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March 18, 2021 11:03

• Exhibition in Batumi draws attention to transgender people's rights

  The art project "Gradation" in Batumi, dedicated to problems of transgender people in Georgia, was visited by more than 200 people in five days, organizers have reported. The exhibition allowed transgender people, who occurred especially vulnerable in the context of the pandemic and COVID-19 restrictions, to declare their rights, according to the people who took part in the project.

March 18, 2021 08:41

• Chechen law enforcer indirectly confirms coercion to execute journalists

  The fighters of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Police Regiment are being forced to make one of them "take responsibility for stopping insults of the whole regiment staff," said one of the Chechen law enforcers who recorded a video message to the Russian President in connection with the publications of the "Novaya Gazeta" about extrajudicial executions.

March 18, 2021 08:29

• Gezmakhmaev's relatives receive threats after article about executions in Chechnya

  Law enforcers have demanded from Suleiman Gezmakhmaev's relatives to force him to declare his story about torture and killings in Chechnya to be fiction, and threatened the family with problems, their fellow villagers have informed.

March 17, 2021 23:21

• In Grozny, rally participants curse Milashina for her article on extrajudicial executions

  In Grozny, participants of a rally accused journalist Elena Milashina of provocation. Criticism against Ramzan Kadyrov or the law enforcement bodies in Chechnya is equal to criticism against the entire Chechen nation, the chair of the Public Chamber of Chechnya has announced at the rally.

March 17, 2021 23:07

• Djumaev accused of beating three law enforcers

  At a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, Said-Mukhammad Djumaev stroke many blows on two OMON (riot police) fighters and a policeman, investigators state in the indictment. The term of Said-Mukhammad Djumaev's arrest has been extended until April 16.

March 17, 2021 20:38

• In Prague, police stop a solo picket in support of Ingush activists

  Today, Ingush journalist Izabella Evloeva has held a solo picket in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague in support of the Ingush leaders of the protest. Diplomats called the police and the solo picket was stopped.

March 17, 2021 20:22

• Telegram channel moderators inform advocates about beatings and threats in Chechnya

  Advocates managed to visit Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, brought to Chechnya by law enforcers, the "Russian LGBT Network" reports today.

March 17, 2021 19:57

• "Caucasian Knot" correspondent detained at a solo picket in support of Ingush activists

  In Yessentuki, the police detained Alyona Sadovskaya, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who was holding a solo picket in front of the city court building. The journalist protested against the detention of Ingush activists in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).

March 17, 2021 15:43

• After announced protest action, police cordons off Armenia's MoE building

  Today, hundreds of law enforcers were brought to the building of the Ministry of Education (MoE) of Armenia before Nikol Pashinyan's visit there. Only three activists gathered in the venue, just to show how authorities fear protests, the opposition has stated.

March 17, 2021 14:59

• Law enforcers report prevented terror act in Adygea

  A supporter of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, has been detained; he confessed to preparing a terror act in central Maikop, the capital of Adygea, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) has reported today.

March 17, 2021 11:31

• Dagestani law enforcers refuse to admit guilt of beating Amakhanov

  Two law enforcers accused of beating up Temirkhan Amakhanov, a Derbent resident, in 2017, stated that the charges against them were based on perjury, while the proofs of their innocence was ignored.

March 17, 2021 11:16

• Five persons blown up by a mine in Agdam District

  A group of six Azerbaijani citizens wanted to get to the village of Yusifdjanly in the Agdam District. Five of them triggered an anti-personnel mine: two were killed and three were wounded.

March 17, 2021 08:29

• Claims to 1921 Moscow Treaty unites Armenian opposition

  Two thousand people went out to a rally demanding to invalidate the 1921 treaty signed by RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic) and Turkey, which defined Armenia's borders. The continuation of this policy was the transfer of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan, protesters have stated.

March 17, 2021 08:23

• Karabakh rescuers find remains of three dead persons

  Rescuers have resumed the search for the bodies of those who perished during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict; today, in the territory of the Martuni District, now under Azerbaijan's control, they found remains of military servicemen. Since the start of searches, they found and evacuated the bodies of 1502 persons, the State Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

March 17, 2021 08:19

• Exhibition on 100th birthday of Academician Sakharov opened in Vladikavkaz

  Residents of Vladikavkaz will be able to visit the travelling exhibition "Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov – an epoch man" until April 14. The first visitors have already seen it.

March 16, 2021 22:33

• Seven persons detained after a protest action in Yerevan

  In the centre of Yerevan, activists of the movement "Azatagrum" (Liberation) blocked the roadway with garbage cans. They demanded the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan. The police restored traffic down the street and detained seven persons.

March 16, 2021 22:27

• Ingush activists demand to release Zarifa Sautieva from custody

  The leaders of the Ingush protest, accused together with Zarifa Sautieva of creating an extremist community, called the release of the activist from custody the goal of their hunger strike. Advocate Magomed Abubakarov announced the above and promised to appeal against the return of Zarifa Sautieva to the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

March 16, 2021 21:53

• Employees of event industry take part in a protest in Batumi

  In Batumi, presenters, photographers, cameramen, and musicians held an action in front of the building of the Adjara government. They demanded permission to hold mass events.

March 16, 2021 21:44

• Ingush protest leaders go on hunger strike

  Ingush activists accused in a rally case went on a hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial, Bilan Dzugaev reported. The protest action followed the court's decision to return Zarifa Sautieva to custody.

March 16, 2021 15:11

• Azerbaijani activists call for return of representation practice in courts

  The elimination of the practice of citizens' representation in courts of Azerbaijan has limited people's access to reliable legal support and excluded the lawyers who are not members of the Bar Association from participation in trials, experts from the Institute for Democratic Initiatives (IDI) have noted.