a report on the situation in Russia, among others, noting the most significant cases of human rights violations in the North Caucasus. Among them are forced conscription to war, forceful suppression of anti-mobilization protests, abductions, torture, persecution of human rights activists and journalists, representatives of the LGBT community, “honor killings,” the practice of collective responsibility and female circumcision.

Human rights activists demand to stop the deportation of Chechen refugees from France
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Human rights activists demand to stop the deportation of Chechen refugees from France
1 November 2022

On November 1, the French human rights organizations Habitat-cité and Comité Tchétchénie sent an appeal to the UN, declaring the inadmissibility of the deportation of Chechen refugees from France.

The ECHR awarded compensation to a resident of Dagestan for torture and arrest
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The ECHR awarded compensation to a resident of Dagestan for torture and arrest
13 October 2022

On October 13, the European Court of Human Rights, having examined complaints from 11 Russians, recognized them as victims of torture by security forces and awarded compensation totaling 208,300 euros. One of the applicants is a resident of Dagestan, Sultankhan Ibragimov.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, two people were shot, allegedly preparing a terrorist attack on the railway
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In Kabardino-Balkaria, two people were shot, allegedly preparing a terrorist attack on the railway
1 October 2022

On October 1, near the railway bridge near the village of Soldatskaya in the Prokhladnensky district of Kabardino-Balkaria, police officers and members of the National Guard shot two men.

Witnesses gave conflicting testimony in the case of Zarema Musaeva
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Witnesses gave conflicting testimony in the case of Zarema Musaeva
29 September 2022

On September 29, a regular hearing in the case of Zarema Musaeva took place in the Grozny court. The witnesses questioned in court - witnesses who were allegedly present during her identification in the pre-trial detention center - gave contradictory testimony.

Chechen protest: “Enemies of the people”
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Chechen protest: “Enemies of the people”
21 September 2022

In the Caucasus, Chechen women were the first to come to the rally. Calls to go to the square appeared in messengers the day before. 

Activists of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars were sentenced to long prison terms
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Activists of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars were sentenced to long prison terms
21 September 2022

On September 21, the Supreme Court of Crimea in Simferopol sentenced the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, Nariman Dzhelyalov, and activists Asan and Aziz Akhtemov. They were sentenced to 17, 15 and 13 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony, respectively.