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July 20, 2021 14:18

• Batumi rally demands to punish attackers on journalists

  On July 19, a protest rally was held in front of the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi; the participants called on the President of the European Union Charles Michel to take action against Georgian authorities, whom they believe responsible for the violence during the July 5 rally.

July 20, 2021 14:06

• Stavropol Territory: cemetery campaigning for vaccination angers Instagram users

  Mikhail Minenkov, Mayor of Nevinnomyssk, has posted in his Instagram page an appeal of Oleg Kolpakov, the director of the city cemetery, to townspeople to get vaccinated. When addressing the people, Kolpakov is shown standing in the cemetery. Many social network users were outraged by the choice of the place for campaigning.

July 20, 2021 11:24

• Armenian MoD report mortar shelling of its positions

  Soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are shelling Armenian positions in the vicinity of the village of Eraskh from various weapons, including mortars, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. In its turn, the Azerbaijani MoD has claimed that Azerbaijani militaries were shelled from the territory of Armenia and opened fire in return.

July 20, 2021 11:11

• Use of spyware by authorities worries Azerbaijani activists

  There is no surprise in shadowing journalists and human rights defenders, but the introduction of spyware into smartphones raises concerns, journalists and rights defenders have noted.

July 20, 2021 10:58

• Rights defenders ask ECtHR to award compensation to Gulli Kazanbieva

  Representatives of Gulli Kazanbieva, a resident of Dagestan, have reported to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) new facts of violation of her rights, and asked to award compensation for suffered moral harm to her, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.

July 20, 2021 08:44

• Armenia announced shelling on border with Nakhichevan

  Azerbaijani militaries have shelled Armenian positions near the village of Eraskh in the Nakhichevan direction; the Armenian Armed Forces entered into a shootout, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 20, 2021 08:31

• Rights defenders publicize Taramova's story about "expulsion of jinns"

  Relatives of Khalimat Taramova, a resident of Chechnya, tried to change her sexual orientation by the ritual of "expulsion of jinns"; after the visit of exorcist, the family started having problems with law enforcers, the "Russian LGBT Network"* has informed.

July 20, 2021 00:00

• Azerbaijani military wounded during shelling

  An officer was wounded in Nakhichevan as a result of shelling from the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

July 19, 2021 21:32

• Journalists demand to preserve European vector of Georgia’s development

  In Batumi and Tbilisi, protesters accused the ruling “Georgian Dream” Party of trying to retract the Georgia’s European integration.

July 19, 2021 21:17

• Instagram users discuss sincerity of appeal recorded by Tseretilova’s son

  A boy, whose disappearance was claimed by Nina Tseretilova, said that he wanted to live together with his father in Dagestan. Some Instagram users suggested that a video message was recorded under pressure.

July 19, 2021 20:06

• LGBT opponents protest against police searches in case on disruption of gay pride parade

  Today, at an action in Batumi, activists dissatisfied with the police searches in a case on riots during the protests against the gay pride parade have claimed that only military parades should be held in Georgia. The action has been timed to coincide with the visit to Georgia of Charles Michel, President of the European Council.

July 19, 2021 19:52

• Polad Aslanov stops his hunger strike in penal colony

  Today, Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov has reported that on July 18, he stopped his hunger strike in connection with the termination of pressure on him in the penal colony.

July 19, 2021 19:40

• On July 12-18, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of July 12-18, 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.

July 19, 2021 16:58

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 12-18, 2021

  Tightening of anti-COVID measures in Southern Russia; military incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and in the Karabakh conflict zone; approval of the parliamentary election results in Armenia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 12-18, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 19, 2021 13:38

• Azerbaijani authorities used spyware to shadow journalists

  Human rights defenders have found out that the software of the Israeli NSO Group Company was used by intelligence services of a number of countries to spy on journalists, lawyers and politicians. The list of those who were shadowed included Azerbaijani journalists Khadija Ismayilova and Sevindj Vagifgyzy.

July 19, 2021 13:03

• Nina Tseretilova reports kidnapping of her son

  In Saint Petersburg, the eldest son of Nina Tseretilova, a resident of Dagestan, has disappeared; she suspects that her ex-husband, whom the court had earlier restricted in his parental rights, was involved in the son's disappearance.

July 19, 2021 11:17

• Karabakh refugees tell about post-war wanderings

  After the war, families with children from Nagorno-Karabakh had to wander among relatives, refugees have complained.

July 19, 2021 11:01

• Makhachkala residents plan to visit mosques during Eid al-Adha

  Contrary to recommendation not to visit mosques because of the pandemic, some believers in Makhachkala are planning to perform collective namazes (prayers) during the holiday of Eid al-Adha, but decided to give up visiting relatives and making mass sacrifices.

July 19, 2021 10:48

• Rights defenders assess attempts to speed up vaccination in Chechnya by police raids

  The examining of motor drivers in Chechnya for the presence of vaccination certificates is quite in line with the behaviour of local authorities, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. In their opinion, this may have to do with an attempt to please the Kremlin.

July 18, 2021 11:25

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions along Armenian border

  From their positions located in the Vardenis, Berd and Vedi Districts, Armenian soldiers have shelled the positions of Azerbaijani militaries deployed in the Kelbadjar, Tovuz and Sadarak Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.