Sapiyat Magomedova

On 17 June 2010, Magomedova was physically assaulted by four police officers inside a police station in Khasavyurt, where she was representing a client who had been violently detained earlier that day. Magomedova reported falling unconscious as a result of the assault and requiring medical treatment in Makhachkala, where a forensic medical expert declined to examine her.[4] Magomedova was critical of the police's investigation of the assault, citing that no arrests had been made despite her publicly naming the officers involved. One named officer subsequently filed a criminal case against Magomedova, claiming she had publicly insulted him, as well as alleging that she had assaulted the officers. Magomedova was subsequently placed under a travel restriction order.[6][7] In October 2010, Magomedova filed a counter case questioning the legality of the restriction order, which was subsequently lifted.[6]

The criminal case against Magomedova and the officers was closed on 28 December 2011, although Magomedova was not informed until 14 March 2012. She subsequently launched an appeal against the prosecutor's decision not to charge the officers. The International Federation of Human Rights, while agreeing with the charges against Magomedova being dropped, urged the Russian and Dagestani governments to charge reverse the decision not to charge the police officers with assault.[4]

In April 2021, following a court hearing for a client who was alleged to have been tortured by security forces, Magomedova locked herself and her client in a car to prevent him being questioned by officers outside of the court. Magomedova reported that security forces hit her when she left the vehicle and deleted footage of the incident from her phone.[8]