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June 04, 2021 23:45

• Two journalists die in Azerbaijan at mine explosion

  Magerram Ibragimov, a correspondent of the "Azertadj", and Siradj Abyshov, a cameraman, perished in a mine explosion in the Kelbadjar District. Emil Mamedov, a director from the "AzTV", a car driver and a local resident were wounded.

June 04, 2021 14:10

• Ingush authorities close ancient temple of Tkhaba-Yerdy

  The Tkhaba-Yerdy temple located in the mountainous region of Ingushetia is closed for reconstruction after it was damaged by an earthquake on May 24, local authorities have informed.

June 04, 2021 14:08

• Nine supporters of boarding school pupils in Ninotsminda detained

  Law enforcers have detained the activists who demanded an efficient inquiry into reports of violence at a boarding school in Ninotsminda. Human rights defenders will demand in court to take all the children out of the boarding school, an activist of the NGO "Partnership for Human Rights", has stated.

June 04, 2021 14:05

• Film by KBR director put into programme of Cannes Film Festival

  The film "By Unclenching the Fists", directed by Kira Kovalenko, a filmmaker from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has been included into the programme "Un Certain Regard" (From Another Angle) of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

June 04, 2021 14:01

• After release of book about Azerbaijani prisons, activist reports threats

  The Baku police have accepted an application about received threats from Ilkin Rustamzade, who linked the threats with the publication of his book about torture in Azerbaijani jails and the cooperation of the criminal world with the authorities.

June 04, 2021 11:56

• "Akhmat" footballer apologizes for brawl at match in Grozny

  After being disqualified for participating in a mass brawl and disrespecting the judge, Lechi Sadulaev, an "Akhmat" FC player, has apologized, echoing the controversial thesis about "Akhmat"'s hospitality.

June 04, 2021 11:50

• Sports commentators treat "Akhmat"'s offer to Khabib as unprecedented

  The royalty of USD 6 million has never been paid to fighters at Russian tournaments; a fight with such a budget is unlikely to pay off, sports commentators said in connection with the proposal to Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani fighter, made on behalf of the "Akhmat" Absolute Championship Club.

June 04, 2021 11:49

• Ingush activist released from courtroom

  The court has sentenced Ibragim Merzhoev, a participant of the rally in Magas, to nine months in prison on charges of using violence against a state official. Merzhoev has pleaded guilty; and the court regarded his term to have been served.

June 04, 2021 11:47

• Rights defenders treat Tataev's video appeal as forced

  Akraman Tataev, a resident of the city of Argun, filmed his video, in which he refuted the information about his kidnapping and torture, under law enforcers' pressure, as he fears for his life, human rights defenders have suggested.

June 04, 2021 03:29

• Human rights defenders demand to suspend an orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda

  Several criminal cases are under investigation in connection with violence against inmates of an orphan boarding school in the town of Ninotsminda, the Ombudsperson of Georgia reports. The brutal punishments of children at the orphan boarding school had been reported earlier, but the authorities did not react, human rights defenders note.

June 04, 2021 03:26

• Case of 14 Armenian militaries sent to Baku court

  The Baku Court of Grave Crimes has accepted the case of 14 Armenian citizens accused of creating an armed grouping, terrorism and illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani border near the village of Gadrut.

June 03, 2021 23:49

• Film about fate of five Chechen sisters raises problem of children’s return from Syria

  The film "Forbidden Children" about the fate of five sisters from Chechnya, who ended up in the Syrian camp of Al-Khol after the death of their parents, was shown in Moscow. Evdokia Moskvina, the film director, told about the difficulties that the girls' relatives had to go through in order to achieve their return home.

June 03, 2021 22:25

• Tourists admit to violating mask regime on vacation in Georgia

  Foreign tourists who do not have real estate in Georgia can leave the country without paying a fine for violating the mask regime, says lawyer Zurab Kharati.

June 03, 2021 19:09

• Kuban investigators return Tepsurkaev’s case to Chechnya

  At present, there is a chance that a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev will be granted the status of a victim due to the established practice of recognizing religious marriages in the republic.

June 03, 2021 15:14

• Azerbaijan updates its death toll in Nagorno-Karabakh

  According to updated data, a total of 2900 Azerbaijani soldiers perished in Nagorno-Karabakh; 14 others are regarded as missing, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced. On the same day, the remains of another soldier, a resident of Goygol District, born in 1999, were found, the local administration has informed.

June 03, 2021 15:12

• Two Armenian soldiers wounded in clash with Azerbaijani militaries

  As a result of a conflict that broke out among Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers on the border of the Gegarkunik Region, two soldiers were wounded, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

June 03, 2021 15:09

• Resident of Chechen Argun disavows reports of kidnapping and torture

  A video has been posted with Akraman Tataev, whose relatives had complained to human rights defenders about his ill-treatment at the division of some power structure. Tataev claims that he has already returned home, and that law enforcers made him no harm.

June 03, 2021 12:00

• Armenian MoD reacts to statements on Azerbaijani border trespassing

  The Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated the Azerbaijan's statement about "violation of the border" by Armenian militaries as unjustified, and blamed Baku for spreading disinformation.

June 03, 2021 11:57

• Stavropol Territory: bride abduction cases prove viability of this tradition

  A court in Neftekumsk began hearing the case of two local residents accused of abducting a bride. This is at least the second such case in 10 months considered by Stavropol territorial courts. The custom of bride abduction is widespread in the Stavropol Territory, but most often occurs by the parties' mutual consent, the local Mufti and analysts believe.

June 02, 2021 23:56

• North-Ossetian native Timur Tumgoev requests a visit of human rights defenders from Moscow

  Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, is serving a sentence in the Saratov Region on the charge of involvement with Syrian militant groupings. He faces regular provocations because of his faith and wearing a beard. The prisoner requested an advocate to ensure a visit to the correctional institution by human rights defenders from Moscow, the Timur Tumgoev’s defender reported.