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January 28, 2021 23:59

• Georgian tourism businesses are desperate to achieve lifting of restrictions

  Organizers of protests demanding to lift coronavirus restrictions in the tourism sector have lost hope of reaching an agreement with the Georgian authorities. They are preparing a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court. Hotel owners complained about the lack of guests.

January 28, 2021 23:57

• In Armenia, 26 people detained after a rally demanding Pashinyan's resignation

  Opponents of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not manage to break into the building of the Armenian government. Twenty-six activists were brought to police stations.

January 28, 2021 20:10

• Chechen native accused of beating Moscow law enforcers at a rally for Navalny

  A detained native of Chechnya was accused of using violence against law enforcers at a protest action in support of Alexei Navalny. In the course of the interrogation, the young man pleaded guilty, a source from the law enforcement bodies reported.

January 28, 2021 20:04

• Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev refuses to plead guilty in court

  Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the Dagestani newspaper "Chernovik" (Rough Draft), accused in a case on financing of terrorism, refused to admit the charge brought against him and called it "abstract."

January 28, 2021 20:00

• Armenian Fund reports payments to 1111 families of combatants in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The Military Insurance Fund have paid compensations to 1527 military families, of which 1111 were families of the combatants who took part in the last autumn escalation of the Karabakh conflict.

January 28, 2021 19:54

• Native of Chechnya detained after brawl with Moscow law enforcers

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who used violence against law enforcers at a Moscow rally in support of Alexei Navalny, was detained in the Pskov Region.

January 28, 2021 14:46

• Story of Derbent girl indicates legal gap in early marriage situation

  Early marriages in Northern Caucasus are promoted by parents' poverty; and family members usually bear no responsibility under the law in such situations, said Saida Sirazhudinova, the head of the "Caucasus. World. Development" Centre for Studying Global Issues of Modernity and Regional Problems.

January 28, 2021 14:42

• Political analysts reproach Pashinyan for his indifference to Nagorno-Karabakh residents' problems

  The Armenian government has withdrawn from addressing Nagorno-Karabakh problems, including the issue of transport corridor via Karvachar. In fact, all issues of life of its residents are resolved by Azerbaijan and Russia, political analysts in Yerevan believe.

January 28, 2021 11:28

• Insider and Bellingcat: involvement of Navalny's poisoners in Kuashev's death is obvious

  The law enforcers involved in the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny had also poisoned the human rights defender, Timur Kuashev, in Kabardino-Balkaria, and were most likely involved in the death of the Dagestani activist, Ruslan Magomedragimov. This is stated in the journalistic investigation conducted by the Insider and the Bellingcat.

January 28, 2021 11:25

• Mothers of three Derbent residents demand to punish law enforcers for torture

  Three women from Derbent have held pickets demanding to investigate the torture of their sons accused of terrorism. For six times already, investigators refused to open a case against law enforcers, but the prosecutor's office has launched a new inquiry.

January 28, 2021 11:23

• Refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh ask to provide them with housing

  Nagorno-Karabakh authorities must first of all provide housing to those who lost their homes in the autumn hostilities of 2020, refugees believe. The local Ministry of Social Security has informed that out of 34,000 residents who had lost their homes, temporary housing has been found for about 8000.

January 27, 2021 23:58

• In Astrakhan, Navalny's supporter reports details of his beating after detention

  Dmitry Kalinkin, a resident of Astrakhan, who came to a protest action in support of Alexei Navalny, was detained and beaten at a police station, his relatives said.

January 27, 2021 23:55

• Trial against Ingush activists takes place amid a picket in their support

  A prosecution witness says he fully shares the point of view on the events in the republic voiced by the Ingush activists accused of creating an extremist community. Caring fellow countrymen come to every court hearing, but they are not allowed into the courtroom. One of the Ingush activists' supporters holds solo pickets.

January 27, 2021 22:02

• Azerbaijan gives out over 30 soldiers' remains to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Azerbaijan has given out to the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh the remains of other 31 military personnel killed during the hostilities, and the total number of the found bodies and remains reached 1318, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.

January 27, 2021 21:55

• Makhachkala detentions highlight authorities' intolerance of protest

  In Makhachkala, the mass detentions prove not the high level of protest activity, but the zeal of the police who follow the instructions of the federal centre, suggest Magomed Magomedov and Gadjimurad Sagitov, editors-in-chief of local newspapers.

January 27, 2021 20:56

• Analysts reproach Georgian authorities for manipulating quarantine amid falling economy

  Oppositionists, activists and businessmen have held protests in Tbilisi demanding to cancel coronavirus restrictions. Authorities continue using quarantine measures for political purposes despite the fact that during the pandemic the Georgian economy has lost about 20 percent, analysts assert.

January 27, 2021 13:20

• Armenian authorities' report on decrease in inmates' mortality sparks rights defenders' scepticism

  The number of prison deaths has dropped four-fold, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Armenia has reported. To assess the mortality statistics, we should study what has contributed to the above drop, Arthur Sakunts, a human rights defender, has stated.

January 27, 2021 12:31

• Egypt hands three Ingush natives accused of extremism over to Russia

  Three out of four students from Ingushetia, accused by Egyptian authorities of extremism, have been extradited to Russia; diplomats are negotiating the transfer of the fourth one.

January 27, 2021 12:24

• "Novaya Gazeta": journalists and bloggers achieved release of girl in Chechnya

  Chechen authorities have released the 14-year-old native of Derbent as a result of a campaign in media and social networks, the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper writes. The girl's mother recorded the talks with law enforcers and officials; she has gathered materials that refuted the version that her daughter was not kept in Chechnya.

January 27, 2021 11:50

• Law enforcers' actions after detentions in Makhachkala give rise to criticism

  Repeated summons of Makhachkala residents detained on January 23 to police stations, as well as law enforcers visits to them, are an attempt to intimidate activists, lawyers believe.