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Relatives of Chechen natives accused in the case on shooting in front of the “Wildberries” Company’s office in Moscow, as a result of which two natives of Ingushetia were killed, have claimed that those arrested are not guilty.

Authorities have only now acknowledged the blocking of the Telegram in Dagestan and Chechnya, although there has been no access to the messenger in these republics and in Ingushetia for several months, local residents have noted.

The twin brothers had signed a contract on the same day and served in the same detachment of the same military unit; they failed to show up for service from vacation without good reason during the mobilization period and were sentenced to five years in a penal colony each.

The court ruling to recognize a rights violation of Vitaly Silaev, a prisoner from Dagestan, at the Norilsk penal colony, has gone beyond the common judicial practice and instils hope that colony staff will take Muslim prisoners’ rights more seriously, human rights defenders believe.

Batrutdin Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Khasavyurt, is being kept in custody, although under the law, he must be released because of procedural violations. A defender of Batrutdin Abdurakhmanov has filed a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.

Advocate Mikhail Ramishvili has left Georgia and is going to seek political asylum abroad. The advocate accuses the Georgian authorities of persecution and attempting to put pressure on the entire legal community.

The participants of the women's march in Tbilisi have demanded to release political prisoners, including the journalist, Mziya Amaglobeli. They have joined the protesters at the Georgian Parliament.

Elena Patyaeva, a friend of Seda Suleimanova, who was taken to her relatives in Chechnya, has posted leaflets on the Kadyrov Bridge in Saint Petersburg.

A mourning rally was held in Nalchik, dated to the 81st anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Balkars. Its participants remembered their relatives who were deported.

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Azerbaijan to protect journalists from attacks, threats and harassment related to their professional work, having adopted a resolution "on a group of Khadidja Ismailova’s cases".

The activists, who used to annually organize feminist actions in Baku on March 8, have abandoned the traditional march. They have called on the authorities to release the arrested Abzas Media and Meydan TV journalists.

The verdict in the case against Derbent native Ulker Gashimova is disproportionate to the degree of public danger of her statements and has signs of political persecution, human rights defenders have pointed out. They request the court to reconsider the Ulker Gashimova’s case.

Residents of Chechnya who took part in gatherings to express their dissatisfaction with the shortage of water and gas supply may be punished because their discontent was expressed publicly. The residents face from apologies and dismissals to threat of being sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone. At the same time, the authorities of the republic may also punish local officials, analysts believe.

The law is poorly protecting women from domestic violence; and the only way to really help the victim and save her life is often only immediate removal from the aggressor, human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments on the beating of a woman with four children in a Dagestani village.

The proofs in the case of the oppositionists accused of involvement in violence at protest actions were gathered with violations; and the decision to hold the trial behind closed doors violates the standards of fair trial.

The court has found illegal the search of the home Ekaterina Kuznetsova, a lawyer, who figures in the case against her colleague Georgy Legkobitov, who was accused of slandering a law enforcer. Despite the ruling, policemen have not returned the confiscated belongings to Ekaterina.

The draft law “On the registration of foreign agents” and amendments to the Law “On Broadcasting” will deprive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media of the opportunity to continue their activities even under other organizational forms, analysts state.

Activist Lyudmila Borzilo from the Rostov Region was taken to a hospital by an investigator’s order.

International principles for the protection of prisoners’ rights were violated when Ruslan Nurushev was delivered to a court in Volgograd, claims lawyer Roman Melnichenko.

Azerbaijan is among the countries in Europe with the highest number of journalists kept in prison, with 30 at the end of 2024, reports the Council of Europe (CE) Platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists.