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March 09, 2021 19:17

• Advocates: Armenian President to resolve dispute on resignation of General Headquarters' chief

  Advocates and activists gathered in front of the residence of the President of Armenia. They demanded from the leader of the country to send to the Constitutional Court a draft decree on the resignation of Onik Gasparyan, the chief of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. Armen Sarkisyan does not use his powers to prevent the development of a political crisis, the activists note.

March 09, 2021 18:55

• Russian military doctors leave Abkhazia

  The military doctors of the Russian mobile hospital, who treated coronavirus patients in Sukhumi, have left for the place of their permanent deployment in Budyonnovsk.

March 09, 2021 18:16

• Rights defenders demand from Georgian authorities to protect women's rights

  In Georgia, women's rights are systematically violated, the human rights defenders from the NGO "Young Lawyers' Association" have noted, referring to cases of domestic violence, sexual harassment, early and forced marriages, and forced abortion.

March 09, 2021 15:54

• Action against children's violence was over 300 people strong in Tbilisi

  Activists of the women's rights movement in Tbilisi demanded to punish those responsible for the death of a teenager in Kobuleti. Law enforcers and social workers were idling, while the schoolgirl did not know how to protect herself, they claim.

March 09, 2021 15:35

• Media tell story of domestic violence victim in Dagestan

  A resident of Dagestan, who was circumcised in childhood, was regularly beaten up in marriage, and after the film release, she became object of harassment in social networks, the "Novaya Gazeta" writes.

March 09, 2021 13:43

• Female activists in Baku speak out against gender inequality

  On March 8, participants of a feminist rally in Baku tried to draw attention to the gender discrimination, including domestic violence and early marriages. Some of the passers-by supported their slogans. The march was a success, despite the dispersal, the organizing committee of the action believes.

March 09, 2021 11:29

• Rights defenders oppose deportation of Chechen from France

  French authorities should not deport Ilyas Saduev, a native of Chechnya, to Russia, because in his homeland he is threatened with repressions, the author of the petition addressed to Emmanuel Macron state. This demand was supported by the Chechen human rights organization "Vaifond".

March 09, 2021 00:00

• Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov reports about failed attempt on his brother

  A killer from Chechnya refused to kill Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov in Germany and disclosed the name of the intermediary in the case, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov claims. The family of the man hired for the murder was evacuated from Chechnya, and he himself was taken under the protection of German law enforcement agencies.

March 08, 2021 23:57

• On anniversary of deportation, Balkar people describe their lives in exile

  In Nalchik, more than 200 people from Kabardino-Balkaria and neighbouring republics attended memorial events on the 77th anniversary of the deportation of Balkars. The people who survived the deportation shared their memories of how their families were living in Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

March 08, 2021 23:49

• Violators of ban on visits to Nagorno-Karabakh detained in Azerbaijan

  Four residents of the Beylagan District tried to drive two cars to the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under the control of Azerbaijan. Violators were detained, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

March 08, 2021 23:46

• Police disperse feminist march in Baku

  In Baku, the police have dispersed a rally of feminists protesting against gender inequality and domestic crimes. According to the organizers of the rally, on the March 8 holiday, it is high time to draw attention to the rights of women and their problems.

March 08, 2021 23:01

• Celebrations in Northern Caucasus highlight outdated format of March 8 holiday

  In Northern Caucasus, the authorities organized concerts and exhibitions dedicated to the International Women's Day. The traditional format of celebrating the March 8 holiday is no longer interesting, Dagestani journalists and bloggers point out.

March 08, 2021 17:59

• Karabakh militaries support Armenian General Staff's head

  More than 120 officers of the Nagorno-Karabakh's Defence Army have signed an appeal in support of Onik Gasparyan, the head of the General Staff of the Armenian Army, urging not to admit his resignation.

March 08, 2021 17:53

• Karabakh rescuers cancel search for dead bodies

  Today, the fog and poor visibility prevented from searching for the bodies of those who perished in Nagorno-Karabakh. Since the start of the search, bodies and remains of 1490 people have been found, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

March 08, 2021 17:47

• On March 1-7, two persons suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 1-7, 2021, two people suffered during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus – one perished and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.

March 08, 2021 17:11

• Refugees tell about post-war life in Nagorno-Karabakh

  New houses are being built for those who lost their homes during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh; they also receive payments, the authorities have reported. The refugees housed in a nursing home for the elderly complain about absence of employment and money as their major problems.

March 08, 2021 15:19

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 1-7, 2021

  Mass protests by Pashinyan's opponents in Yerevan and announcement by the prime minister of the constitutional reform in Armenia; conviction of Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko; sixth replacement of the mayor in Grozny within 10 years; resumption of negotiations between Georgia and South Ossetia on the situation on the border, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 1-7, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 08, 2021 11:34

• Instagram users urge Chechen traffic inspectors to behave more correctly

  A video about the meeting of Chingiz Akhmadov, the director of the "Grozny" TV Channel, with Chechen GIBDD (traffic police) inspectors was posted on the Instagram.

March 08, 2021 11:26

• Social network users dispute over action in Baku against domestic violence

  On March 6, in Baku, the staff of the ADO Theatre held a performance against violations of women's rights in Azerbaijan. Opinions of Facebook users diverged on the action.

March 07, 2021 12:10

• Gadrut refugees' demands meet web users' objections

  The issue of Armenian population's return to Gadrut should be resolved after the return of Azerbaijani refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh, Internet users have noted. Some of them have treated the protest actions held by refugees from Gadrut as the aim of obtaining political asylum in Europe.