Georgia
Conditions for Russian activist imprisoned in Georgia reportedly tightened amid health concerns
Anastasia Zinovkina was sentenced in September 2025 and is held in the Rustavi women’s prison.
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Reviews
Review | The Pear Field — a look at life in Tbilisi’s ‘school for idiots’
Nana Ekvitimishvili’s debut novel is a short, intense work that confronts society’s silence and ethical blind spots.
Chechnya
Chechnya again named the region with the lowest crime rate in Russia
Official statistics do not take into account reports by human rights groups of abductions, torture and extrajudicial killings
Daghestan
Daghestani activist sentenced in absentia for sharing ‘fake’ information about Russian army
The reason for the criminal prosecution were posts on Instagram about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine in the spring of 2022.
Azerbaijan’s Media Crackdown
‘Calm him down’: the culture of obstruction facing political prisoners like me in Azerbaijan
Detained Azerbaijani journalist Ulviyya Ali writes from prison about her experiences with the ‘culture of obstruction’ and lack of rights faced.
Armenia
Iranian demonstrators questioned in Armenia as Iran slams authorities for allowing protests to continue
The Iranians have been holding protests in Yerevan since last week.
Chechnya
Delimkhanov announces plans to ‘focus on’ traditions amongst Chechens outside Chechnya
At the same time, he refused requests from human rights defenders to intervene in the case of Seda Suleymanova, who was abducted by her relatives
