Karachay-Cherkessia
Restrictions on a Cherkessk resident, Albert Batchaev, were reduced from jail to house arrest. Albert was previously released in February, but the court returned him to prison after 11 days of confinement at home
6 April 2020
On February 17, the court returned Cherkessk resident Albert Batchaev to the pre-trial detention center, canceling the house arrest. He had been confined to his home since February 6, 2020
18 February 2020
A court in Karachay-Cherkessia released Albert Batchaev to house arrest. He spent almost two months in custody, mainly in the pre-trial detention center of Cherkessk
7 February 2020
In Karachayevsk: For his faith, a former criminal investigator was sent to a pre-trial detention center. Read the biography of Albert Batchaev
8 January 2020
In Cherkessk, Albert Batchaev was sent to the pre-trial detention center for almost two months. This was unsettling to about 25 of his friends who came to court to support him
24 December 2019
Raids on Witnesses in the Capital of Karachay-Cherkessia. The 43-Year-Old Christian Shepherd Is Kept in the FSB for the Second Day
On December 16, 2019, in the city of Cherkessk, the FSB conducted at least nine searches in the homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses. A criminal case has been instituted against Albert Batchaev under Art. 282.2 (1) of the Criminal Code for organizing “the performance of songs from a special collection of religious teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and prayers to Jehovah God” and similar actions.
17 December 2019