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December 07, 2021 14:01

• Film of KBR director put on long-list of nominees for Oscar

  The film "Unclenching the Fists" directed by Kira Kovalenko and filmed in North Ossetia was put on the long list of films nominated for the Oscar in the category "Best Foreign Film".

December 07, 2021 13:36

• HRC takes testimonies of SFD and NCFD natives about torture in Saratov

  The Russian Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) has conducted a polling of the prisoners who had earlier complained about torture at the Regional Tuberculosis Hospital (known as OTB-1) of the Saratov Regional Branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN); and they confirmed their testimonies about mass violence.

December 07, 2021 13:09

• Makhachkala: picketers support Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  The picketers have demanded to release the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and all political prisoners, as well as to stop arresting people without proofs.

December 07, 2021 11:15

• Over 500 KBR residents oppose introduction of QR codes

  Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have supported the letter of the initiative group against compulsory vaccination, the introduction of QR codes and other restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. They stressed that such decisions should be made after extensive public discussions.

December 07, 2021 10:56

• Advocates demand to release Salekh Rustamov due to his illness

  On December 6, the advocates of Salekh Rustamov, an activist, submitted their motion to the court demanding to set him free for health reasons; Salekh has been on his protest hunger strike at the prison hospital for the 31 days already.

December 07, 2021 05:34

• After statements of Khalitov's relatives, rights defenders assess threat to his life

  The video messages with brothers and the father of the blogger, Khasan Khalitov, who is living in Turkey, were made under pressure; and Chechen authorities are using the family to intimidate their critics, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

December 07, 2021 05:09

• Malsag Uzhakhov treats case against Ingush activists as farce

  The criminal prosecution of Ingush activists within the case of the extremist community was ordered and falsified, one of the defendants, Malsag Uzhakhov, said in his last plea.

December 06, 2021 22:54

• Dagestani farmer ends his hunger strike after authorities’ promises to lease land

  Farmer Zakarya Nabiev said that he was preparing to continue his hunger strike until the authorities of the Shamil District fulfilled their promise to conclude a lease agreement with him. However, on December 3, the famer had to end his protest action due to the need to graze goats far in the mountains.

December 06, 2021 22:21

• EU prolongs sanctions against two Chechen law enforcers

  The European Union (EU) has prolonged for another year the sanctions for violations of human rights around the world, including the sanctions imposed on Abuzaid Vismuradov, the deputy chair of the Chechen government, supervising the law enforcement bloc, and former Argun police chief Ayub Kataev.

December 06, 2021 20:47

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 29-December 5, 2021

  Voting of MPs in Southern Russia for a bill on QR codes amid protests; death of 14 soldiers in a helicopter crash in Azerbaijan; dispersal of the protest action of Mikhail Saakashvili’s supporters in Tbilisi by the police, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 29-December 5, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 06, 2021 18:50

• Chechnya holds second within 12 days large-scale exercises of MIA and National Guard of Russia

  According to a report released on December 4 by the “Grozny” state-run TV Channel, the capital of Chechnya hosted large-scale antiterrorist exercises of the police and the National Guard of Russia.

December 06, 2021 18:04

• Head of “Gulagu.net” reports about death of a Chechen native in penal colony

  Today, Vladimir Osechkin, the head of the human rights project “Gulagu.net”, has reported that warders beat prisoners in a penal colony in the Primorsky Territory (Primorye), and after that Khusein Adakhanov, a native of Chechnya, who was serving his sentence in the penal colony, died. According to Vladimir Osechkin, as a result of a special operation by warders in the penal colony, about 150 prisoners were beaten, and other 16 people were severely injured.

December 06, 2021 17:43

• On November 29-December 5, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 29-December 5, 2021, 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.

December 06, 2021 13:46

• Soldier perishes in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Under unclear circumstances, a contract soldier, Gor Martirosyan, received a fatal gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

December 06, 2021 13:32

• Ali Kerimli called on Azerbaijani authorities to release Salekh Rustamov

  Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has urged Azerbaijani authorities not to delay the release of Salekh Rustamov, who has been on his protest hunger strike in the prison hospital for 30 days already.

December 06, 2021 12:24

• Tbilisi: opponents of "green passports" demand freedom of choice on vaccination

  A protest action against the compulsion to vaccination and use of "green passports" organized in central Tbilisi gathered several thousand people. They demanded a public debate on the issue.

December 06, 2021 12:05

• Oppositionists released from police after detentions at elections in Armenia

  Law enforcers have set free the supporters of the oppositional "David Ambartsumyan" bloc, who were detained on December 5 in the Armenian village of Aintap during the elections.

December 06, 2021 11:18

• Khalitov's brothers continue video appeals to critics of Chechen authorities

  In their new video messages, the brothers of Khasan Khalitov, a blogger living in Turkey, have urged him to stop criticizing the Chechen leadership.

December 06, 2021 11:03

• YouTube users treat Interpol's refusal to search for Tumso as fair

  Interpol has refused to fulfil Russia's request to search for Tumso Abdurakhmanov, suspected of calling for terrorism, the Chechen blogger has himself stated. Visitors to his YouTube channel treat Interpol's decision as just and fair.

December 05, 2021 11:59

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Yagublu doubts objectivity of inquiry into his beating by law enforcers

  The Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the complaint of Tofig Yagublu, an oppositional politician, about beating him up by law enforcers. On December 3, he was questioned as a witness. However, Yagublu does not believe in the objectivity of the investigation and states that his complaint is related to the need to comply with the procedures for applying to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).