Lawyer charged with ‘public insult’ in Dagestan after alleging beating by police
A human rights lawyer from Russia is facing criminal charges for ’public insult of state officials while on duty’ after alleging she was beaten by police. Sapiyat Magomedova, a criminal and human rights lawyer who works at Omarov & Partners in Dagestan, was visiting a client at Khasavyurt Police Station on 17 June when, she alleges, she was denied access to […]