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April 06, 2021 23:49

• “Musavat” Party activist arrested in Azerbaijan

  On April 5, Nizami Suleimanov, a member of the “Musavat” Party, was detained in the village of Surakhany. He was arrested for 20 days on the charge of drug trafficking, the “Musavat” Party reports. Colleagues of Nizami Suleimanov treat his arrest as pressure on the opposition.

April 06, 2021 23:45

• Political analysts point to likelihood of Kadyrov's re-election as head of Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov's chances of being re-elected in September for a new term is office are great, since the Kremlin still treats him favourably, while Kadyrov's tense relations with law enforcers have smoothed out, experts gave stated.

April 06, 2021 18:43

• Filmmaker of "Quiet Voice" details threats received for his film about Chechen gay

  The filmmaker of the documentary "Quiet Voice" telling about the fate of a Chechen gay man was forced to close his account in a social network after the threats received from anonymous users who sent, among other things, a frightening video clip. The member of the Chechen community, after whose visit the film was removed from screening, behaved politely when they met, the organizers of the "Artdocfest" festival said.

April 06, 2021 17:45

• Baku and Yerevan analysts dispute about use of "Iskanders" in Karabakh conflict

  While demining the city of Shusha, Azerbaijani sappers have found fragments of "Iskander" missiles. Some experts assert that this type of missiles is exclusively among Russia's weapons. The scandal around the "Iskander" missile complexes may seriously harm Moscow's image as a mediator in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, experts in Baku believe. Their colleagues in Yerevan parry that Azerbaijan is using the "Iskander" issue for its political purposes.

April 06, 2021 11:33

• Azerbaijan: rights defenders update list of political prisoners

  The Union "For Freedom of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners" has released an updated list of those convicted for political reasons, which includes 111 persons. This year's March pardoning failed in solving the problem, since only 38 persons from the previous list were set free.

April 06, 2021 11:30

• Horsemen's march to Dagestan coincides with Chechen authorities' political line

  An equestrian march to the grave of Baisangur Benoevsky in Dagestan was a grassroots initiative, but such actions are approved by Ramzan Kadyrov, said Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, and Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger.

April 06, 2021 11:28

• Makhachkala: picketers support journalist Gadjiev

  The picketers in Makhachkala have demanded the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly and stop unjustified arrests. People's interest in the Gadjiev case remains high, his colleagues assert.

April 06, 2021 11:26

• After relatives' complaints, Azerbaijani activist Salaev receives medical help in colony

  Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), whose relatives complained about non-provision of medical care in the colony, was examined by doctors who prescribed some treatment. After that, he went on the mend, his son has informed.

April 05, 2021 23:56

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of refusing to provide maps of minefields

  After the escalation of the Karabakh conflict in 2020, 106 Azerbaijani citizens were blown up by mines, and Armenia still has not provided its maps of mined territories, Baku reports. The UN has allocated one million US dollars to Azerbaijan for mine clearance.

April 05, 2021 23:51

• SC schedules a date to consider complaint about Kadyrov’s death threats against critics

  Human rights defenders who demanded to carry out an investigation into threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov found themselves without access to justice. Investigators refused to issue any resolution on their complaints, and the court dismissed the complaint about the investigators’ inaction because they had not issued any resolution, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reported.

April 05, 2021 18:17

• Premiere of a film about Chechen gay disrupted at “Artdocfest” film festival

  Tickets for the premiere of the film “Quiet Voice” about the fate of a Chechen gay were bought out after organizers of the “Artdocfest” documentary film festival did not fulfil a request of a representative of Chechnya to remove the film from the screening, director Vitaly Mansky reported.

April 05, 2021 18:12

• Dagestani native complains about death threats for refusing to live with her parents

  A 22-year-old female native of Dagestan faced psychological abuse in her parents’ family and got death threats from her relatives after she had fled to another city.

April 05, 2021 18:02

• Week from March 29 to April 4 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from March 29 to April 4, 2021, no information was received about the casualties or wounded persons 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.

April 05, 2021 17:32

• Sister of Mozdok resident beaten by law enforcer complained about threats

  A woman from the resident of Mozdok, a city in North Ossetia-Alania, who has been seeking for the third year the initiation of a criminal case against the law enforcer who had beaten up her brother, has complained about threats received from law enforcers.

April 05, 2021 17:16

• "Novaya Gazeta" reports threats to "Artdocfest" organizers because of film about Chechen gay

  The Chechnya's representative has demanded from the organizers of the festival of documentary films "Artdocfest" to remove the film about a Chechen gay from screening under a threat of "serious consequences," the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper has reported.

April 05, 2021 15:51

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 29-April 4, 2021

  Decisions of the European Court on complaints from residents of Ingushetia and Dagestan; arrest of the regional government deputy chair and the mass poisoning of people in the Stavropol Territory; unrest in Georgia provoked by the arrival of Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 29-April 4, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 05, 2021 11:27

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities update list of perished militaries

  The list of military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh's Defence Army who perished during the last autumn conflict escalation has been complemented with 54 more names, making the total number thereof reaching 2808.

April 05, 2021 11:24

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities announce measures to support refugees

  The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have announced their readiness to support the refugees who want to do business and compensate for the loss of property as a result of the autumn conflict escalation. In Karabakh, they continue building houses for refugees, paying benefits, including to the disabled and families of those who perished, benefits for children have been increased.

April 05, 2021 11:18

• Incident with horsemen from Chechnya triggers reproaches against Dagestani law enforcers

  In the Novolaksky District, policemen have stopped the participants of the equestrian march from Chechnya, who had intended to visit the grave of the commander Baisangur Benoevsky, the video clips posted in social networks report. The incident occurred in the disputed lands of the former Aukhov District, Instagram users have noted, treating the law enforcers' zeal as excessive.

April 05, 2021 11:16

• Catholics of Caucasus and Southern Russia welcome second Easter amid pandemic

  Catholic communities of Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus have changed the format of Easter services and abandoned the traditional mass celebrations in order to take precautions against coronavirus spread danger.