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March 16, 2021 14:58

• Court returns Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva to custody

  A Stavropol court has overturned the decision on house arrest for Zarifa Sautieva and ordered to transfer her to SIZO (pre-trial prison), her advocate, Magomed Bekov, wrote on the Facebook.

March 16, 2021 09:34

• Karabakh rescuers suspend search for dead bodies

  On March 15, the search for the bodies of those who perished during the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh was suspended due to unfavourable weather.

March 16, 2021 09:24

• Attack on Mirzali continues series of incidents with political emigrants from Azerbaijan

  During the attack in Nantes on Mukhammed Mirzali, an opposition blogger from Azerbaijan, they to cut off his tongue, Emin Akhmedbekov, a political emigrant, has reported. Mirzali is in grave condition under intensive care. Human rights defenders have accused Azerbaijani authorities of the attack and called on the authorities of France and other European countries to investigate such incidents.

March 16, 2021 01:46

• Rights defenders treat Saduev's stay in Chechnya as dangerous

  Ilyas Saduev, deported from France to Russia, has been handed over to Chechen law enforcers, said his female relative. In Chechnya, Saduev's life and health are in danger, rights defenders believe.

March 16, 2021 01:27

• Zolotaryov's arrest continues corruption-fighting trend in Northern Caucasus

  The criminal prosecution of Aleksander Zolotaryov, deputy chairman of the government of the Stavropol Territory, under the bribery case is another episode in the fight against corruption in Northern Caucasus by the model of cadre cleansings in Dagestan, Anton Chablin, a political analyst, believes.

March 15, 2021 22:33

• "Novaya Gazeta" claims a chemical attack after posting article on reprisals in Chechnya

  An entrance to the building, which houses the editorial office of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", which has posted today an eyewitness evidence of the extrajudicial executions in Chechnya, has been poured with a chemical liquid of pungent smell, the newspaper reports. No hazardous substances have been discovered in the building, a source from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.

March 15, 2021 22:11

• Mekhman Guseinov announces a new investigation into corruption in Azerbaijan

  The journalistic investigation, during the aerial filming for which two activists were detained in the vicinity of Baku, is focused on the activities of a top-ranking official employed by a state-owned company, which receives construction contracts, blogger Mekhman Guseinov reports.

March 15, 2021 19:57

• "Novaya Gazeta" posts eyewitness testimony of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  Today, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" has made public a testimony of Chechen law enforcer Suleiman Gezmakhmaev. According to his story, residents of Chechnya, detained in January 2017, were tortured and forced to incriminate themselves before the extrajudicial killings, and the law enforcer witnessed those events.

March 15, 2021 18:31

• Armenia rejects bill on abolition of martial law

  Today, a member of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party has stated that the in-force martial law impedes all political processes in the country. However, the parliamentary Committee on Defence, National Security, and Internal Affairs has refused to consider a bill on the abolition of martial law.

March 15, 2021 14:43

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 8-14, 2021

  Protests of Nikol Pashinyan's opponents in Yerevan and failed meeting of the Prime Minister with opposition leaders; actions and events for the International Women's Day; CTO in Makhachkala; release of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva from SIZO; 77th anniversary of the deportation of Balkars; statement of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov about the failed attempt on his brother's life, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 8-14, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 15, 2021 14:10

• More than third of all Russian dilapidated school buildings are in Dagestan

  Mould and fungus on walls, rotten floors and leaking roofs remain a reality in Russian public schools in the 21st century. More than a third of the country's dilapidated school buildings are in Dagestan, as journalists of the "Vazhnye Istorii" (Important Stories) report.

March 15, 2021 13:24

• On March 8-14, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 8-14, 2021, in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least one person perished; no information about the wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 15, 2021 11:38

• Oppositional Azerbaijani blogger wounded in France

  Mukhammed Mirzali, who lives in France, was attacked by an unknown man who stabbed him several times.

March 15, 2021 11:13

• Relatives report deportation of native of Chechnya from France to Russia

  Ilyas Saduev, deprived of his refugee status by French authorities, was deported to Russia, his relatives said. Authorities of both countries failed to inform Saduev's relatives about his deportation and whereabouts.

March 15, 2021 10:54

• Yerevan protesters get tents ready for provincial activists

  Two additional tents will be set up near the parliament building in Yerevan for activists from the regions of Armenia, said the opposition's spokesman. About 150 activists stayed overnight in the tent camp.

March 15, 2021 10:41

• Kutaisi: protesters voice out ultimatum to authorities

  Large-scale protests will start in Tbilisi should authorities ignore the demands of the opponents to the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP), the participants in the rally held in Kutaisi on March 14 have warned.

March 14, 2021 11:21

• Activists tried to prevent Pashinyan from leaving President's residence

  Protesters have blocked the gates of the presidential residence and confronted the police. Activists failed to prevent Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, from leaving after his meeting with President Armen Sargsyan.

March 14, 2021 11:18

• Georgian farmer arrested within case of labour slavery and worker's death

  A Russian citizen was taken into labour slavery and died after severe beatings, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia has stated. The owner of the farm is in custody.

March 14, 2021 11:16

• Defence of Ingush activist Sautieva complains about law enforcers' pressure

  Law enforcers are seeking to return Zarifa Sautieva to SIZO (pre-trial prison) by exerting pressure on the owner of the apartment where the she is kept under house arrest, her advocate, Magomed Bekov, has informed.

March 14, 2021 10:50

• CoE calls on Azerbaijani authorities to fulfil ECtHR's decisions on activists

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has urged Azerbaijani authorities to immediately enforce the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the "Ilgar Mamedov Group" – to cancel the current and remove earlier convictions.