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August 02, 2021 10:28

• Resident of Udmurtia freed from labour slavery in Dagestan

  Ivan Yakovlev managed to escape from labour slavery in Dagestan twice; at first he worked at a brick factory, then on a farm as a shepherd, the "Alternativa" anti-slavery movement has reported. Commentators are outraged by the widespread use of forced labour in Dagestan.

August 01, 2021 11:54

• Renewed hostilities have no affect on dwelling settlements in Azerbaijani Kelbadjar District

  The forced migrants have not yet returned to the border villages of the Kelbadjar District, which came under Azerbaijan's control after the 2020 war; therefore, the hostilities there are no threat for civilians. This was stated by Avaz Gasanov, the head of the Society for Humanitarian Studies, and Bakhruz Bairamov, a member of the Azerbaijani Bar Association.

August 01, 2021 11:52

• Yerevan analysts are sceptical about idea to place Russian militaries on Azerbaijani border

  The presence of Russian border guards can ensure stability on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, but Moscow has to account for Baku's opinion, Boris Navasardyan, the head of the Yerevan Press Club and Kirill Krivosheev, a journalist, believe.

August 01, 2021 11:50

• Advocates state grave condition of Eldar Gasanov, former Azerbaijani GPO head

  The defence of Eldar Gasanov, the former Public General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan, has appealed to authorities in connection with his grave health condition. They ask for help in changing his freedom restraint measure so that Gasanov could receive high quality medical care.

August 01, 2021 11:48

• Memo for tourists coming to North Ossetia appeared after Chechnya and Dagestan

  In North Ossetia, the use of strong alcohol is unacceptable, one should not show one's feelings in public and smoke, says the memo for tourists. The booklet also prescribes the dress code for visiting mountain sanctuaries.

August 01, 2021 11:45

• Azerbaijani Army soldier perishes

  The Azerbaijani MoD has launched an inquiry into the death of Private Shamil Aslanov. According to the preliminary version, the soldier died because of violating the rules for handling firearms.

August 01, 2021 11:43

• Armenia claims shelling on border with NAR

  Azerbaijani militaries have opened fire on Armenian positions in the Ararat Region and damaged a military logistics service vehicle, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 31, 2021 23:59

• Baku court refuses to release activist Agil Magerramov before term

  The court has refused to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Agil Magerramov, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). His defence has treated the judgement as unfair and intends to appeal against it.

July 31, 2021 23:58

• Nina Tseretilova, resident of Dagestan, complains about court's inaction after her children were stolen

  Court marshals arrived at the house of Magomed Tseretilov in Buynaksk to enforce the court decision on the transfer of children to their mother, but the procedure was disrupted because of marshals' inaction, Nina Tseretilova has complained. In his turn, Shamil Khadulaev, Magomed Tseretilov's advocate, insists that the children themselves refused to leave with their mother.

July 31, 2021 23:53

• Missing Makhachkala resident found in SIZO

  Timurlan Abakarov, a resident of Makhachkala, whose relatives had announced his kidnapping, was found in the SIZO (pre-trial prison). He is suspected of illegal arms possession, his advocate has informed.

July 31, 2021 23:49

• Armenia sends letter to the UN Security Council

  The Azerbaijan's aggression is accompanied by territorial claims, threats of war and hate speech based on ethnicity, the Armenia's UN permanent representative has stated in a letter addressed to the UN Security Council.

July 31, 2021 10:57

• Rights defenders treat ban on Yagublu's leaving the country as politically motivated

  The court in Baku refused to allow Tofig Yagublu, an oppositionist, to travel to Georgia to take part in his mother's funeral. His defence intends to appeal against the ban.

July 31, 2021 10:52

• Armenian analysts suggest reasons for local hostilities near Gegarkunik and Eraskh

  Intensive shootouts in the direction of Gegarkunik on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are caused by weak fortification of this area; while those in the direction of Eraskh are caused by Azerbaijan's desire to take control over the strategic road to Iran, Armenian analysts have suggested.

July 31, 2021 10:47

• ECtHR awards EUR 60,000 to sister of KBR resident killed by law enforcers

  Policemen had poorly prepared the operation to detain Khyzyr Begiev in Nalchik, and just shot the suspect dead, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has concluded.

July 31, 2021 10:44

• "Alternativa" explains sustainability of slavery labour in the Caucasus

  The people, who are freed from labour slavery, are not accustomed to defend their rights; they are afraid of revenge; therefore it allows their recruiters and exploiters to remain unpunished, the "Alternativa" movement has pointed out after the liberation of two residents of Southern Russia. In Northern Caucasus, slavery was the norm until the beginning of the twentieth century, Olga Shafranova, an ethnographer, has noted.

July 31, 2021 09:12

• Human rights defenders report details of kidnapping of Dagestani native Abakarov

  Before the disappearance of Timurlan Abakarov, law enforcers tried to force him to testify against a person unknown to him, relatives of the Makhachkala resident told the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*. According to the unofficial information, Timurlan Abakarov was detained along with another local resident.

July 31, 2021 09:10

• Relatives of Ossetian blogger Djikaeva alarmed by her transfer to a psychiatric hospital

  Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, was transferred from a penal colony to a psychiatric hospital without warning. This was reported by a mother of the blogger sentenced for drug trafficking. Malika Djikaeva is afraid of being forced to self-incrimination under the influence of drugs.

July 30, 2021 23:52

• A resident of Makhachkala kidnapped, his relatives complain

  For the third day, Makhachkala resident Timurlan Abakarov has not been contacting his relatives and friends, and extremist posts appear on his page on a social media platform. Law enforcers are fabricating a criminal case against Timurlan Abakarov, his relatives suggest.

July 30, 2021 23:47

• OSCE calls on Baku and Yerevan to abide by ceasefire agreement

  The authorities of Azerbaijan and Armenia should completely abide to the ceasefire agreements, notes OSCE Chairperson Ann Linde amid more frequent armed incidents on the border between the two countries.

July 30, 2021 15:08

• Oppositional Azerbaijani blogger found dead in Tbilisi

  Khusein Bakikhanov, an Azerbaijani blogger, who had criticized Azerbaijani authorities, has died in Tbilisi. At his homeland, Bakikhanov was persecuted by law enforcers, Afghan Mukhtarly, a journalist, has informed.