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July 18, 2021 11:21

• Two protesters against gay parade in Tbilisi arrested

  A Tbilisi court has ruled to arrest two persons accused of attacking Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, and a passer-by with a rainbow flag. Journalists have demanded from the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to punish the organizers of the rally against the "March of Dignity", who were released after interrogation.

July 17, 2021 22:26

• Servicemen perishes in Armenia

  A colleague of a 20-year-old conscript fired at him as a result of careless firearm handling, the soldier died from the received wound.

July 17, 2021 20:14

• Analysts doubt peacemakers' ability to react to all shelling of civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Armenavan, a suburb of Stepanakert, located a few kilometres from Shushi, is systematically shelled, local residents have complained. Karabakh human rights defenders demand peacemakers' reaction.

July 17, 2021 19:53

• Two teenagers publicly scolded in Dagestan for stealing bicycles

  Policemen have publicly chastised two teenagers in Khasavyurt for stealing bicycles and initiated a theft case against them. Some Instagram users have criticized law enforcers for posting videos showing interrogation of children.

July 17, 2021 15:13

• Activists treat apologies by Azerbaijani blogger Pantural as insufficient

  An application to the police has been prepared against the Azerbaijani director Tural Safarov, who runs his blog under the pseudonym "Pantural", demanding to punish him for his statement about women who dress openly. Safarov has apologized, but it hasn't convinced the authors of the petition.

July 17, 2021 15:05

• Kira Kovalenko's film about North Ossetia awarded Grand Prix in Cannes

  The documentary "Unclenching The Fists", filmed in North Ossetia by Kira Kovalenko, a director from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the Grand Prix of the "Un Certain Regard" author's film contest at the Cannes Film Festival.

July 17, 2021 15:03

• Zaurbek Dzaurov, convicted within case of Ingush protests, released

  Zaurbek Dzaurov, a resident of Ingushetia, convicted within the case of mass protests in Magas, has been released from SIZO (pre-trial prison).

July 17, 2021 15:01

• Azerbaijani MoD reports deployment of military units around Karabakh

  In the Agdam District, which has come under the Azerbaijan's control after the last autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a new military unit has been stationed; two other units were deployed in this district in June. In total, at least 25 units of the Azerbaijani Army have been formed in the territories around Karabakh.

July 17, 2021 14:51

• Number of persons accused of riots against Tbilisi gay parade reaches 24

  Charges of group violence have been brought against two attackers on the cameraman, Lekso Lashkarava, and a member of the LGBT community, as well as against 22 other detainees. 41 people have been recognized as victims, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia has informed.

July 17, 2021 05:53

• Relatives of two arrested Dagestani residents claim problems with medical care in SIZO

  Islam Barzukaev, a native of Derbent, needs two surgeries, but did not receive medical treatment because of his transfer to a Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), while Gasan Kurbanov received medical assistance only partially due to a shortage of doctors, relatives of the defendants reported.

July 17, 2021 05:51

• Hunger strike of Azerbaijani journalist Aslanov in prison attracts attention of ICRC

  Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, who has been on a hunger strike in penal colony for the fifth day, refused the offer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help with the transfer to another penitentiary institution. The pressure on Polad Aslanov is being ordered by the authorities, so the change of the penal colony will not change anything, a prisoner’s wife explains.

July 17, 2021 05:48

• Dagestani resident suspected of involvement in ranks of militants in Syria

  Investigators reported on the institution of a second criminal case against a resident of the Derbent District, suspected of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF).

July 16, 2021 18:36

• Rights defenders and journalists treat inquiry into attacks in Tbilisi as inefficient

  Media professionals and human rights defenders believe that authorities fail to take action against organizers of the violence. Journalists announced their large-scale action on July 17.

July 16, 2021 18:34

• Armenia refutes Azerbaijan's statement about shelling

  The statement of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) about the shelling of its positions from the Armenian ones stationed in the Gegarkunik District of Armenia has nothing to do with reality, the Armenian MoD has stated.

July 16, 2021 18:30

• Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson reports shooting from Shushi

  On July 15, in Shushi, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired short submachine gun popples in the direction of Stepanakert, Gegam Stepanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson, has stated. He believes that to prevent such incidents, clear inquiry mechanisms should be introduced.

July 16, 2021 17:58

• Peacemakers report on guarding Nagorno-Karabakh farmers

  At the request of residents of the Martakert District, Russian militaries have ensured their safety during the wheat harvest near the contact line, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 16, 2021 10:15

• Court sentenced Tofig Yagublu to conditional imprisonment

  Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani politician, has been sentenced by the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) to a 2.5-year conditional imprisonment. His guilt was not proved; and his defence will seek his acquittal at the Supreme Court (SC), his advocate has stated.

July 16, 2021 10:15

• Publication of Rutul fairy tales gives chance to preserve language of Dagestani minor nation

  Members of a small indigenous people in Dagestan and Azerbaijan – the Rutuls – have treated the publication of a collection of fairy tales in their mother tongue with interest; parents want to read this book to their children. The publication of the collection guarantees that the Rutul language will not disappear in the next half century, says Svetlana Makhmudova, a philologist the author of the book.

July 15, 2021 23:58

• Three residents of Ingushetia detained in case on aiding and abetting militants

  Three men supplied food to members of the armed underground and transported them in cars across the territory of Ingushetia, investigators reported. One of the three detainees is suspected of illegal possession of weapons.

July 15, 2021 23:52

• US Embassy expresses disappointment with election of judges in Georgia

  The Georgian parliament elected judges of the country’s Supreme Court (SC) in violation of agreements with the opposition, the US Embassy claims. Opposition MPs believe that the new judges are fully under the control of the authorities. At the parliamentary hearings, candidates for judges demonstrated their incompetence, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association stated.