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August 19, 2021 15:15

• Rights defenders point to rights violations of persons with disabilities in Makhachkala

  Entrances to state institutions in Makhachkala are not equipped with ramps; this violates the rights of persons with disabilities; and human rights defenders have to seek the installation of ramps in courts, but judges reject about a third part of complaints, activists of the human rights NGO "ZhKKh (Housing and Communal Services) Monitor " assert.

August 19, 2021 15:01

• Three soldiers found dead at combat post in Armenia

  The bodies of three soldiers with gunshot wounds have been found in a combat position located in Southeast of Armenia, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

August 19, 2021 14:50

• Rights defenders demand to voice out data on Tepsurkaev's fate

  A year has passed since the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev, a critic of Chechen authorities, but investigators are still unaware of his whereabouts, the Amnesty International (AI) has stated, calling on to release the details of the inquiry into his kidnapping.

August 19, 2021 10:55

• Ingush Ministry of Nature confirms wastewater discharge from aluminium factory

  The aluminium factory located near the village of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia is discharging its wastewater through a sewer without any purification, inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (known as "Minprirody") of Ingushetia have confirmed after checking.

August 19, 2021 10:41

• SIZO employees tell advocate about Magamadov's and Isaev's illness

  Again, the advocate of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was not allowed to visit them at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), as the stuff thereof said that the brothers were sick with coronavirus, the advocate said. The "Russian LGBT Network"* will ask again the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to take urgent measures to protect Magamadov's and Isaev's rights, said the press secretary, Tim Bestsvet.

August 19, 2021 08:39

• Kadyrov's advisor explains his words about "handsome" Taliban fighters by wisdom

  Hanafi Maturidis, to which the Taliban refers, are "handsome guys," said Adam Shakhidov, an adviser on religious affairs to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. He has noted that this is a wise statement that not everyone can understand.

August 19, 2021 08:26

• Armenia calls on Azerbaijan to negotiate within OSCE Minsk Group format

  Yerevan is ready to resume negotiations with the participation of OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) officials, and treats these talks as a guarantee of restoring security in Nagorno-Karabakh, Nikol Pashinyan stated on August 18 and confirmed the Armenia's desire to start demarcating the border with Azerbaijan.

August 18, 2021 21:25

• Dagestani residents file a lawsuit to ECtHR about Irganai HPP

  In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), residents of Dagestan claim that Russian federal officials acted ineffectively and failed to resolve the issue on compensation for the lands flooded because of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant (HPP).

August 18, 2021 21:04

• Human rights defenders prevent eviction of people from barracks in Nazran

  A court has agreed with the arguments of the lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* that the city administration has no right to file such claims and refused to evict 25 families of forced migrants from barracks in Nazran.

August 18, 2021 20:52

• Ingush residents criticize Kadyrov for refusing to give out bodies of Timurziev brothers

  The leader of Chechnya acted cruelly and contrary to Muslim morality by not giving out the bodies of the Timurziev brothers killed in Grozny to their relatives. This opinion was expressed by Instagram users, who positioned themselves as residents of Ingushetia.

August 18, 2021 18:38

• Taliban’s* victory does not threaten to drastically destabilize Northern Caucasus

  The arrival of the Taliban* to power in Afghanistan did not provoke an unambiguous reaction among Muslims of Northern Caucasus and does not threaten the region with an increase in extremism, experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” suggest.

August 18, 2021 18:26

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack on fire fighters

  The Azerbaijani side set fire to a field with grass and then opened fire on a team of Karabakh fire fighters, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

August 18, 2021 15:25

• Sotk mine workers return to work after evacuation

  The Sotk gold mine, whose workers had been evacuated due to shelling from Azerbaijan, has resumed their work. The situation on this section of the Armenian border is calm today, the "GeoProMining Gold" Company has informed.

August 18, 2021 15:11

• Six Georgian citizens returned from Kabul

  Six Georgian citizens, who had worked in Afghanistan and were unable to leave Kabul after the Taliban seized the city, have returned to Tbilisi. Georgian authorities are trying to organize the evacuation of the rest of Georgian citizens, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.

August 18, 2021 14:56

• Azerbaijan claims shelling on Armenian border

  Armenian militaries have shelled the Azerbaijani positions located near the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), as well as in the Gadabay and Kelbadjar Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 18, 2021 11:05

• Caucasian scholars treat bride abduction custom as contrary to Sharia

  The bride abduction is in no way consistent with the Sharia, according to which parental consent is mandatory for marriage, the Caucasian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

August 18, 2021 10:47

• Increased fares in fixed-route minibuses anger Grozny townspeople

  In Chechnya, some fixed-route minivans have doubled their fares, local residents complain.

August 18, 2021 08:44

• Political analysts dispute about Taliban threat to Southern Caucasus

  The change of power in Afghanistan will not directly affect the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Azerbaijani political analysts have suggested. The events in Afghanistan may lead to a strengthening of Turkey's role in the region and carry risks for Armenia, Armenian political journalists have noted.

August 18, 2021 08:30

• Rights defenders reproach Armenian authorities for restricting journalists' rights

  The staff of the Armenian Parliament has admitted the illegality of its actions and returned the accreditation to the photojournalist, Lilian Galstyan, but the restriction of the freedom of media over the past year and a half has become a trend, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

August 17, 2021 23:28

• Armenian soldier wounded in a shootout at border with Azerbaijan

  An Armenian soldier was wounded as a result of a shelling attack from Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. In turn, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling attacks on three regions.