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Aida Mirmaksumova

Aida is a journalist and human right activist from Makhachkala, Daghestan. With more than 15 years of experience as a journalist, she has worked with numerous Russian and international media organisations and won several awards for her work.

Women‘s Rights

Voice | ‘Just give me back my children’

Chechen tradition dictates that children of divorce belong to the man and his family. Jamilya shares her story of being separated from her children.

Russia’s presidential elections: a special report from Daghestan

Carousels, harassment of observers, and ballot box stuffing — OC Media’s correspondent in Daghestan was observing the elections.

Searches and detentions in Daghestan — ‘the Kremlin’s tactics of strengthening its power’

Voice from Makhachkala | ‘Mum, we are not in Turkey, but in Syria’

Amatulla Kurbanova recounts how her daughter eloped to Syria, returned home with a young daughter, and now remains in jail.

Christians in Daghestan are fighting against a new church in a Makhachkala park

Wives and children of Islamic State militants return home

Living with HIV in Daghestan

Interview | Chechens in Daghestan. ‘We must help people overcome the mistrust’

A victory for protestors in Nogay District highlights dysfunction and discontent in Daghestan

Chechen transgender woman: on being hunted, the persecutions in Chechnya, and life before Kadyrov