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August 10, 2021 22:54

• Azerbaijani oppositionist stops his hunger strike after hospitalization

  Lachin Veliev, a supporter of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, and a former member of the “Musavat” Party, was hospitalized on the ninth day of his hunger strike. After being forced to accept food, Lachin Veliev stopped the action he was holding in protest against the extension of his arrest.

August 10, 2021 17:55

• Court refuses to change verdict to Azerbaijani citizens for aiding terrorism

  A Baku court has upheld the verdict to the Azerbaijani citizens who had earlier been found guilty of complicity with the "Islamic State" (IS or ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, and sentenced to terms ranging from two and a half to eight years in prison.

August 10, 2021 17:52

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling on NAR border

  On August 9, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of Azerbaijani troops stationed in the Sadarak District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

August 10, 2021 12:59

• Azerbaijani activist Alizamin Salaev achieves transfer to colony medical unit

  On August 10, Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), will be transferred to the medical unit of the colony where he is serving his term, his son has informed. However, the medical unit has no equipment and facilities for treating serious diseases, but the custody conditions there are better, human rights defenders have explained.

August 10, 2021 12:56

• Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in Dagestan in his support

  Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the edition, and the journalist, Idris Yusupov, came out to solo pickets in Makhachkala demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev and all political prisoners.

August 10, 2021 12:02

• Defenders of Volga-Akhtuba floodplain set up tent camp

  Eight tents have been set up by opponents of oak felling in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain near the site where the road construction is planned.

August 10, 2021 11:35

• Rights defenders worry about fate of Ibragim Musaev, missing resident of Chechnya

  The disappearance of Ibragim Musaev, a resident of the village of Sernovodsky, whom law enforcers were interested in, indicates a real danger for him, human rights defenders believe, suggesting that a criminal case can be fabricated against Musaev.

August 09, 2021 23:58

• Relatives of Armenian POWs demand a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan

  Relatives of Armenian prisoners of war kept in Azerbaijan, including convicts, went to a protest rally in front of the building of the Armenian government. The protestors promised to continue their action until officials provide them with concise answers about the situation with the prisoners of war (POWs).

August 09, 2021 23:54

• Defence: terrorism financing case against Dagestani native far-fetched

  In Moscow, a court extended the arrest of Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, by six months. According to the defence, the case is based on the fact that the counterparties, with whom Alikhan Adjamatov had business contacts, had indirect ties with persons convicted in terrorist cases.

August 09, 2021 23:48

• Former ambassador of Azerbaijan Eldar Gasanov feels worse in hospital

  The defence of Eldar Gasanov again requested the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan to change the pre-trial restriction measure for his treatment at a clinic because of the deterioration of his condition at a hospital.

August 09, 2021 23:42

• Two residents of Makhachkala accused of involvement in IS*

  The defendants were aware that their acquaintance was involved in the activities of a terrorist organization and was plotting to create an illegal armed formation, but did not report the above information to the law enforcement bodies, investigators claimed.

August 09, 2021 21:57

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 2-8, 2021

  Anti-COVID measures imposed by the authorities in Southern Russia; reappointment of Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister of Armenia; preparation for the September elections in Southern Russia; new successes of athletes from the Caucasus and Southern Russia at the Tokyo Olympic Games, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 2-8, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 09, 2021 19:01

• Week of August 2-8 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from August 2 to August 8, 2021, no information was received about any perished or wounded persons during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

August 09, 2021 18:58

• Two convicts for attack on Nalchik challenge Russia's arguments at ECtHR

  Law enforcers used torture to obtain confessions of participation in the attack on Nalchik in 2005, two convicts indicated in their answers to the questions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), despite Russian authorities' assurances that they had not been tortured.

August 09, 2021 11:42

• On anniversary of "five-day war", residents of Georgia commemorate casualties

  On the 13th anniversary of the start of the 2008 "five-day war", relatives of those who perished therein have visited the fraternal cemetery and memorials in Tbilisi. Five European states have made statements in support of the territorial integrity of Georgia.

August 09, 2021 11:40

• Relative claims Krasikov looking like person accused of killing Chechen Khangoshvili

  The person accused of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili looks like Vadim Krasikov, said a latter's relative, but could not confidently identify him. The relative has refrained from identifying the defendant out of fears for his safety, Hristo Grozev, the head of the Bellingcat's investigation division, has written.

August 09, 2021 11:38

• Oppositionist detained in Georgia

  Law enforcers have detained Giorgi Chaladze, a leader of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, for disobeying law enforcers. The oppositionist has linked his detention with his political activities.

August 08, 2021 11:39

• Health condition of Azerbaijani rights defender Gyulyalyev shows improvement

  Doctors of the EGE-Hospital clinic have found out that the reason for the deterioration in the health condition of Ogtai Gyulyalyev, an Azerbaijani human rights defender, was in an infection in the abdominal cavity. His health condition has somewhat improved after the treatment prescribed in the clinic, his wife said.

August 08, 2021 11:38

• Azerbaijan reports shootout in NAR direction

  Azerbaijani military have suppressed the fire delivered by Armenian units on the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. The Armenian organization "Security and Democracy" complained to international structures about deliberate arsons of fields in this border section.

August 07, 2021 23:46

• Stepanakert authorities state drinking water deficit

  Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, suffers from water supply outages. Due to the intense heat, rivers have dried up; and the stock of drinking water at purification facilities has decreased.