Oyub Titiyev

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Chechen rights activist Titiyev granted parole

by OC Media

•4 min read

A court in the Russian Republic of Chechnya has granted parole to Oyub Titiyev, the head of the Chechen branch of Russian rights group Memorial. Chechnya’s Shali District Court made the decision on 10 June, meaning if prosecutors do not appeal he could be released on 20 June. Titiyev was sentenced to four years in a penal colony for illegal possession of drugs on 18 March by the Shali District Court of Chechnya. [Read more on OC Media: Chechnya sentences rights activist Oyub Titiyev to

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Editorial | I/We are Golunov, and Geriyev, and Kochesoko…

by OC Media

•2 min read

The arrest of Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov mirrors the treatment of government critics in the North Caucasus. The persecution of journalists and government critics in Russia must end — including those under pressure in the North Caucasus. Moscow-based journalist Ivan Golunov was arrested on 6 June with what police say was five bundles of illegal drugs. Golunov is a journalist at Meduza, an online newspaper that has not shied away from shining a light on misdeeds by the Russian government. Me

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Silence in the courtroom: how one of Chechnya’s last human rights defenders was convicted on drug charges

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•7 min read

On 18 March, Chechen human rights defender Oyub Titiyev was sentenced to four years in prison on trumped-up drug charges. He is only the latest victim in Russia’s repressions against civil society in the North Caucasus. ‘Let justice reign!’ reads the banner hanging over the compound of the court house in Shali, Chechnya. The slogan is accompanied by a strict-looking Akhmat Kadyrov, the North Caucasus republic’s former leader. Next to the courthouse, there’s a new business centre (‘Shali-

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Chechnya sentences rights activist Oyub Titiyev to four years in prison

by OC Media

•4 min read

A prominent rights activist in the Russian Republic of Chechnya has been sentenced to four years in prison on drug charges. On Monday, Chechnya’s Shali District Court convicted Oyub Titiyev, the head of the Grozny branch of Russia’s Memorial Human Rights Centre of the ‘unlawful acquisition and storage of a large quantity’ of illegal drugs. ‘They fabricated the case for five months, the following eight months — was a verdict’, Titiyev told journalists from behind the bars in the courtroom

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Trial begins of Chechen rights activist Oyub Titiyev

by OC Media

•3 min read

The trial of human rights activist Oyub Titiyev, who heads the Chechen branch of Russian rights group Memorial, kicked off on 18 July in Chechnya’s Shali District Court. Titiyev, who has been in custody since January, is charged with possession of large quantities of cannabis; Titiyev and his defence team reject the accusation, claiming the drugs were planted on him and that the case is politically motivated. Since his arrest in January, Titiyev’s detention has been repeatedly prolonged

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No justice for Chechen Memorial head — again

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

Last week, Grozny’s Staropromyslovsky District Court rejected an appeal from Oyub Titiyev’s lawyer, Pyotr Zaikin, to have his case transferred to another region of the North Caucasus. Titiyev, the head of Russian rights group Memorial’s Chechen branch, is the latest government critic to be prosecuted on drug charges in the republic. Zaikin says the drugs were planted by police and insists Titiyev will not receive a fair trial in Chechnya, he also accused the Russian Investigative Committee of

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Chechen rights group head Oyub Titiyev’s pre-trial custody extended

by OC Media

•2 min read

Oyub Titiyev, the head of Russian rights group Memorial in Chechnya who was arrested in January on drug charges, is to remain in pre-trial detention. On Wednesday, Grozny’s Staropromyslovsky District Court extended his detention until 9 June, Kavkaz.Realii reported. The defence argued during the hearing that Titiyev would not hide from the investigation, but his appeal was rejected by the judge. An appeal to release him at least to house arrest was also turned down. Caucasian Knot repo