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July 13, 2021 13:33

• Defence of Azerbaijani activist, Razi Gumbatov, to appeal against his arrest

  Razi Gumbatov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, who was arrested within a drug dealing case, was deprived of the opportunity to contact his family and invite a lawyer of his choice, his defence has stated in an appeal complaint against his arrest. Gumbatov had been conducting an anti-drug campaign in his dwelling settlement by warning young people against drug use, the movement has stated.

July 13, 2021 13:28

• On July 5-11, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from July 5 to July 11, 2021, at least one person perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

July 13, 2021 11:33

• Tbilisi rally commemorates killed cameraman Lekso Lashkarava

  The protesters have commemorated the cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, who died after being beaten up, demanded resignation of the Georgian government and read out the names of the journalists who had been beaten up while covering the gay pride parade in Tbilisi.

July 13, 2021 11:31

• Guide of Karabakh rescuers blown up by a mine

  The guide of a search group of the Emergency Situations Service (ESS) of Nagorno-Karabakh has lost his leg by stepping on a mine while searching for the casualties' bodies and remains in the battle zone.

July 12, 2021 23:59

• Pilgrims visit Karabakh monasteries being accompanied by peacekeepers

  Peacekeepers ensured the safety of pilgrims from Stepanakert during their visits to the Amaras and Ganzasar monasteries on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh controlled by Azerbaijan, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

July 12, 2021 23:57

• Oppositionist Yagublu claims he banned from leaving Azerbaijan for political reasons

  Tofig Yagublu, a member of the Coordination Centre for the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), was banned from flying from Azerbaijan to Georgia to attend his mother’s funeral. The decision was made at the level of the country’s authorities and is biased, the oppositionist says.

July 12, 2021 23:55

• Number of suspects accused of attack on Lashkarava rises to five

  The Georgian police detained David Kutaladze, who became the fifth suspect accused of beating up Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the “TV Pirveli” TV Company.

July 12, 2021 23:53

• Azerbaijani resident injured in a cluster bomb explosion

  34-year-old driver Elshan Eivaz oglu Khalilov was injured as a result of a bomb explosion in the village of Garakhanbeili in the Fizuli District, the regional Prosecutor’s Office reported.

July 12, 2021 15:34

• Rights defender point to risks for blackmail victims of intimate photo in Northern Caucasus

  The victims of blackmailing by means of intimate photos are facing threats to their lives in Northern Caucasus. At the same time, Russian social networks fail to react to demands to remove the photo; while policemen are not always ready to investigate blackmail cases, human rights defenders assert.

July 12, 2021 15:27

• After Lashkarava's death, activists expand protest geography

  Journalists and opposition supporters took to large-scale actions in Tbilisi and other large cities of Georgia demanding resignation of the government and an inquiry into the death of Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company.

July 12, 2021 13:44

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 5-11, 2021

  Disrupted “March of Dignity” in Tbilisi; flooding in Kuban; attack on policemen in Grozny; protests against the construction of a road in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 5-11, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 12, 2021 12:07

• Remains of three servicemen found in Gadrut District

  Karabakh rescuers found remains of three more persons who perished in battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh. The total number of bodies and remains of Armenian militaries found has reached 1604.

July 12, 2021 11:43

• Stabbing law enforcers in Grozny was the eighth attack in NCFD since May 2018

  The armed incident in Grozny was at least the eighth attack on policemen with knives in Northern Caucasus since May 2018. Five attacks were committed in 2019.

July 12, 2021 11:34

• TV operator dies after being beaten up at anti-LGBT action in Tbilisi

  Relatives found Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, who was beaten up during riots at actions against the gay parade in Tbilisi, dead.

July 11, 2021 11:51

• In KChR mosques collective prayers suspended due to COVID-19

  All the collective and Friday namazes (prayers) have been suspended in the mosques of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) by the decision of the republic’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) due to the spread of coronavirus. Believers are advised to hold the Eid al-Adha prayers in mosque yards or in spacious places.

July 11, 2021 11:27

• Armed incident in Chechnya is the second in 2021

  The attack by a man with a knife on policemen in Grozny was the second armed incident in Chechnya since the start of 2021.

July 11, 2021 11:13

• Armenia refutes information about shelling Azerbaijani militaries

  The information of the Azerbaijani party about the shelling of the positions of its militaries stationed in the Gadabay District by Armenia has nothing to do with reality, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 10, 2021 17:06

• Four suspects of attacking journalists detained in Tbilisi

  Four detainees in Tbilisi within the case of attacking journalists are charged with obstructing the work of media professionals, as well as with using insults and physical violence, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

July 10, 2021 16:31

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling its border positions

  In the evening on July 9, positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the border Gadabay District were shelled from Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

July 10, 2021 15:40

• Georgian village cut off from the outside world by landslide

  The only road leading to the high-mountainous Georgian village of Omalo has been blocked by a landslide.