On January 21 and 22, the Shali City Court continued to examine the case against the director of the Grozny office of the Memorial Human Rights Center, Oyub Titiyev, for drug possession.

The First Survey is entitled ‘Criminal prosecutions for terrorism in Russia and abuses by the state: how the system was created.’

He is likely to face inhuman treatment in his homeland.

Memorial considers Shakir Kozhamkulov, Islambek Kamchybekov, Uulu Kanybek Suiunduk, Bekzod Bakirov, Gazyek Kubatov, Akhmet Dzhumaev, Zufar Mustafin and Airat Usmanov to be political prisoners and demands their release.

On December 17 and 18 the Shali City Court continued proceedings on the case against the director of Memorial’s Grozny office, Oyub Titiyev.

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

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.

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.