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November 22, 2021 18:06

• On November 15-21, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 15-21, 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.

November 22, 2021 15:16

• Chechen Parliament offers to ban mentioning criminals' nationality in media

  The Chechen Parliament has submitted to the State Duma draft amendments to the law "On Mass Media", providing for a ban on the publication of information about the nationality and religion of people involved in crimes.

November 22, 2021 14:58

• Street protesters detained in Yerevan

  Yerevan townspeople have blocked several streets demanding from the Prime Minister not to admit the border delimitation with Azerbaijan. The police have reported detention of 18 protesters.

November 22, 2021 11:27

• Regions of Southern Russia are outsiders in wage level

  In the ranking of Russian regions in terms of wages, Kalmykia took the last place. Only 1.2% of residents of this republic get salaries over 100,000 roubles per month, while 19.6% residents get less than 15,000 roubles. The ten outsiders also include Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

November 22, 2021 11:15

• Saakashvili asks USA for sanctions against Georgian authorities

  The United States should condemn Georgian authorities and impose sanctions for violations of human rights in the country, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has urged in his appeal.

November 22, 2021 11:03

• Solidarity petition with "Memorials"* collects over 80,000 signatures

  The electronic petition demanding to prevent the closure of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial* and the "International Memorial"* was signed by 80,794 people.

November 22, 2021 10:51

• Ingush Council of Teips reacts to Daudov's statements

  The Ingush-Chechen border dispute should be resolved by the people who can do it fairly, according to Sharia, and will have powers delegated by both nations, the Council of Teips of Ingushetia has stated.

November 21, 2021 13:56

• Advocates of Chechen gays, Magamadov and Isaev try challenging the judge

  The court in Chechnya has unreasonably refused to transfer the case of the brothers, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, for consideration in another region, their defence has claimed. The advocated have called on the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to get involved in the trial, the "SK SOS" Crisis Group* has informed.

November 21, 2021 12:45

• Twelve people detained at Moscow actions in support of "Memorial"

  Moscow policemen have put the participants of a series of pickets against political repressions and the closure of the "Memorial" into a paddy wagon.

November 21, 2021 12:41

• Rights defender doubts Armenian MoD's data on POWs

  Siranush Saakyan, a human rights defender, is sure that the real number of Armenian soldiers taken prisoners of war (POWs) during the November 16 hostilities is more than reported by the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

November 21, 2021 12:38

• Saakashvili starts eating under doctors' supervision

  Getting out of a hunger strike is very complicate; and, doctors have drafted a special diet for Saakashvili and are monitoring his health condition, said a member of the former president's health monitoring council. Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson, will monitor the quality of Saakashvili's treatment.

November 21, 2021 12:35

• Azerbaijani rights defenders and activists urge to pardon Salekh Rustamov

  Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), journalists and activists have called on the President of Azerbaijan to release Salekh Rustamov from prison, who has been refusing to eat for 14 days already. Rustamov has problems with his memory; he is very weak, his advocate asserts.

November 21, 2021 12:31

• ECtHR demands to provide adequate medical care to Azerbaijani diplomat Gasanov

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to take interim measures in relation to Eldar Gasanov, a former Azerbaijani Prosecutor General and Ambassador to Serbia, in connection with his state of health. His defence claims it necessary to urgently hospitalize him.

November 21, 2021 12:29

• GPO's claims to "Memorial" threaten human rights defence in Northern Caucasus

  The closure of the "International Memorial" and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) insists on, will seriously damage the defence of human rights in Northern Caucasus. Important projects will stop, and people will lose hope for help, human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists assert.

November 20, 2021 13:07

• Sapper blows himself by a mine near Zangelan

  Vagif Alizad ogly Babaev, an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), was hospitalized in critical condition after a mine blast in the Zangelan District.

November 20, 2021 13:01

• Sanctions deal another blow to Kadyrov's favourite hobby

  The Arab racehorse coach has lost his license because of his ties with Ramzan Kadyrov. This measure hit the head of Chechnya, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believes. Magomed Khamidov, another political analyst, has noted that residents of the republic treat Kadyrov's hobby for horses as a whim of a rich man.

November 20, 2021 12:49

• Armenian opposition demands to arm villagers living near Azerbaijani border

  The population of the villages located near deployment of Azerbaijani troops should be armed and trained. For this, legislative amendments are needed to allow villagers to possess weapons for self-defence, the participants of the "National Democratic Pole" action held in Yerevan have stated.

November 19, 2021 23:50

• Ingush policeman convicted for refusing to disperse protesters

  A court found Magomed Dolgiev, the former employee of the patrol-and-post police service, guilty of failure to comply with an order during a rally in Magas and pronounced a verdict of a suspended sentence.

November 19, 2021 23:14

• Georgian Ombudsperson reports threat to Saakashvili’s life

  The Ombudsperson of Georgia reports that the heath state of Mikhail Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike, is life threatening and demands to transfer the former president of Georgia to a civil hospital. A member of the ruling party urges to wait for the new results of the medical examination of the politician.

November 19, 2021 23:09

• Shootouts worsen prospects for demarcation of border between Armenia and Azerbaijan

  Armed incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan were initiated to disrupt the OSCE Minsk Group format for resolving the conflict between the two countries. Armenia can refuse the agreement on demarcation and delimitation of the border by proposing to appeal to the International Court of Justice, the Armenian political analysts note.