Azerbaijan
Death of police officer sparks conversation on police violence in Azerbaijan
Jabir Imanov, who died aged 49, was a police officer during the 2003 protests that brought Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to power.
Human Rights
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Karachay–Cherkessia
Cherkessk resident fined for posting a rainbow picture on social media
A court found Anastasia Melnikova guilty of displaying the symbols of an ‘extremist organisation’.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan bans the family of detained journalist from attending award ceremony in France
Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli’s wife, Rubaba Guliyeva, was unable to attend the Václav Havel award ceremony due to a travel ban.
Azerbaijan
Abzas Media journalists transferred over 250 kilometres from Baku
The three women journalists — Sevinj Abbasova, Elnara Gasimova, and Nargiz Absalamova — were not notified of the transfer beforehand.
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani activist held as a ‘foreign terrorist fighter’ in a Turkish deportation centre
Nana Babazade faces deportation to Azerbaijan, where she says her life could be in danger.
Kabarda–Balkaria
Russian authorities open criminal case against Circassian journalist Larisa Tuptsokova
The journalist and activist can only speculate about what exactly triggered the case.
Chechnya
Chechen human rights defender Aslan Artsuev placed on Russian wanted list
Aslan Artsuev is the director of the EU-based Human Rights Centre — Ichkeria.
