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April 16, 2021 08:27

• Activist of Makhachkala Navalny's office tells about his detention

  Murad Manapov, an employee of the Navalny's office in Makhachkala, told the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* that at the police station, law enforcers demanded from him to tell about the plans of the office and about his relatives; he received several blows and threats of torture.

April 16, 2021 08:12

• Supporters of Armenian POWs detained in Moscow

  At the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), policemen have detained six protesters, who demanded the release of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from Azerbaijan.

April 15, 2021 22:36

• Human rights defenders find video with Gadaev unconvincing

  A video depicting Magomed Gadaev, detained by Chechen law enforcers, as alive and not tortured, only increases fears for his life, say human rights defenders interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 15, 2021 22:20

• In Yerevan, participants of “Action of Silence” demand more active return of POWs from Azerbaijan

  Today, in Yerevan, activists have held the “Action of Silence” in front of the UN building. The protestors demand the immediate return of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from Azerbaijan.

April 15, 2021 19:33

• Instagram users treat a video with Gadaev as staged

  A video with Magomed Gadaev, deported from France, disseminated on the evening of April 14 on social media, was filmed in a basement, the man’s smile looks not natural, and he himself is wearing a winter jacket, which does not correspond to the season, users of the social media note.

April 15, 2021 19:09

• Human rights defenders urge to involve UN in investigation into executions in Chechnya

  The Russian authorities avoid examining the evidence of extrajudicial killings in Chechnya, states the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*. The human rights defenders requested the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to oblige Russia to involve international institutions in the investigation and to send a UN working group on enforced disappearances to Northern Caucasus.

April 15, 2021 18:54

• Residents of Chechnya complain about compulsion to vaccination

  In Chechnya, employees of kindergarten are being forced to vaccinate against coronavirus under threat of dismissal, local residents report.

April 15, 2021 15:16

• Advocate gives details of his meeting with Magomed Gadaev in Chechnya

  Law enforcers have summoned an advocate to Magomed Gadaev, a Chechen native, who was deported from France; the detainee himself wrote a refusal to use the services of a human rights defender. There were no visible traces of torture on Gadaev's body; and he refused to communicate in private, the advocate, Semyon Tsvetkov, has stated.

April 15, 2021 14:57

• Rights defenders achieve revision of Debishev's complaint about torture

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has supported the human rights defenders who demanded to reconsider the refusal to initiate a torture case against Timur Debishev, an actor at the Grozny Theatre, and sent his complaint for a new consideration.

April 15, 2021 11:06

• Urus-Martan woman publicly reprimanded for witchcraft

  Law enforcers have detained Lipa Israilova, a 65-year-old resident of Urus-Martan, for providing occult services. After a public conversation with Adam Elzhurkaev, a doctor from the Centre of Islamic Medicine, she has partially admitted her guilt, the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) has informed.

April 15, 2021 10:52

• Chechnya: video with Magomed Gadaev released

  In the videos posted in Chechen Instagram publics, Magomed Gadaev claims that he was not tortured or beaten up.

April 15, 2021 08:55

• Assistant coordinator of Navalny's Makhachkala office released

  Law enforcers would not allow Murad Manapov, the detained employee of the Navalny's office in Makhachkala, to contact his family and an advocate, and forced him, under pressure, to sign the protocol, the activist said after his release. Manapov intends to appeal against his detention and arrest.

April 15, 2021 08:33

• Lawyers call on Azeri President to release Eldar Gasanov

  Eldar Gasanov, a detained former Azerbaijani ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, needs serious treatment because his health condition threatens his life, his advocates have stated. They called on President Ilham Aliev to help provide treatment to Gasanov and change his freedom restriction measure.

April 14, 2021 23:22

• Rights defenders take trial against leaders of Ingush protest under public observation

  On April 13, Oleg Orlov, a member of the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, became involved as a public defender in the trial in a case against Ingush activists. The human rights defender represents the defence of Zarifa Sautieva.

April 14, 2021 22:30

• POWs’ relatives unblock administration building in Shirak Region

  After a meeting with an official from the National Security Service of Armenia, relatives of prisoners of war, who demanded to rescue their relatives from the captivity in Azerbaijan, unblocked the administration building in the Shirak Region.

April 14, 2021 22:08

• Exposition of Baku Trophy Park provokes indignation in Armenia and Karabakh

  Amid the Armenia’s attempts to return prisoners of war (POWs), the decision to display helmets of killed Armenian soldiers and dummies of military personnel in the War Trophy Park has become a manifestation of the Azerbaijani authorities’ cynicism, note Armenian MPs and the Ombudsmen of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

April 14, 2021 19:01

• Social media users criticize Kadyrov’s words about Navalny and Koran

  Internet users expressed their doubts that the leader of Chechnya was authorised to speak on behalf of all Muslims when he stated that Alexei Navalny had no right to read the Koran.

April 14, 2021 18:04

• Three employees of Navalny’s office detained in Krasnodar

  The police detained Anastasia Panchenko, a coordinator of the Alexei Navalny’s office in Krasnodar, and two office employees on the outskirts of the city, as they drove to Gelendzhik to prepare a video report.

April 14, 2021 15:02

• Setting barriers triggers protest of opponents of Namakhvan HPP construction

  Opponents of the construction of the Namakhvani hydroelectric power plant (HPP) have gathered for a protest action on the road to the village of Namakhvani, where law enforcers had installed metal barriers to prevent them from marching further. Six people were detained at night after opponents' clashes with policemen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

April 14, 2021 14:16

• Kadyrov criticizes Navalny for mentioning Koran

  Alexei Navalny has no right to mention and read the Koran, Ramzan Kadyrov said after learning about the oppositionist's request to provide him with the Koran for reading, and on behalf of all Russian Muslims urged the colony staff not to fulfil the prisoner's request.