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November 03, 2021 11:53

• Yerevan ambulance drivers go on strike

  Ambulance drivers in Yerevan have announced a strike demanding higher wages and complaining about a tight working schedule. Their bosses have referred to the pandemic as the reason for the high workload and called on the strikers to negotiate.

November 03, 2021 11:51

• KChR residents commemorate victims of Karachais' deportation

  On the Remembrance Day of Deportation Victims, flowers were laid at memorials in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The law on commemorating victims of political repressions, adopted in 2016, has brought no visible results in the republic, Kyady Haji Khalkechev, the chairman of the Congress of the Karachai people, has noted.

November 02, 2021 23:55

• Human rights defenders believe Gisaev’s story of torture

  The story of Adam Gisaev, a native of Chechnya, who claimed torture in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Irkutsk, which provoked a complaint by the “Roskomnadzor” (the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media), is true, and such reports have been received from other convicts from prisons in the Irkutsk Region, human rights defenders note.

November 02, 2021 23:53

• Azerbaijan transfers remains of 11 dead to Stepanakert

  The remains of 11 people were handed over to Karabakh rescuers through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers.

November 02, 2021 23:51

• Turkish special service reports connection of detainees in Istanbul with leaders of Chechnya

  Six persons arrested in Istanbul on a charge of political espionage were planning to kill natives of Chechnya on orders of a top-ranking Chechen official, the Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization reported.

November 02, 2021 22:50

• Chechen native claims his kidnapping by law enforcers

  Law enforcers kidnapped a resident of Chechnya, suspecting him of non-traditional sexual orientation, kept him in a basement and beat him during a month, the victim said. After fleeing Chechnya, the man was helped with finding housing in another city, the “Russian LGBT Network”* reported.

November 02, 2021 22:45

• Activists Gasanzade and Turksoi released in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, journalist Elchin Gasanzade and blogger Ibragim Turksoi were released from prison after serving the sentence in a case on slander and insult. Both activists will go to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to challenge the legality of the verdict.

November 02, 2021 22:39

• HRC “Memorial” recognizes Chechen Djumaev as a political prisoner

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to five years of imprisonment for fighting with law enforcers at a protest action, was convicted on political grounds. This was announced by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”. The human rights defenders demand to reconsider the Djumaev’s case.

November 02, 2021 22:33

• Tbilisi resident detained under transgender's murder case

  On October 31, in Tbilisi, two local men attacked two transgender women with knives; as a result one woman died, and the other was wounded.

November 02, 2021 22:26

• Azerbaijan: people with disabilities complain about problems with receiving payments

  Azerbaijani authorities have introduced new criteria for defining disability; and the review of the entitlement to benefits has led to delays in payments and refusals to certify disability, local residents have complained.

November 02, 2021 12:30

• Saakashvili calls on his supporters to take action

  The opposition should seek to overthrow the ruling power and early parliamentary elections, Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, has stated. His advocate fears that Saakashvili, who is on a hunger strike for 32 days already, may be kidnapped if transferred to a hospital in Gori.

November 02, 2021 12:07

• Torture traces on Ravil Rasulov's body cast doubt on law enforcers' version about what caused his death

  Ravil Rasulov, who died at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in the Volgograd Region, could have been tortured, Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has stated, adding that there were traces of beatings on Rasulov's body. Ravil's wife has also denied the version of his suicide.

November 02, 2021 12:01

• Two inmates of Novocherkassk colony set fire to their clothes

  In the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, two inmates of a maximum security colony have climbed onto the roof of a building and set fire to their clothes in protest against removal to another detachment.

November 02, 2021 11:57

• Peacemakers report on delivery of clothes and footwear to refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Peacemakers have brought essentials, clothes and shoes to refugees and large families in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence has informed.

November 02, 2021 01:56

• A warder of Vladikavkaz penal colony suspected of negligence after prisoner’s death

  In North Ossetia, an assistant to the chief of a penal colony did not stop the violation of the rules of behaviour by prisoners at night, which led to the death of one of them, investigators suggested.

November 02, 2021 01:50

• Residents of Dagestan report difficulties associated with imposition of QR codes

  In Dagestan, without a QR code or a coronavirus survival certificate, people are not allowed to visit shopping centres or go to the market, and visitors to cafes must also produce the above-mentioned documents, local residents say. The innovation affected the activities of small businesses, as the number of cafe visitors decreased significantly, entrepreneurs note.

November 01, 2021 20:53

• Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office recognizes torture of defendants in “Terter case”

  Sixteen officials are found guilty of using violence against more than 100 suspects accused of cooperation with the Armenian special services and the preparation of acts of sabotage and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. The above has been announced by the Deputy General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan.

November 01, 2021 16:14

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 25-31, 2021

  Second round of municipal elections in Georgia; beginning of the unplanned holidays announced because of the coronavirus spread and the introduction of QR codes in Southern Russia; anniversary of the terror act during the “Nord-Ost” musical show; visit of the President of Turkey to Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 25-31, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

November 01, 2021 14:54

• Law enforcers scold Gudermes girls for video on balcony of high-rise building

  In Gudermes, law enforcers took three 14-year-old girls to the police; one of them posted a video filmed on the edge of the balcony; and their parents were brought to responsibility. Instagram users who watched the video clip reproached their parents for their poor control over the teenagers.

November 01, 2021 14:34

• Week of October 25-31 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from October 25 to October 31, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.