Azerbaijan
International labour movement launches campaign to free detained labour activists in Azerbaijan
An international labour rights group has launched a campaign demanding the release of four labour rights activists in Azerbaijan.
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Popular Front Party member sentenced to five years in prison
Mehman Aliyev accused the police of planting drugs on him, and announced that he would begin a hunger strike.
North Ossetia–Alania
Probe into police beating of North Ossetian man suspended after officer goes to fight in Ukraine
Moscow Police officer Aleksandr Matyukhin allegedly insulted the man with ethnic slurs before breaking his jaw.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan State Security Service kidnaps Russian citizen of Talysh origin
Zahiraddin Ibrahimov, a Talysh historian, disappeared in Russia and was found several days later in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan
Aliyev announces that Azerbaijan will no longer consider ECHR decisions valid
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev cited the inability for Azerbaijan to elect judges to the court as the reason for the decision.
Chechnya
Father of teen who attacked police post in Chechnya abducted in Moscow and taken to Chechnya
According to unverified reports, the father had his arms, legs, and ribs broken.
Georgia
OSCE partners present Democracy Defenders Award to the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
The award was given to the GYLA for their efforts in protecting democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and due process for Georgians since 1994.
