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February

Imams from Novosibirsk turn to ECHR
Ilkhom Merazhov and Kamil Odilov have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.
Misuse of anti-extremism in January 2014
The following is our review of the primary and most representative events relating to misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislation in January 2014.
In Krasnoyarsk, new prosecutions for studying Nursi literature
In Krasnoyarsk on January 24th, 2014, Andrei Dedkov was detained on suspicion of organizing activities for the banned religious association “Nurdzhular”.
Procurator admits that torture used on church arson suspects in Tatarstan
On December 23, 2013, Tatarstan’s procurator admitted that torture had been used, after reviewing a complaint about Nizhnekamsk’s police activities from the wife of one the prisoners held on charge of setting fire to a church.