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In Saint Petersburg, police remove a banner with Estemirova’s portrait
The police removed a banner with portraits of murdered public figures, including Natalia Estemirova, posted in the Pushkar Garden of Saint Petersburg on the anniversary of the human rights defender’s murder.
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Human rights defender Orlov complains to ECtHR about threats from “Kadyrov killer”
According to a complaint sent to the European Court, the threats that Oleg Orlov, a member of the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, and his colleagues received in 2019, resulted from the Ramzan Kadyrov’s call to punish authors of gossips about Chechnya.
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"Dozhd" complains about threats to journalist for reports about Caucasus
The author of an anonymous message has threatened Anna Fimina, a reporter of the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel, with a repetition of Natalia Estemirova's fate, if she continues writing about family relations in Northern Caucasus.
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Azhgikhina's book reflects contribution of publications about Caucasus into journalism
Journalism remains a service to the society, insists Nadezhda Azhgikhina, whose collection "Honest Word" includes interviews with Russian and foreign journalists, including those who wrote about the Caucasus. The author spoke about a new genre invented by Elvira Goryukhina while travelling to hot spots.
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Audio version of Politkovskaya's article recalls her meeting with Kadyrov
On the anniversary of the murder of the journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, an audio version of her report was made public, saturated with psychologically hard scenes from her trip to Ramzan Kadyrov's residence in 2004, and from her interview, at the end of which she expected gunfire in her back.
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Estemirova's colleagues complain to ECtHR about detentions for memory action
The memory action held on the 10th anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova in Moscow was peaceful, but law enforcers detained its participants, while the court considered the case in the absence of the state prosecutor, says the complaint sent by Alexander Cherkasov and Svetlana Gannushkina, the chairman and a board member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", respectively, to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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Colleagues of Estemirova, killed 11 years ago, note enhanced atmosphere of fear in Chechnya
Over the 11 years, during which the murder of Natalia Estemirova remains unsolved, the flow of appeals from residents of Chechnya to human rights defenders has decreased significantly amid the deterioration of the situation with human rights violations, claim colleagues of the murdered journalist. They associated the above fact with strengthening of the atmosphere of fear in the Chechen Republic.
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Facebook users ridicule fashion show in Paris staged by Kadyrov’s daughter
Commentators in the French-speaking segment of the Facebook have treated the show of the clothing collection of the Chechen "Firdaus" fashion house as "dictatorship's luxury" and a "carnival." The daughter of the assassinated human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, has claimed the inadmissibility of such events in the country that shelters political refugees from Chechnya.
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Dispute on Hero of Russia title puts Sokurov on a par with Kadyrov's critics
Doubts voiced by film director Alexander Sokurov concerning whether Akhmat and Ramzan Kadyrov deserved the title of Hero of Russia provoked a harsh reaction from subordinates of the Chechen leader, and the film director entered the list of people who dared to criticize Ramzan Kadyrov directly.
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Court refuses to cancel Gannushkina's fine for a picket in memory of Estemirova
Today, the Moscow City Court has upheld a decision on a fine of 150,000 roubles, imposed on Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the "Civic Assistance Committee", for a protest action on the anniversary of the Natalia Estemirova's murder. Svetlana Gannushkina requested the court to completely acquit her in the administrative case.
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Fine imposed on head of HRC "Memorial" for picket in Estemirova's memory upheld
A Moscow court has refused to cancel the fine imposed on Alexander Cherkasov, a human rights defender, for the action held on the anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
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Dismantling memorial in Grozny highlights authorities' indifference to memory of deportation victims
For the second time in five years, the memorial complex of victims of deportation has been moved to a new place in Grozny; however, this fact caused no resonance in the society.
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Journalists beaten up in Ingushetia assess prospects of their complaints to ECtHR
The journalists and rights defenders, who suffered, when their minibus of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) was attacked in Ingushetia in 2016, have complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), indicating violations of five articles of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). However, the victims have no hope that their complaints to the ECtHR will contribute to the resumption of an effective investigation of their case in Russia.
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Head of "Memorial" fined for picket on anniversary of Estemirova's murder
Alexander Cherkasov, the board chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", detained in Moscow for a rally on the anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Grozny office of the HRC "Memorial", has been fined by 10,000 roubles.
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 15-21, 2019
Hunger strike of Ingush activists in Nalchik SIZO; ten years after murder of Natalia Estemirova; ECtHR's decision on "Rustavi-2" Georgian TV Company; completion of nomination of candidates for the presidency of Abkhazia; escalation of the conflict on Georgian-Azerbaijani border, – read about these events in the review of the main events in the Caucasus for the week of July 15-21, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Leila Gatagazheva transferred to house arrest
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