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May 17, 2022 23:10

• Verdict to Azerbaijani blogger Mamedli upheld

  The court of appeal did not grant the complaints against the sentence of Azerbaijani blogger Djamil Mamedli, who was convicted on the charge of defaming an official.

May 17, 2022 23:09

• Court allows relatives to visit Magamadov and Isaev

  With a court’s permission, relatives visited in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, who were convicted in Chechnya on the charge of providing assistance to a militant. The convicted brothers did not voice complaints about new torture, their advocate said.

May 17, 2022 23:01

• Putin's press secretary treats mutual criticism with Kadyrov as friendly

  The mutual criticism in the polemic with the head of Chechnya is friendly, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, has assured.

May 17, 2022 22:53

• Number of detainees in Yerevan reaches 286

  Other 131 activists have been detained at a protest held in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, bringing the total number of detainees up to 286, the police have informed. The opposition announced the end of street protests.

May 17, 2022 22:47

• Opposition resumes protests in Yerevan

  Supporters of the Armenian opposition have resumed their protests demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

May 17, 2022 13:21

• Makhachkala picketer demands to release journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  At his solo picket held in Makhachkala, Magomed Magomedov, a Dagestan journalist, demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev and stop his criminal prosecution. Most residents of Dagestan are aware of Gadjiev's prosecution and continue to be interested in his fate, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has pointed out.

May 17, 2022 13:17

• Activists disclose plans for Adygs' Commemoration Day

  Activists failed to receive sanction for holding a mourning march for the victims of the Caucasian War in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), but the rest of the planned events will take place.

May 17, 2022 12:41

• Case of Dagestani resident beaten up by law enforcers reaches the court

  In the village of Akhty, four law enforcers had beaten up a local resident in order to force him to confess to a theft, the prosecution asserts.

May 17, 2022 12:36

• Chechen emigrants in Turkey claim threat of their relatives' kidnappings

  After the video showing the beating of Beslan Edilov, a former police boss of the village of Gikalo, Chechen political emigrants in Turkey expect a new wave of kidnappings of their relatives.

May 17, 2022 12:32

• Rights defenders demand from Azerbaijani authorities to ensure freedom of expression

  Azeri authorities must ensure the inquiry into attacks on journalists and the freedom of expression in the country, the Norwegian "Human Rights House" Fund has stated.

May 17, 2022 12:20

• Human rights defenders assess risks of forced sending of Chechen residents to Ukraine

  Forced sending of public sector employees from Chechnya to Ukraine to participate in the special military operation is quite possible if the Kremlin demands, and those who refuse to go to Ukraine will risk being dismissed from work, human rights defenders suggest.

May 16, 2022 19:49

• Mayor of Frolovo in Volgograd Region confirms information about three compatriots perished in Ukraine

  Sergeant Vladimir Kerin, Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Davydov, and Private Mikhail Efremov perished in Ukraine, the Mayor of Frolovo reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 35 perished natives of the Volgograd Region has been officially confirmed.

May 16, 2022 19:41

• Number of activists detained in Yerevan reaches 91

  Law enforcers brought 91 protesters to police stations, the Armenian police reported. The police called on opposition supporters to stop their motor rallies and threatened to bring them to justice.

May 16, 2022 19:32

• Cancellation of march in Nalchik on Adygs' Memory Day outrages social network users

  Authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have denied the request of the initiative group to hold on May 21 a mourning march for victims of the Caucasian War, Valery Khatazhukov, a human rights defender, has stated.

May 16, 2022 19:28

• Dagestan: head of Tabasaran District reports military's death in Ukraine

  Corporal Kurban Urudjev from the village of Tinit has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 108 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

May 16, 2022 14:36

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 9-15, 2022

  Arrival of refugees in Southern Russia; deaths in Ukraine of military personnel from southern regions of Russia, and persecution of pacifists; celebration of the Victory Day in Southern Russia; announcement of Alan Gagloev as the winner of the presidential election in South Ossetia; protest actions in Armenia demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan; transfer of Mikhail Saakashvili to hospital, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 9-15, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 16, 2022 11:33

• Telegram users urge Kadyrov to reveal Chechen death toll in Ukraine

  Many volunteers have been sent from Chechnya to Ukraine, but the republic's authorities fail to disclose the number of those who perished in the special operation, the commentators to the Ramzan Kadyrov's another report about sending 600 volunteers to Ukraine have pointed out.

May 16, 2022 11:29

• Death toll of Georgian volunteers in Ukraine reaches eleven

  Rati Shurgaya, 38, became the 11th Georgian volunteer to perish in Ukraine since the start of the Russia's special operation.

May 16, 2022 11:21

• Armenian opposition calls on its supporters to scale up disobedience actions

  Opposition supporters held a march in Yerevan, calling on the townspeople to join them. Large-scale disobedience actions will lead to a pan-Armenian strike and ensure the success of the protest movement, Ishkhan Sagatelyan has stated, announcing the blocking of the metro.

May 16, 2022 11:16

• Azerbaijan and Georgia accused Eurovision organizers of replacing marks

  Representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia have stated that the organizers of the Eurovision song contest had changed the marks of their jury when vote tabulation.