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January 30, 2022 06:58

• Azerbaijani activist arrested on charge of defamation

  Lawyer Ilham Aslanoglu (Takhmazov) is arrested for five months on the charge of defamation. Activists believe that he is being persecuted for exposing crimes committed by militaries against colleagues within the “Terter case”.

January 30, 2022 06:52

• Exhibition in Makhachkala highlights rare technique of incising with gold

  The Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts hosts the exhibition of Abdulgamid Kanaev, a master jeweller from the Kubachi village, who works in the almost unused technique of incising with gold and silver. The exposition presents decorative panels, old lamps, and edged weapons, decorated by the master. Folk crafts are beginning to revive, but craftsmen need state support, Abdulgamid Kanaev notes.

January 30, 2022 06:42

• Polad Aslanov complains about lack of medical care after his hunger strike

  The health state of Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov has deteriorated after his 20-day hunger strike, but he is not receiving medical assistance, his spouse states.

January 30, 2022 06:36

• Human rights defenders alarmed by Zarema Musaeva’s state of health

  Zarema Musaeva does not participate in the investigating proceedings because of her poor health state, and there is no medical unit in the special detention centre where she is being kept, her son Abubakar Yangulbaev says. Human rights defenders applied to the court with the demand to release Zarema Musaeva from arrest because of her poor health, the “Committee Against Torture”* reports.

January 30, 2022 06:30

• Public apology of young woman highlights absurdity of apology practice in Chechnya

  When commenting on an apology of a young woman from Grozny for her words about men, Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the “Civic Assistance” Committee*, points out that public apologies have become a kind of game and got out of control of the authorities.

January 30, 2022 06:16

• Yerevan responds to Baku’s accusations of shelling attacks

  When commenting on the accusation of Azerbaijan in a shelling attack, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia declared that “indiscriminate” fire near the border with the Tovuz District came from the Azerbaijani side, and the Armenian military forces did not react to it.

January 29, 2022 18:29

• Party comrades link Khamchiev's persecution with his activities

  An advocate has met Adam Khamchiev, an Ingush blogger, who was detained in Nazran. The "Civil Initiative" has explained his persecution by the fact that his activities in defence of resident's rights "had caused noticeable irritation" among local bureaucrats.

January 29, 2022 18:14

• Journalist presents story of Kadyrov's enmity with Yangulbaev family

  Ramzan Kadyrov has included the Yangulbaevs into the list of his enemies after Ibragim Yangublaev was detained for creating the public VKontakte and exposed to torture. Ibragim was tortured, among other places, in Kadyrov's residence, where the head of Chechnya declared a blood feud against him, the "Novaya Gazeta" writes.

January 29, 2022 17:54

• Zarema Musaeva denies advocate's services

  Zarema Musaeva's statement about her refusal from advocate's services was shown to the lawyers who had sought a meeting with her. Musaeva was under pressure, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)* and her son Abubakar Yangulbaev are sure.

January 29, 2022 17:31

• Kadyrov responds to US call to release Musaeva

  The US Department of State called for the release of all those unjustly detained in Chechnya, in particular, Zarema Musaeva, and demanded from Ramzan Kadyrov to stop persecuting opponents’ relatives. Ramzan Kadyrov replies that it is not in the competence of the leader of the region to detain and release people.

January 29, 2022 11:24

• Report about visit to Musaeva raises questions to Chechen Ombudsperson

  Chechen Ombudsperson Mansur Soltaev posted on the Internet a video report about his visit to Zarema Musaeva kept in a special detention centre. The Ombudsperson emphasizes that the woman is under medical supervision and provided with medicines she needs.

January 28, 2022 18:53

• Azerbaijan reports about a shelling attack from Armenia

  The Armenian armed forces shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani army near the border with the Tovuz District, and there are no losses from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

January 28, 2022 18:45

• Armenian political analysts exclude sending CSTO troops to Ukraine

  The CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Treaty does not assume any dispatch of Armenian soldiers to help Russia in the event of its conflict with Ukraine; moreover, Armenia's attention is now focused on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Armenian political analysts have pointed out.

January 28, 2022 18:42

• Advocate lists law enforcers' tricks in Musaeva's case

  Law enforcers would not let the defence to visit the mother of Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)*; they present false information about her whereabouts, while the court ignores requests for the provision of case materials, Alexander Nemov, an advocate, has informed.

January 28, 2022 18:32

• Economists treat Kadyrov's statement on Chechnya's budget as confusing

  By voicing out the data on the federal financing of Chechnya, its leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has correctly indicated only the volume of inter-budgetary transfers, Natalia Zubarevich, an economist, has explained.

January 28, 2022 18:22

• PACE calls on authorities of South-Caucasian countries to defend rights of LGBT people

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed its concern about the legal insecurity and harassment of people of non-traditional sexual orientation in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

January 28, 2022 18:01

• Yerevan protesters demand to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh

  Forced migrants have held a rally in Yerevan, demanding from the Armenian authorities to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state and grant them the refugee status.

January 28, 2022 17:42

• "Civil Initiative" reports kidnapping of activist Adam Khamchiev in Magas

  Law enforcers have kidnapped Adam Khamchiev, a blogger and a member of the "Civil Initiative" Party, from his flat in the city of Magas, his fellow party members have reported.

January 28, 2022 16:55

• Mijatović urged Aliev not to sign new media law

  Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has sent a letter to the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, urging him not to sign the law "On Media" recently adopted by the parliament and return it for revision. According to Ms Mijatović, the new law is contrary to the principles of the freedom and independence of the media.

January 28, 2022 11:36

• After threats, Grozny woman apologizes for words about men

  A video with insults against men who failed to help girls in Grozny in carrying heavy boxes sparked a negative reaction of Instagram users. Soon the author of the video has apologized, saying that she had received threats.