Armenian human rights activists are happy with their meeting with Thomas Hammarberg

April 09, 2025 22:17

• Detained Tbilisi protesters complain about law enforcers’ actions

  Two of the three young people have stated the use of excessive force and insults during their detention at the action held near the Georgian Parliament; one of them has marks from a blow in his face. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained the detention by the fact that the activists refused to clear the road in response to the police demand.

April 09, 2025 21:46

• Kadyrov: attack in Achkhoi-Martan organized by Ukrainian citizen

  The person killed in the attack on the road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint in Achkhoi-Martan was directed from abroad, and the main leader is a citizen of Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov claims. 

April 08, 2025 23:17

• In Sochi, victim of violence outraged, as accused man sent to SMO

  Ksenia Dushanova lost her eye after being beaten by her former common-law husband and underwent several surgeries. The man was detained on the charge of attempted murder, but investigators let him sign a military contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence and go to the special military operation zone.

April 08, 2025 23:16

• Azerbaijan: inmates react with hunger strike to believer’s detention

  In Azerbaijan, 18 prisoners are holding a hunger strike in protest against the detention of Khayalya Gurbanova, a believer from the village of Mashtaga, who was pressured by the police. The hunger strikers are demanding apologies from policemen, while the Azeri Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) denies Gurbanova's detention.

April 08, 2025 22:39

• Policeman wounded in attack on DPS post in Chechnya dies

  The policeman who was wounded in an attack on the road-and-patrol police (known as DPS) post located in Achkhoi-Martan has died. According to sources, the attack on DPS inspectors with a knife was committed by a minor.