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October 14, 2021 19:22

• “Musavat” Party activist arrested in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, a court found Rovshan Guseinov, an activist of the “Musavat” Party, guilty of disobeying the police, and sentenced him to 25 days of arrest. Colleagues of Rovshan Guseinov called his arrest the persecution for his active civic position.

October 14, 2021 14:20

• Kuban villager complains about beating after detention

  Law enforcers have beaten up Alexei Dinisenko, a 19-year-old resident of the village of Tbilisskaya, forcing to confess to a theft, the young man himself has stated. Doctors diagnosed Dinisenko's craniocerebral trauma and bruises, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) stated on October 13.

October 14, 2021 13:46

• Iranian drivers charged in Baku

  The message about the release of two Iranian drivers, who were detained in September on the Goris-Kapan highway, was refuted by Iranian and Azerbaijani authorities. For the first time, Baku announced the names of the detainees and the crimes they are accused of.

October 14, 2021 11:34

• Nagorno-Karabakh militaries deny involvement in shelling motor convoy

  Karabakh militaries did not shell the motor convoy in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

October 14, 2021 11:22

• Blogger Khalitov caught Kadyrov people in cowardice during their trip to Turkey

  During the visit of the head of Chechnya to Turkey, opponents of Ramzan Kadyrov did not dare to approach and openly meet him, Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information, has stated. Khasan Khalitov, a blogger, has objected stating that Kadyrov's associates deliberately avoided people's meeting him in Turkey.

October 14, 2021 11:09

• Rights defenders assess chances for execution of ECtHR's decision on Lapshin's case

  In Baku, human rights defenders have disputed about Lapshin's chances of receiving the monetary compensation for his arrest, torture and attempted murder in prison appointed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

October 14, 2021 08:43

• Niyameddin Akhmedov ends hunger strike at SIZO

  Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has stopped his hunger strike on the 21st day thereof after persistent appeals of his parents, friends and political associates, his advocate has informed.

October 14, 2021 08:26

• Analysts state opposition's unpreparedness to see Saakashvili as their leader

  Opposition parties have refused to take part in the action in support of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, as they are not ready to see him as their leader, the Georgian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.

October 13, 2021 23:30

• A motor convoy shelled in Kelbadjar District, Azerbaijani MoD reports

  A convoy of vehicles with building materials was shelled upon in the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeepers in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

October 13, 2021 23:16

• Georgian Prosecutor’s Office finds Saakashvili involved in cartographers’ case

  Today, a court has resumed the consideration of a case against cartographers Natalia Ilyichyova and Iveri Melashvili, accused of transferring part of the lands of Georgia, including the David Gareja monastery, to Azerbaijan. According to an official from the Prosecutor’s Office, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, will be questioned in the case.

October 13, 2021 19:33

• Activist Khalitov demands direct election of leader in Dagestan

  Today, Salim Khalitov has held a picket with the demand to return to the national election for the leader of Dagestan. The picketer questioned the legitimacy of the election of the regional leader by the current composition of the People’s Assembly.

October 13, 2021 19:19

• Three opposition parties refuse to join rally in support of Saakashvili

  Members of the “European Georgia”, “Lelo”, and “Girchi” Parties urged their colleagues to focus on the second round of municipal elections, and not on the release of Mikhail Saakashvili. The oppositionists announced that they would not take part in the action planned by the “United National Movement” (UNM) Party.

October 13, 2021 15:17

• ECtHR awards compensation to mother of soldier who perished in North Ossetia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has appointed 18,700 euros of compensation to Lyudmila Selipetova, whose son, according to investigators, committed suicide while serving in the army in North Ossetia.

October 13, 2021 14:34

• Novo-Maka villagers doubt reality of the story about labour slavery in greenhouses

  There are indeed many greenhouses in the village of Novo-Maka in the Suleiman-Stalsky District, but no one is taken into slavery, Takhmez Nazaraliev, a villager, has stated. Meilan Abasmirzoev, a deputy head of the administration of the Novo-Maka rural settlement, has not believed in the story of two Moscow residents; he thinks that the presence of greenhouses in the village does not mean that people are kept in slavery there.

October 13, 2021 11:39

• Saakashvili's supporters demand to transfer him from prison to hospital

  In the evening on October 12, activists of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party held a protest action near Rustavi Prison, demanding to transfer Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president, to hospital for treatment after his hunger strike.

October 13, 2021 11:15

• Advocates of Magamadov and Isaev petition on transfer of the trial from Chechnya

  The preliminary hearing of the criminal case initiated against the brothers, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was held at the Achkhoi-Martan District Court, the "SK SOS" Crisis Group has reported. The advocates lodged a motion asking to transfer the trial to a court of another region, because no objective consideration of the case is possible in Chechnya.

October 13, 2021 08:34

• Armenian Constitutional Court equips authorities with new tool to persecute opposition

  Armenia has approved a law on a threefold increase in compensation for insult and defamation. This decision of the Constitutional Court has demonstrated its dependence on the authorities; the amendments will act against political opponents of the ruling power, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 13, 2021 08:18

• Makhachkala court arrests teen suspected of killing classmate

  The ninth-grader suspected of fatally stabbing his peer at a Makhachkala school has been placed in custody for two months.

October 12, 2021 22:07

• Comic Lolaeva re-apologizes for her joke

  Ariana Lolaeva, a native of Vladikavkaz, recorded a second video with apologies. The young woman is crying in front of the camera and saying that she was “seriously talked to” and that she lost her job.

October 12, 2021 21:28

• Refugees demand a political solution to Karabakh problem

  Today, in Yerevan, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have held a protest action in front of the Armenian government building, the UN office, and the embassies of the Co-Chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group.