abdusalam ramazanov
Russian human rights lawyer briefly detained by security forces
On 30 January, human rights lawyer Yelena Denisenko was detained at the Gerzelsky checkpoint between Daghestan and Chechnya. Law enforcement officials confiscated the human rights defender’s passport and didn’t return it for about 40 minutes. Denisenko was travelling by bus from Makhachkala to Krasnodar. This is not the first time the human rights defender was detained at the Gerzelsky checkpoint. Denisenko connects these repeated detentions with her professional activities. ‘This time, t
