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Oyub won the award for «Human Rights and the Rule of Law» at a ceremony in Moscow.

Memorial Human Rights Centre has already recognised as political prisoners two of three defendants in the case of alleged attempts to organise civil unrest in Rostov-on-Don: Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov.

On November 26 and 27 the 24th and 25th days of proceedings on the case of Oyub Titiyev were held in the Shali City Court.

During the hearing, Mr. Titiyev talked in detail about how he was detained twice. First, officers in uniform with the «RRU» stripes, then police officers, forced a confession of drug possession, as he met Baskhanov, a witness in the case, several days before his arrest. He also spoke on the threats and surveillance of Oyub Titiyev and Memorial Human Rights Center that occurred during the investigation of the alleged extrajudicial execution of 27 residents of Chechnya.

His name has been added to the official register of extremists and terrorists held by the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), which in practice deprives him of access to his bank accounts.

During the trial, Mr. Titiyev talked about his human rights work in Chechnya, about the threats and hostile actions received by him, about the security measures taken.

The number of Jehovah’s Witnesses now prosecuted for their faith has reached 62.

On October 15 and 16, the Shalinsky City Court continued to question defense witnesses.

On 30 October, the Day of remembrance of the victims of political repressions, the Memorial Human Rights Centre publishes its traditional lists of political prisoners in modern Russia.

The Judge Closed Hearings on Oyub Titiev to the Public and the Press. 

Recently two lawyers, in different parts of Russia, who have been working on politically motivated criminal investigations, have themselves been subjected to unlawful pressure from law enforcement officials — pressure that has little to do with the principles of the law.

The court then proceeded to question defense witnesses.

The prosecution’s witness is a drug user.

We call for his immediate release.

We demand that Roman Ternovsky be released.

We demand their immediate release.

Memorial Human Rights Centre considers residents of Crimea Enver Mamutov, Rustem Abiltarov, Zevri Abseitov, and Remzi Memetov political prisoners.

Memorial considers Aidar Galeev and Ilgiz Shakurov to be political prisoners and demands their release.

During the trial on September 6, 2018, two witnesses were questioned. Both positively characterized Oyub Titiev.

We call for his immediate release.