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March 11, 2021 16:43

• Azerbaijani Ombudsperson calls on Parliament to revise ban on leaving country

  The ban on leaving Azerbaijan should be conditioned only by a court decision; and citizens should be notified about the imposed ban on going abroad, the Ombudsperson, Sabina Alieva, believes. Activists treat her proposal submitted to the Parliament as relevant.

March 11, 2021 16:36

• Special operation is underway in Makhachkala, CTO regime introduced

  A counter-terrorist operation (CTO) has been launched in the Sovietsky District of Makhachkala after a group of people rendered armed resistance to law enforcers, the operative headquarters has informed.

March 11, 2021 14:45

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Akhmedov tells details of torture

  Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has described the torture that law enforcers subjected him to during the investigation, trying to knock out testimonies against Ali Kerimli the PFPA leader. The Prosecutor's Office has ignored his complaints about the torture, the advocate has stated.

March 11, 2021 14:23

• Film about oppression of women in the Caucasus sparks excitement in social media

  Social network users have criticized Alexei Pivovarov's project after the release of a film about the situation with women's rights in Northern Caucasus. The authors of the film have presented the region to the audience one-sidedly and made rough generalizations, local residents believe.

March 11, 2021 12:58

• Court leaves Chechen Djumaev, participant of action in support of Navalny, under arrest

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of using violence against a state official, will stay in custody until March 23.

March 11, 2021 11:59

• Rally for Pashinyan's resignation gathers 25 hundred

  A rally and a march of opponents of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, passed without detention; the police counted 2500 participants. The MPs had to enter the blocked parliament building through the auxiliary entrance; the opposition threatened to block it too.

March 11, 2021 11:57

• Rights defenders lodge complaint to ECtHR on KBR businessman Kasheshov's case

  Ruslan Kasheshov, a businessman from Nalchik, was sentenced to 11 years on the basis of confessions made under torture; but the torture case was never investigated. The lawyers from the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have stated this in a complaint sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

March 10, 2021 23:59

• Chechen Aurbiev's relatives indirectly confirm Tumso's version about attempt on his brother

  Relatives of Tamerlan Aurbiev, a native of Chechnya, recorded a sudden video appeal in which they claimed he was prone to crime. Thus, they indirectly confirmed the information of blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov about an attempt on the life of his brother Mokhmad. Such a video appeal could not appear without the knowledge of the Chechen authorities, human rights defenders suggest.

March 10, 2021 23:58

• Nikol Pashinyan presents a candidate to become chief of General Headquarters

  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposes to return Artak Davtyan to the post of the chief of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. The President of Armenia will consider the application for the appointment of Artak Davtyan within three days, the presidential administration reports.

March 10, 2021 23:57

• Political analysts: Armenians not to return to Gadrut

  The President Ilham Aliev's statements about the possibility for Armenians to live in the part of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh controlled by Azerbaijan have been made as a PR step, since the Armenians will not dare to return to the cities and villages they left, political analysts suggest.

March 10, 2021 22:59

• Law enforcers report discovering a hiding of militant killed in Dagestan

  Combat engineers destroyed fuses of grenades, which were stored in a hiding arranged in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, the National Guard of Russia reports.

March 10, 2021 20:38

• Azerbaijani authorities report on return of over 200 children from Iraq

  In two years, 248 children have been returned to Azerbaijan from Iraq, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers has reported. After rehabilitation, they were handed over to their relatives.

March 10, 2021 20:32

• Refugees report problems with housing and social help in Nagorno-Karabakh

  It is difficult for forced migrants to rent apartments or hotel room in Stepanakert; and not everyone can prove one's right to receive social help, refugees have complained.

March 10, 2021 09:10

• Secret witness accuses Zarifa Sautieva of organizing attack on law enforcers

  One of the prosecution witnesses at the trial of the leaders of the Ingush protest has stated that Zarifa Sautieva had instructed the protesters in Magas to resist law enforcers, Djabrail Kuriev, an advocate, has reported. According to his story, the witness had again incorrectly described the Sautieva's appearance.

March 10, 2021 09:04

• Azerbaijani rights defenders stand up for feminists

  Authorities should not have used force against feminist rally in Baku, since the female activists did not violate public order and observed sanitary norms, Namizad Safarov, the coordinator of the Centre against Repressions and Torture.

March 10, 2021 08:58

• Rights defenders encouraged by transfer of materials on Chechen Tepsurkaev to Krasnodar investigators

  Chechen investigators have handed the materials of the check on the use of violence against Salman Tepsurkaev, the moderator of the "1Adat" chat of the Telegram channel, over to their colleagues in the Krasnodar Territory. This will make the investigation more efficient and help in establishing the whereabouts of the kidnapped person, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has expressed some hope.

March 10, 2021 08:46

• Rights defender demand to consider asylum application of Choliev, KChR resident

  Five human rights organizations have called on the Russian FSB to allow Rozgeldy Choliev, a citizen of Turkmenistan, to apply for asylum. For the eighth day, Choliev stays in the neutral zone of a Moscow Airport; he is running out of money, while his friends with food and advocate are not let to him.

March 10, 2021 08:37

• Social networks doubt words of relatives of Chechen who allegedly attempted Tumso's brother

  An uncle and a cousin have urged not to believe Tamerlan Aurbiev, a native of Chechnya, who, according to blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, refused to kill Tumso's brother. In their turn, network commentators believe that the Aurbievs, who had treated their relative as mentally unstable and capable of crimes, has been forced to record a video slandering Tamerlan.

March 09, 2021 23:59

• Oppositionists block building of Armenian parliament

  In Yerevan, participants of a protest action cordoned off the territory of the Armenian parliament and blocked the entrances and exits of the building. There are clashes between activists and policemen, who are trying to push the oppositionists away from the parliament building.

March 09, 2021 23:57

• Decision on Onik Gasparyan's resignation enters into force

  The President of Armenia did not dispute the Prime Minister's decision to dismiss Onik Gasparyan from the post of the chief of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces, and it comes into force automatically, reports Alen Simonyan, the deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament.