Svetova Abdullaeva Kalypin Nikitenko Chudnovets RBC Six detained Nemtsov memorial Buchenkov Oleg Navalny Police abuse Seven arrested Four sentenced One shot dead | Human rights defenders On 26/2 Ildar Dadin was released from prison in the Altai region days after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction. (RFE/RL, 26/2; Human Rights in Ukraine, 28/2) On 28/2 police searched the family home of journalist and activist Zoya Svetova. (RFE/RL, 1/3) On 28/2 police searched the Moscow apartment of activist Elena Abdullayeva. (The Moscow Times, 28/2) On 2/3 rights defender Igor Kalyapin appealed to the Grozny police chief to start disciplinary proceedings against officers who failed to investigate the attack on him. (Caucasian Knot, 2/3) On 2/3 in Krasnodar a court sentenced human rights defender Vladislav Nikitenko to 6 years in prison. (Caucasian Knot, 2/3) Freedom of expression On 27/2 reports said Evgenia Chudnovets, jailed for reposting a child-abuse video to raise awareness, has filed an application to the ECtHR. On 28/2 the Supreme Court ordered a lower court to review the case. (RAPSI, 27/2; RFE/RL, 28/2) On 1/3 an appeal court overturned a ruling media outlet RBC and several of its journalists should pay Rosneft libel damages. (RAPSI, 1/3) Right of assembly On 26/2 police detained six people at an event to commemorate slain politician Boris Nemtsov in Moscow. (RFE/RL, 27/2) On 2/3 Moscow authorities again removed an improvised memorial to Boris Nemtsov. (RFE/RL, 2/3) On 2/3 Moscow City Court replaced the detention of Dmitry Buchenkov, charged with participation in the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, with house arrest. (RFE/RL, 2/3) High profile cases On 27/2 a court in Orel region again denied parole for Oleg Navalny, brother of Aleksei Navalny. (RAPSI, 27/2) On 3/3 the RBC news site reported that Russia had refused to fulfil recommendations by the European Court on Human Rights on combating police abuse. (The Moscow Times, 3/3) Hizb ut-Tahrir On 1/3 reports said seven people had been arrested in Bashkiria on suspicion of recruiting members to the banned organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. (RAPSI, 1/3) On 3/3 a court in Khanty-Mansi region gave suspended sentences to four people who joined the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir. (RAPSI, 3/3) North Caucasus On 27/3 authorities said a local resident in the Dagestani village of Karamakhi who opened automatic fire on law enforcers was shot dead. (Caucasian Knot, 28/2) |
