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17 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Chechnya: Residents forced to partake in unpaid cleanup activities ("subotniks") despite risk of Covid-19 infection
Residents of Chechnya complain about forced subbotniks despite coronavirus threat (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026578
17 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Adygeya: Sayedshokh Ubaidov sentenced to 6 years in prison for recruitment activities for the Islamic State (IS) group, despite witnesses testifying otherwise
Defence of resident of Adygea criticize verdict in the case of recruitment to IS (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026579
17 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Dagestan: Woman returning from Syria with her 2 children arrested on suspicion of links to insurgents
Dagestani woman detained after returning from Syria (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026582
16 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation

Overview of events in the Caucasus between 9 and 15 March 2020
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 9-15, 2020 (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026557
16 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Chechnya: According to journalist Elena Milashina, an investigation into the physical attack against her and lawyer Marina Dubrovina was only launched after her personal complaint
Milashina complains about red tape in inquiry into beating in Grozny (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026569
16 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Ingushetia: Zurab Tsechoev, former head of the NGO Mashr, insists on compensation for being tortured by law enforcement; he is represented at the European Court of Human Rights by lawyers of the Human Rights Centre Memorial
Ingush activist demands compensation for torture at ECtHR (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026570
16 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Dagestan: Visitor of the Tangim mosque in Makhachkala, whose whereabouts had been unknown after being taken away by police on 11 March 2020, found in pre-trial detention; he is accused of financing terrorism
Disappeared resident of Kaspiysk found in SIZO (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026575
16 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

No victims of armed conflict in the Northern Caucasus reported for the period from 9 to 15 March 2020
On March 9-15, 2020, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026580
14 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Chechnya: Prosecution calls for 8 years of detention for man accused of justifying terrorism; according to mother of the accused, her son's confession was extracted under torture
Prosecution demands eight years in jail for resident of Chechnya who complained of torture (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026566
12 March 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Dagestan: Court extends pre-trial detention against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the newspaper Chernovik who is accused of financing terrorism
Court extends arrest of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev (Media Report, English)
en ID 2026562

Chechnya: Residents forced to partake in unpaid cleanup activities ("subotniks") despite risk of Covid-19 infection

Adygeya: Sayedshokh Ubaidov sentenced to 6 years in prison for recruitment activities for the Islamic State (IS) group, despite witnesses testifying otherwise

Dagestan: Woman returning from Syria with her 2 children arrested on suspicion of links to insurgents

Overview of events in the Caucasus between 9 and 15 March 2020

Chechnya: According to journalist Elena Milashina, an investigation into the physical attack against her and lawyer Marina Dubrovina was only launched after her personal complaint

Ingushetia: Zurab Tsechoev, former head of the NGO Mashr, insists on compensation for being tortured by law enforcement; he is represented at the European Court of Human Rights by lawyers of the Human Rights Centre Memorial

Dagestan: Visitor of the Tangim mosque in Makhachkala, whose whereabouts had been unknown after being taken away by police on 11 March 2020, found in pre-trial detention; he is accused of financing terrorism

No victims of armed conflict in the Northern Caucasus reported for the period from 9 to 15 March 2020

Chechnya: Prosecution calls for 8 years of detention for man accused of justifying terrorism; according to mother of the accused, her son's confession was extracted under torture

Dagestan: Court extends pre-trial detention against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the newspaper Chernovik who is accused of financing terrorism