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February 23, 2022 14:32

• Colleagues associate murder of an Azerbaijani journalist with his activity in defence of LGBT rights

  Azerbaijani journalist Avaz Shikhmamedov, also known as Avaz Khafizli, was killed, and his cousin is suspected of the crime. Colleagues of the murdered journalist note that Avaz Shikhmamedov spoke out in defence of the rights of sexual minorities, which caused discontent in his family.

February 22, 2022 21:41

• Two Azerbaijani border guards wounded in a shootout

  Border guards were injured while detaining drug trafficking suspects near the border with Iran, the State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan reported.

February 22, 2022 21:36

• Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev sentenced to long terms of imprisonment

  In Chechnya, a court sentenced Salekh Magamadov to eight and Ismail Isaev to six years of imprisonment. The case against the brothers has been fabricated, and the defence will appeal against the verdict, says advocate Alexander Nemov.

February 22, 2022 21:29

• Eight Saakashvili’s supporters detained in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, participants of a protest action demanding the release of former president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili tried to block the road and get a meeting with the Prime Minister of Georgia. The police detained eight protesters for disobedience.

February 22, 2022 20:44

• Amid Russian troops' invasion into DPR and LPR, over 20,000 refugees arrive in Rostov Region

  During the past 24 hours, more than 20,000 residents of Donbass arrived in the Rostov Region, the border guards have informed. The refugees' inflow into Russia continued amid the recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) and the decision to send Russian troops to these regions.

February 22, 2022 20:38

• AI calls for release of Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev

  The belonging to the LGBTI community is not a crime; the suffering of the natives of Chechnya, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, must be stopped immediately, Marie Struthers, the director of the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

February 22, 2022 20:33

• Azerbaijani sappers report about found mines

  In the territories that passed under Azerbaijan's control after the 2020 autumn war, during the past week, sappers from the ANAMA (the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency) found more than 40 anti-personnel and anti-tank mines.

February 22, 2022 20:17

• Krasny Bazar residents tell details of living under shelling

  Residential buildings in the Karabakh village of Krasny Bazar continue to be shelled by Azerbaijani militaries despite the fact that the village has a peacemakers' base, local residents have complained. Shelling keeps people in constant fear; their livestock is stolen.

February 22, 2022 17:59

• Rights defenders count 126 political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  The Union "For Freedom of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners" has included 126 people into the list of activists persecuted by authorities. The list has grown four-fold within two months.

February 22, 2022 17:57

• Social network users dispute on the need to place refugees from Donbass in Dagestan

  The Mayor of Makhachkala has announced the city readiness to accommodate 200 refugees in a boarding house in the suburb of the capital of Dagestan. Some social network users have supported the call to help refugees, while others called for resettling those who came from Donbass in those regions of Russia where the culture and mentality are closer to theirs.

February 22, 2022 15:23

• Saakashvili announces start of an indefinite hunger strike

  Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, went on an indefinite hunger strike with the demand for proper medical treatment. The decision on hunger strike is made despite the doctor’s warning about the risk of death, Mikhail Saakashvili says in court.

February 22, 2022 03:10

• Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev support him with pickets in Makhachkala

  During solo pickets in Makhachkala, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism, demanded to release him from arrest and stop pressure on journalists. Residents of Makhachkala demonstrate their interest in the Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case and support the picketers, participants of the protests note.

February 21, 2022 23:14

• On February 14-20, 2022, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of February 14-20, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 21, 2022 23:00

• Azerbaijan reports about a shelling attack on villages in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the villages of Shushakend and Tagavard were shelled from the territory controlled by Russian peacekeepers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

February 21, 2022 22:49

• Armenian opposition demands from EU to react to problem with return of POWs

  The European Union (EU) exerts insufficient pressure on Azerbaijan concerning the return of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), opposition activists say. They called on their supporters to organize a protest action during a meeting in Yerevan of the bureau and commissions of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

February 21, 2022 17:59

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 14-20, 2022

  Arrival of refugees from Donbass to Southern Russia; murder of a tourist in Karachay-Cherkessia; replacement of the chair of the Dagestani government; resignation of Dmitry Trapeznikov from the post of Mayor of Elista, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 14-20, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

February 21, 2022 15:34

• At action in Stepanakert, Karabakh residents demand reunification with Armenia

  Nagorno-Karabakh activists have marked the 34th anniversary of the liberation movement by laying flowers and wreaths at the Memorial Complex in Stepanakert. It is necessary to consolidate the Armenians and return to the main idea of the national liberation movement – reunification with Armenia, the activists have stated.

February 21, 2022 15:33

• Refugees from Donbass tell about their desire to return home

  The residents of Donbass, accommodated in the Rostov Region, have shared their fears for their relatives who remained at home, and expressed their desire to return to them as soon as possible.

February 21, 2022 15:25

• Residents of Georgian village install monument to Stalin

  In the village of Variani, Gori municipality, a monument to Joseph Stalin was erected. No one objected to the erection thereof, local residents assert.

February 21, 2022 12:08

• Activists of Chechen Diaspora in Europe speak in support of Ukraine

  The Ukrainian Diaspora has held actions in Austria and Germany calling on European politicians to support Ukraine. Members of local Chechen communities have supported the participants.