Photo: Caucasian Knot
Officials at a detention centre in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have denied access to lawyers to three activists detained after March protests in Magas. The activists from the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia were fighting against a land deal between Ingushetia and Chechnya. [Read more…]
People in Moscow holding posters saying ‘Freedom to Zarifa’ and ‘Freedom to political prisoners in Ingushetia’. Photo: RFE/RL North Caucasus Service.
An online protest is demanding the release of Zarifa Sautiyeva, an activist against Ingushetia’s controversial land deal with Chechnya. Thousands of people from all over Russia have uploaded videos calling for her release. [Read more…]
Ingushetia’s capital of Magas (Photo: Dominik K. Cagara / OC Media)
An activist against Ingushetia’s controversial land deal with Chechnya and a local journalist have been detained. According to his lawyer, journalist Rashid Maysigov, who is accused of drug possession and treason, is being tortured by the authorities.
