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July 16, 2022 04:28

• Ingushetia: forced migrants ask not to evict them out of their barrack

  Authorities of the city of Nazran are trying to use the court to evict tenants from a barrack and build a multi-storey building in its place, the tenants have complained.

July 16, 2022 04:25

• Oppositionist Alizamin Salaev’s son alarmed by condition of his father

  Warders from an IVS (detention facility) did not let a son of oppositionist Alizamin Salaev, who is on hunger strike, to visit his father or talk to him via a phone. The law enforcement bodies are biased towards Alizamin Salaev, advocate Namizad Safarov believes.

July 16, 2022 04:22

• Armenian Ombudsperson demands to investigate death of film producer Grigoryan

  Film producer Armen Grigoryan, accused of inciting ethnic hatred, died during a court hearing. Armen Grigoryan was kept under arrest despite health problems, the opposition noted. The Ombudsperson demanded an investigation into his death.

July 16, 2022 04:02

• Death toll among natives of Southern Russia in Ukraine exceeds 500

  Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 504 perished fighters from the southern regions of Russia, including 342 natives of Northern Caucasus and 162 residents of the Southern Federal District, has been officially confirmed.

July 15, 2022 22:00

• Defence complains about ban on visits to Chechen gay Salekh Magamadov

  Advocate Alexei Nemov was denied a visit to Salekh Magamadov, a convicted native of Chechnya, and informed that the convict was allegedly not in prison. Alexei Nemov filed a complaint about the non-admission to the client.

July 15, 2022 15:09

• Two residents of Ingushetia fined for discrediting army

  The court in Magas has found Musa Abadiev and Sabina Tsurova, local residents, guilty of discrediting Russian militaries. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.

July 15, 2022 14:48

• Advocate states health deterioration of ex-diplomat Eldar Gasanov

  The health condition of Eldar Gasanov, a former Azerbaijani ambassador to Serbia, has deteriorated in custody; he fails to receive the due efficient medical care, his advocate has informed.

July 15, 2022 14:40

• KBR resident convicted of attempting to recruit countrymen to radical groups

  The Prokhladny District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has found Z. Ataev, a district resident, guilty under the case of public calls for extremism. He was sentenced to one year and five months of conditional imprisonment.

July 15, 2022 14:32

• Chechen authorities' reports on price cuts spark scepticism among social network users

  In June, the minimum set of foodstuffs and medicines became somewhat cheaper, the "Chechenstat" (the republic's statistics committee) has reported. However, Instagram* users have shared their observations that prices for most food products and medicines have gone up or remained at the same level.

July 15, 2022 14:23

• Azerbaijani blogger Abid Gafarov sentenced to one year in prison

  A court in Baku has sentenced Abid Gafarov to one year in prison, finding him guilty of slander and insult. His defence announced Gafarov's unlawful prosecution.

July 15, 2022 13:29

• Journalists criticize idea to close the trade union of media workers

  The version of the prosecutor's office that the work of the Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers violates people's rights is illogical; and the demand to close the union for individual violations looks like an attempt to deprive journalists of the support of their professional community, they assert.

July 15, 2022 13:25

• Two drivers blown up by mines in Azerbaijan

  In the Khodjavend and Djebrail Districts of Azerbaijan, mine explosions have wounded two drivers; one of them is in grave condition.

July 14, 2022 23:57

• Two natives of North Ossetia perish in Ukraine

  Valery Kalaev from the Prigorodny District and Mavlyud Rustamov from the Mozdok District perished in Ukraine, the regional authorities report today.

July 14, 2022 23:54

• Oppositionist Alizamin Salaev goes on hunger strike

  Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been on a hunger strike since July 7. Today, he has refused water in protest against his arrest on the charge of failure to obey the police.

July 14, 2022 23:50

• Protection of colleagues mentioned among reasons for closure of journalists’ trade union

  Campaigns in support of journalists, discreditation of the army, violations of the statute and non-payment of membership fees became the reasons for the demand to liquidate the “Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers”, created in connection with the attack on human rights defenders and journalists in Ingushetia.

July 14, 2022 23:45

• Armenian soldier perishes in combat position

  Today, a body of a 19-year-old conscript soldier with a gunshot wound to the head has been found at a combat position of a military unit in Armenia.

July 14, 2022 17:04

• Lawyers doubt law enforcers' punishment after detention of journalists in Makhachkala

  The Dagestani journalists, Magomed Magomedov and Murad Muradov*, have filed an application to the Investigating Committee demanding to punish the law enforcers who detained them on July 11 at a picket in support of their arrested colleague, Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

July 14, 2022 16:46

• Armenia: IDPs from Gadrut demand refugee status

  Several dozen internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Gadrut held a protest in Yerevan, at which they demanded from the Armenian authorities to grant them the refugee status and recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

July 14, 2022 15:25

• Armenia responds to Azeri accusations

  The information of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) that Armenian militaries had opened fire on the border is not true, the Armenian MoD has stated.

July 14, 2022 15:22

• Dagestani gay complains about torture in rehab

  Magomed Askhabov, a resident of Dagestan, has stated that he left Russia after escaping from his relatives, who sent him to be "treated" from homosexuality at a centre for drug addicts. He said that torture was used in the rehab (the centre).