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May 04, 2022 16:33

• Activists block bridge in central Yerevan

  Law enforcers have begun detaining opposition supporters who blocked the Kyiv Bridge located in central Yerevan.

May 04, 2022 16:30

• Krasnodar resident fails in challenging the imposed fine for discrediting Russian Army

  After his participation in an action against a special operation in Ukraine, a Krasnodar court has upheld the fine imposed on Denis Dolgushin, a resident of Krasnodar, for his alleged discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

May 04, 2022 16:14

• Rights defender Elchin Mamed goes on hunger strike in Azerbaijani prison

  Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani human rights defender and a journalist has refused to eat while demanding his release from jail. Mr Mamed, who is suffering from serious illnesses, has decided to go on a hunger strike because he has despaired of gaining freedom, human rights defenders have noted.

May 04, 2022 16:07

• Georgian doctors ask USA to help releasing Saakashvili

  In Tbilisi, protesters demand a meeting with the US ambassador aiming to tell him about the state of health of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, and ask for help in setting Saakashvili free. His health condition has worsened, an oppositional MP has informed.

May 04, 2022 16:00

• Khramort villagers treat it premature to return home from evacuation

  In recent days, the situation on the contact line near the village of Khramort has been calm; several families have returned to the village, but agrarian works can't be performed, the administration of the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

May 04, 2022 15:58

• Analysts assess Azerbaijan's place in RWB's press freedom index

  Despite its progress from the 167th to 154th place in the World Press Freedom Index, Azerbaijan remains among the countries with a non-free press.

May 04, 2022 15:34

• Yerevan: oppositional rally invites Armenian citizens to join protests

  An oppositional rally held in France Square in Yerevan gathered up to 7000 people, the police have informed. After Nikol Pashinyan's resignation, an interim government will be formed, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, an oppositional MP, has stated.

May 03, 2022 23:03

• “Vazhnye Istorii”* reports about elite real estate of Kadyrov’s associates in Dubai

  According to a journalistic investigation conducted by the “Vazhnye Istorii” (Important Stories)*, associates of Ramzan Kadyrov own apartments and villas in Dubai worth from hundreds of thousands to several million US dollars.

May 03, 2022 22:54

• Number of oppositionists detained in Armenia increases to 237

  In Yerevan, 209 activists were detained for failure to obey the police, and 28 more people were taken to police stations in the regions of Armenia, the Armenia police reported.

May 03, 2022 22:50

• Azerbaijani activist claims to have been beaten by police

  Djalil Zabidov, an activist of the “Democracy-1918” movement, was detained, and the police used physical methods of influence, demanding from him to stop criticism of the authorities, the activist himself said. The police announced that Djalil Zabidov tried to disrupt an exam.

May 03, 2022 20:31

• Armenian police confirm detention of 169 activists at protests

  Today, 155 protesters have been detained in Yerevan for failure to obey the police, and 14 more activists have been detained in the Gegarkunik and Ararat Regions.

May 03, 2022 18:12

• Friends raise money to pay for Insa Lander's housing

  There were no grounds to extend the house arrest for the blogger, Insa Lander, from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Dmitry Zakhvatov, an advocate, has stated. Insa's friends have opened a fundraiser to pay for her rented housing.

May 03, 2022 18:07

• Kadyrov credits himself with Delimkhanov's award

  By congratulating Adam Delimkhanov, a Russsian State Duma MP from Chechnya, on being awarded the title of Hero of Russia after his return from Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has emphasized his and Chechen authorities' loyalty to the Kremlin, analysts believe.

May 03, 2022 17:56

• Seventy persons detained at Yerevan protests

  During the disobedience actions staged by the Armenian opposition in Yerevan, law enforcers detained 70 people. All the detainees are charged with disobedience to the police.

May 03, 2022 17:50

• Opposition resumes disobedience actions in Yerevan

  Oppositionists have blocked several streets in Yerevan demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. In order to unblock the traffic, law enforcers began detaining protesters.

May 03, 2022 17:43

• PACE deputies urge to protect journalists' and rights defenders' rights in Azerbaijan

  The deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have expressed their concern about the growing level of violence in Azerbaijan and threats against journalists.

May 03, 2022 17:28

• Armenian opposition calls on its supporters to paralyze all the country's traffic

  In Yerevan, protesters held a march demanding the resignation of the Armenian government headed by Nikol Pashinyan. They called on supporters to paralyze on May 3 the traffic throughout the country.

May 03, 2022 12:34

• Chechen Djumaev transferred to colony where Navalny* is kept

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to five years for using violence against law enforcers, has been transferred to Correctional Colony No. 2 in the city of Pokrov, Vladimir Region, where Alexei Navalny* is serving his sentence.

May 03, 2022 12:14

• Contract soldier from Bataysk posthumously awarded Order of Courage

  Soldier Maxim Grigoriev from Bataysk perished in Ukraine, and his relatives were handed over the Order of Courage. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, it has been reported about the deaths of at least 10 natives of the Rostov Region.

May 03, 2022 12:03

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold solo pickets in Makhachkala

  Dagestani journalists held three solo pickets in Makhachkala with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev. The picketers advocated the release of political prisoners.