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January 16, 2021 21:38

• Political analysts assess PR effect from Aliev's trips to Karabakh

  By his frequent trips to the conflict zone, Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, has glorified his role in regaining control over the Karabakh territories and is taking revenge from his opponents who had criticized him for the unsolved problem, political analysts believe.

January 16, 2021 11:27

• Rights defenders urge ECtHR to protect Dagestani woman from domestic violence

  An urgent request has been sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a request to oblige Russian authorities to ensure security of the safety of Gulli Kazanbieva, a resident of Dagestan, after her ex-husband convicted of beating her up will be back at large, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has informed.

January 16, 2021 11:25

• Law enforcers resume their raids at "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, policemen have raided the "Tangim" Mosque for the first time in several weeks, by copying the personal data of some of its parishioners. At least 40 law enforcers took part in the raid, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has informed.

January 15, 2021 23:02

• 34,000 people left homeless in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has been followed by a humanitarian crisis, and a programme for the resettlement of refugees has been launched in the region, announces Mane Tandilyan, Minister for Employment, Social and Migration Issues of Nagorno-Karabakh. 8000-10,000 premises are needed to accommodate people who lost their homes as a result of the war.

January 15, 2021 22:54

• In Guria, Muslims abandon a mosque project after a conflict with fellow villagers

  In Georgia, Christians and Muslims of the Buknari village in the Guria District have settled a conflict over plans regarding the mosque construction. Muslims will have the possibility to pray in the village, but they will not demand the construction of a mosque.

January 15, 2021 21:57

• Russian MoD begins to vaccinate peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh against coronavirus

  Military doctors have begun to vaccinate Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh against coronavirus, and about 2000 doses of the "Sputnik-V" vaccine have been delivered for them.

January 15, 2021 21:41

• YouTube blocks channels of Chechen sports organizations "Akhmat"

  The US sanctions have resulted in the blocking of the YouTube channels of the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) and the "Absolute Championship Akhmat" (ACA) MMA organization. The top managers of the promotion organization said they were not involved in human rights violations.

January 15, 2021 15:01

• Armenian analysts argue about consequences of Putin-Aliev-Pashinyan summit

  Moscow will not be able to support Nagorno-Karabakh's independence and its belonging to Azerbaijan for a long time. Although the parties have signed a ceasefire agreement, the conflict has not been settled; and the OSCE Minsk Group may soon start discussing the status of the unrecognized republic, political analysts have suggested.

January 15, 2021 14:50

• Djabiev's case triggers political crisis in South Ossetia

  The death case of Inal Djabiev after interrogation at the police has become the trigger and central element of a large-scale political crisis in South Ossetia, Ruslan Totrov, a journalist, has stated. The political instability has been embodied in a boycott by most of the MPs of parliament sessions demanding the resignation of the Public Prosecutor General, David Sanakoev, an MP, has stated.

January 15, 2021 14:44

• Chechnya: Timurzievs' story continues practice of rejecting advocates

  The relatives of the murdered Timurziev brothers, detained in Chechnya, were kept in the building of a power structure, her relative has reported. They should have turned to an advocate to find out the reasons of their detention, but the practice of rejecting advocates' services is widespread in Chechnya, says Oleg Orlov, the head of the Hot Spots programme of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

January 15, 2021 14:09

• Chechen blogger Tumso compares himself with Navalny

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger from Chechnya, has called on the Swedish authorities to react to the mild, in his opinion, sentence to the figurants in the assassination attempt on him in the same way as European countries reacted to the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.

January 15, 2021 11:22

• Stepanakert residents commemorate victims of Baku pogroms

  At the service in the Stepanakert temple, parishioners have prayed for the repose of victims of pogroms of Armenians in Baku. There are about 30,000 refugees from Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh; up to 500 families need housing, a member of the Union of Armenian Refugees has stated.

January 15, 2021 09:30

• Baku analysts explain the procedure of social security for families of missing soldiers

  Azerbaijani laws assume no privileges and payments of no benefits to families of missing military servicemen, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have explained. After six months, if the missing person is not found alive, he is assigned the status of a shaheed (deceased martyr); and his family receives all the due benefits.

January 15, 2021 09:19

• Defence reports Belkharoev's complaints about torture

  Alikhan Belkharoev, a resident of Ingushetia, arrested in connection with the attempted murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush Centre to Counter Extremism (CCE, also known as "E" Centre), said that law enforcers had tortured him to obtain confessions.

January 14, 2021 23:57

• Karabakh rescuers report 1230 dead bodies found

  In the village of Karin, Karabakh rescuers found a body of a 58-year-old woman. The total number of the dead bodies found by the rescuers increased to 1230. Today, Azerbaijan has banned the Karabakh rescuers from conducting any searches. However, it is planned to resume searches on January 15, the Karabakh side reports.

January 14, 2021 23:49

• Human rights defenders demand to investigate war crimes of parties to Karabakh conflict

  Azerbaijan and Armenia used inaccurate weapons during shelling attacks on cities, towns, and villages during the autumn escalation of the Karabakh conflict, and as a result, dozens of civilians were killed and hundreds of others were injured. The parties to the conflict must bring the persons responsible for war crimes to justice, states the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

January 14, 2021 23:46

• Parents of Armenian conscripts protest after report on a soldier wounded in Karabakh

  In Yerevan, a protest action took place in front of the government building. The protesters demand from the Armenian authorities to provide security guarantees for conscripts in Nagorno-Karabakh.

January 14, 2021 23:11

• Bulldozer driver blown up by mine in Karabakh

  An employee of the Azerbaijani road administration was injured after hitting an anti-tank mine with a bulldozer.

January 14, 2021 22:19

• Djabiev's widow appeals for support to former South-Ossetian presidents

  Oksana Sotieva, Inal Djabiev's widow, has asked the ex-presidents of South Ossetia to support the demand to investigate his death.

January 14, 2021 19:50

• Azerbaijani military perishes in road accident in Nagorno-Karabakh

  One military serviceman has perished and two others were wounded in a car accident near Shusha, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.