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June 30, 2021 14:10

• Nagorno-Karabakh commemorates casualties and missing people

  The participants of the events on the Remembrance Day of Casualties and Missing Soldiers in Karabakh Wars laid flowers at the Memorial Complex. During the last autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, 270 military servicemen went missing; and nothing is known about the fate of 18 civilians.

June 29, 2021 23:54

• Court upholds verdict to native of Chechnya accused for involvement in terrorism

  The Military Court of Appeal upheld the verdict to Ramzan Akhyadov, a native of Chechnya, extradited from Georgia, who was sentenced in Russia to seven years of imprisonment for involvement in the ranks of Syrian militants.

June 29, 2021 23:53

• Amid fears of rights defenders, ECtHR rejects urgent measures in case of Chechen woman Khalimat Taramova

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered convincing the arguments of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) about the absence of a threat to life of young woman Khalimat Taramova in Chechnya and decided not to take urgent measures in connection with her detention by law enforcers in Dagestan, the “Russian LGBT Network”* reported. Contrary to the assurances of the Russian authorities, more than 20 human rights organizations expressed their concern about the fate of the young woman.

June 29, 2021 20:20

• Party colleagues of Azerbaijani activist Magerramov complain about bureaucracy with his release

  In Baku, a court is delaying the consideration of an appeal for the conditional early relief for Agil Magerramov, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, his party colleagues claim.

June 29, 2021 20:10

• Migrants from Chechnya complain to Putin about problem with housing in Ingushetia

  In their video appeal to the Russian President, migrants claim that the authorities of Ingushetia do not allocate housing to forced migrants from Chechnya and ignore complaints about the unresolved problem with housing.

June 29, 2021 15:17

• Political analysts dispute about changed attitude towards LGBT people in Georgian society

  In Georgia, the public opinion about the LGBT community has changed; and politicians are no longer afraid to drop their rating by speaking in support of this community, Kakha Gogolashvili has noted. The LGBT topic no longer causes such a violent reaction as before, Gela Vasadze believes. In his turn, Ucha Nanuashvili asserts that there is no improvement with the observance of the LGBT people's rights in Georgia.

June 29, 2021 15:09

• Georgian Ombudsperson meets pupils of Ninotsminda boarding school

  Employees of the Ombudsperson's office have received access to the territory of the boarding school in Ninotsminda, where they met pupils and began studying the school documentation, Nino Lomdjariya, the Ombudsperson, has informed.

June 29, 2021 14:54

• HRC "Memorial"* declares Georgy Guev, resident of North Ossetia, to be political prisoner

  Georgy Guev, a resident of North Ossetia, has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of financing terrorism in connection with his non-violent exercising of his right to the freedom of religion; the sentence was passed in violation of his right to a fair trial. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*.

June 29, 2021 05:50

• Navalny's supporter in Astrakhan complains about law enforcers' pressure

  Elena Baibekova, an Astrakhan resident, fined for taking part in a march in support of the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, said that shortly before the trial she was summoned to the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE). Persecutions of Navalny's supporters indicate a new wave of repressions, said a member of the "Parnas" Party.

June 29, 2021 05:46

• Makhachkala picketers demand to release Gadjiev and other political prisoners

  At their solo pickets held in Makhachkala, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev opposed his arrest and called for the release of all political prisoners. Eduard Ataev, an activist, held his action under a slogan against lawlessness.

June 28, 2021 23:58

• Lawyer doubts as to prospects of “Akhmat” FC’s litigation against Google

  A complaint filed by the “Akhmat” FC (football club) against Google will not solve the problem of blocking of the FC’s YouTube channel, since there are no legal mechanisms for such a decision, lawyer Musa Pliev notes. Alternatively, an unofficial fan page can be promoted, SMM specialist Khamza Chernomorchenko suggests.

June 28, 2021 23:54

• Story of dance in mountains of North Ossetia highlights shortcomings of work with tourists

  While commenting on a video with an affectionate dance in the mountains, analysts said that booklets about traditions and bans in North Ossetia could prevent incidents provoking indignation of local residents. The Tourism Committee announced the information placed at the stands installed at the most popular tourist sites would be enough.

June 28, 2021 20:47

• Canadian human rights defenders call for release of Azerbaijani activist Elchin Mamed

  In its appeal to Ilham Aliev, the President of Azerbaijan should secure the release of sentenced journalist and human rights defender Elchin Mamed, the human rights organization “Canadian Journalists for Free Expression” stated. The Elchin Mamed’s examination at a prison hospital was not deep, a mother of the imprisoned journalist complained.

June 28, 2021 20:38

• Armenia claims an attempt by Azerbaijani soldiers to interfere with agricultural work

  Azerbaijani soldiers prevented a resident of the Tekh village in the Syunik Region from collecting cut grass, the local authorities reported. Agricultural work was completed only after the intervention of Armenian soldiers.

June 28, 2021 15:39

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling on the border

  In the evening on June 27, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of Azerbaijani soldiers near the village of Garalar in the Tovuz District; there were no victims, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

June 28, 2021 15:30

• Four Azerbaijani residents detained for violating travel ban to Karabakh

  Policemen detained four residents of the Tovuz District of Azerbaijan, who, despite the ban, tried to get into the non-demined territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

June 28, 2021 15:22

• Man living in Dagestan publicly apologizes for photos with girls

  A native of Saint Petersburg, living in Dagestan, has posted a video, in which he apologizes to residents of the republic for his photos among girls in shorts, and for his own appearance. Some Instagram users have suggested that the man has been forced to apologize by local fighters for morality.

June 28, 2021 14:58

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 21-27, 2021

  Unexpected results of the parliamentary elections in Armenia; tightening of anti-COVID measures in Southern Russia; easing of restrictions on coronavirus in Georgia and Azerbaijan; decision of the ECtHR in a case on the deaths of residents of the Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya; Ramzan Kadyrov’s nomination to the post of the leader of Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 21-27, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 28, 2021 11:38

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities announce terms for resettling refugees

  In Stepanakert, they began building a new micro-district intended for the families who became refugees as a result of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict. Authorities assure that housing problems of the families of all forced migrants, who stay in Nagorno-Karabakh will be resolved within three years.

June 28, 2021 11:34

• Relatives report disappearance of resident of Chechnya after his return from Europe

  Ibragim Musaev, 41, a native of the village of Sernovodsky and an asylum seeker in Greece, disappeared on his way home from the airport in Magas. According to his relatives, the man is in the police station, but he is not registered there as a detainee.