Daghestan
Daghestani blogger sentenced to eight years in prison over posts on Bucha and Mariupol
Blogger Arslan Mirzaev was found guilty of spreading false information about Russia’s Armed Forces as well as publicly justifying terrorism.
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Adygea
Former Adygean police officer sentenced to 2 years for attacking journalists
Murat Adzhigiriev had struck a camera operator inside a courthouse.
Georgia
DataFest Tbilisi cancels planned media participation after pro-government smear
Media booths from OC Media, Ifact, and Sinatle were pulled from the festival programme at the last minute.
Daghestan
Daghestani editor-in-chief detained on charges of large-scale fraud
Magomed Magomedov was accused of defrauding state news agency RIA Daghestan.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan charges exiled critics with ‘coup calls’
The Swiss Federal Ministry of Justice recently rejected an Azerbaijani request to extradite blogger Manaf Jalilzada.
Azerbaijan
A generation under pressure — the future of activism in Azerbaijan
Despite the risks, a new generation of activists are continuing to raise their voices, from advocating for peace to protecting women’s rights.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Opinion | How Georgian Dream is criminalising human rights
The regime’s goal is to place those who dare to expose the regime’s cases of human rights violations in a constant state of uncertainty.
