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August 25, 2022 23:04

• In Azerbaijan, raised prices of bread hit budget of villagers

  An increase in the cost of bread forced residents of Azerbaijani villages to reconsider their expenses. The increase in the prices of flour and bread affected the socially unprotected groups of the population, economists confirmed.

August 25, 2022 14:49

• Rights defenders comment on reports about Chechen Tepsurkaev's murder

  Salman Tepsurkaev's death was predefined after he read verses that insulted the mother of an influential republic's person, Ruslan Kutaev believes.

August 25, 2022 14:28

• Twenty families from Akhavno and Berdzor accommodated in Syunik Region

  Most of the residents of the dwelling settlements of the Lachin Corridor, who were ordered to leave their houses before August 25, decided to settle in the Syunik Region of Armenia; 20 families have already been settled there, local authorities have informed.

August 25, 2022 14:25

• Rights defender Kalyapin hospitalized after beating

  Igor Kalyapin, the founder of the "Committee against Torture"* (CaT) was taken to the hospital with a suspected concussion after being beaten up.

August 25, 2022 14:19

• After border violation, US citizen expelled from South Ossetia

  South-Ossetian law enforcers have handed Frank Yanez, a US citizen, who was detained for violating the border, over to Georgia.

August 25, 2022 02:13

• Social network users demand apology for tourist's dance in dress at entrance to Grozny

  The video showing a man in a pink dress dancing at the entrance to Grozny has outraged network users. Some commentators on the Instagram* insist that he should apologize for his behaviour; others indicated that tourists should be explained the rules of behaviour in Chechnya.

August 25, 2022 02:04

• Defence points to inconsistencies in case of activist Magsud Aliev

  The protocol on disobeying a policeman drawn up against Magsud Aliev, an Azerbaijani activist, contains no proofs of his guilt, his advocate asserts.

August 24, 2022 23:43

• Dagestani native Shamil Bekbolatov complains about being beaten by law enforcers

  Shamil Bekbolatov, a father with many children from the Kayakent District, complained that law enforcers were beating him during his detention, including beating him on his head with a stone, and that as a result he ended up in a hospital.

August 24, 2022 22:37

• Azerbaijani activist Ragimova charged with slander

  In Baku, a court has begun considering a complaint filed by a policeman, who considered a post left on a social media outlet by Gyulnara Ragimova, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to be slander and an insult.

August 24, 2022 22:31

• A rally demanding registration of “Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare” Party held in Baku

  Members of the “Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity” Party have held a picket in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Azerbaijan because of its third refusal to register the opposition organization. The protestors believe the grounds for refusal in registration are untenable.

August 24, 2022 22:28

• Complaint of Chechen villagers to Kadyrov reminds of practice of public apologies

  Residents of the village of Gikalo asked the leader of Chechnya to help connect to the gas pipeline and electricity networks. According to the villagers, their appeals to local officials do not bring any results. Instagram* users suggested that the appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov could be followed by an apology from the villagers.

August 24, 2022 15:37

• Rights defenders achieve recognition of red tape in Aram Gambaryan's torture case

  In his answer to the complaint lodged by the "Team against Torture"*, the head of the Krasnodar Territorial Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has admitted that the preliminary inquiry into the torture case of Aram Gambaryan was suspended unreasonably.

August 24, 2022 15:27

• Associates of Chechen Tepsurkaev report details of his death

  Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, was killed in September 2020 and buried in an unmarked grave because his relatives were told to "bury him like a dog," a Chechen Telegram channel asserts.

August 24, 2022 15:23

• Woman from Stavropol Territory accused of discrediting militaries

  A court in the Stavropol Territory has received the case against Svetlana Zaitseva, a local resident, accused of discrediting the Russian Army.

August 24, 2022 14:34

• Activist from Volzhsky achieves better conditions at SIZO

  Vyacheslav Koshelev, an activist, has held a three-day dry hunger strike, demanding better custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is awaiting a decision on his appeal.

August 24, 2022 14:28

• Rights defenders compare timing of disclosure murders of Dugina and Politkovskaya

  Amid the FSB's report on the rapid disclosure of the murder of Darya Dugina, human rights defenders have recalled the still unsolved murders of Anna Politkovskaya, Natalia Estemirova and Boris Nemtsov.

August 24, 2022 00:41

• Lawyer of “Team Against Torture”* reports about death of Salman Tepsurkaev

  Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, could not be helped, and it is known for sure about his death, Olga Sadovskaya, a lawyer of the “Team Against Torture”*, says.

August 24, 2022 00:32

• Russian analysts explain accelerated transfer of villages of Lachin Corridor to Azerbaijan

  The 2020 agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh does not define the territorial affiliation of the Lachin Corridor and its borders, which allowed each side to interpret the agreements in its own way.

August 23, 2022 22:52

• Activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev renounces Azerbaijani citizenship

  Activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev sent an appeal to the President of Azerbaijan to renounce the citizenship of the country. The activist has explained his decision by receiving threats from the local law enforcement bodies.

August 23, 2022 22:49

• Advocate Gerasimov calls on Kadyrov to intervene in conflict with natives of Chechnya

  An investigation has been launched into a criminal case on causing minor bodily harm against natives of Chechnya who beat Pavel Gerasimov.