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November 17, 2020 21:43

• Social network users criticize Kadyrov's statement about Marvel characters

  Ramzan Kadyrov demanded to replace images of comic book characters on the walls of the children's centre in Kurchaloi with photographs of "real heroes." Some social network users considered the position of the leader of Chechnya to be too strict.

November 17, 2020 17:14

• Refugees from Stepanakert treat neighbourhood with Azerbaijan-controlled Shushi as dangerous

  The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh urge their citizens to return to their homeland. Refugees answered that they decided to return to their homes in Stepanakert, but did not consider living in the city safe after the transfer of the neighbouring city of Shushi to Azerbaijan.

November 17, 2020 17:10

• Armenia turns to ECtHR about people missing in conflict zone

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should demand from Azerbaijani authorities to ensure the right to life of the ten civilians who disappeared on the Goris-Shushi road and refrain from ill-treatment of them, the Armenia's representative to the ECtHR has stated.

November 17, 2020 12:03

• BBC film on persecution of gays in Chechnya screened in Russia

  The documentary "Welcome to Chechnya" by the American director David France, which presents stories of persecutions of gays and lesbians in the republic, has become available to Russian spectators. Igor Kochetkov, the director of the "Russian LGBT Network" has treated the persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya as a crime against humanity.

November 17, 2020 11:58

• Azerbaijani analysts treat graffiti on Armenian church in Shusha as "war consequences"

  There are no insults to Armenians and the church in the graffiti on the church in Shusha; they are easy to wash off, said Fazil Mustafa, a deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee for culture. Togrul Djuvarly, a member of the Azerbaijani Public Committee for European Integration, has compared graffiti with the inscriptions on the Reichstag in 1945.

November 17, 2020 11:56

• Armenian officers arrested within case of soldiers' deaths in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Cases have been initiated on violations of the conditions of the military service and unjustified deaths of Armenian militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh; there are already arrested officers, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 17, 2020 11:45

• Azerbaijani journalist Aslanov sentenced to 16 years in prison

  The Baku Court for Grave Crimes has sentenced journalist Polad Aslanov to 16 years in prison. Aslanov treats himself as innocent and considered his journalistic activities as the motive for his prosecution.

November 16, 2020 23:58

• Armenian political analysts: Pashinyan unlikely to resign

  The opposition does not have enough votes to announce the impeachment of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and the withdrawal of several MPs from the ruling faction does not matter much, political analysts note.

November 16, 2020 23:56

• Parents of soldiers missed in action: Armenian authorities to report their fate

  The authorities deliberately keep silence concerning the information about the soldiers missed in action, claim protesters who gathered in front of the building of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

November 16, 2020 23:49

• Rights defenders: new check of complaint about Tepsurkaev's kidnapping comes too late

  Chechen investigators have started a new check of a complaint about the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev, but have not yet reported the results of the previous one, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) reports. According to lawyer Dmitry Piskunov, time for an effective investigation has been already lost.

November 16, 2020 20:11

• Vandalism becomes a key topic of mutual accusations between Armenia and Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani authorities did not react to the complaints of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Yerevan about the graffiti on the walls of the cathedral in Shushi. Armenia treats the above graffiti as an example of the targeted destruction of the Armenian cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku accuses Armenia of desecrating Muslim cemeteries and mosques.

November 16, 2020 20:03

• Nikol Pashinyan reports 2400 killed soldiers

  During the autumn battles in Nagorno-Karabakh, hundreds of Armenian soldiers were missed in action, and about 2400 others were recognized as deceased, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported. The Armenian authorities deliberately underestimate the number of losses, opposition leader Mikael Minasyan suggests.

November 16, 2020 19:59

• Death toll among Azerbaijani civilians rises to 94

  The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has updated the information concerning casualties among the civilian population. Since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict, 94 people have been killed and 414 others have suffered.

November 16, 2020 15:37

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 9-15, 2020

  End of the hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone; deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and departure of local residents to Armenia; protests in Yerevan demanding resignation of Prime Minister; start of negotiations between the authorities and the opposition in Georgia, dissatisfied with the election results; death of a sentenced Rostov journalist in a penal colony, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 9-15, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 16, 2020 14:38

• Lawyers treat passport confiscation as prerequisite for labour slavery in Caucasus

  Employers in Northern Caucasus often take away their workers' passports under some plausible pretexts, the "Alternative" anti-slavery movement has stated after a complaint by a resident of Stavropol Territory about forced labour in Ingushetia.

November 16, 2020 14:33

• Attempt to take her relatives out of Syria turns into criminal prosecution of Dagestani woman

  Patimat Ramazanova, 63, from Kizilyurt, has been accused of taking part in a terrorist organization and placed into SIZO (pre-trial prison), despite her health problems, her advocate has stated. Patimat travelled to Syria to help her daughter and three granddaughters with returning to Dagestan, her sister has explained.

November 16, 2020 14:23

• Rights defenders pointed to need to help all parties in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

  In the Karabakh conflict zone, it is necessary to solve large-scale humanitarian problems of the Armenian and Azerbaijani population, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has stated. Help should be provided to both those who lost their homes and those who are returning to the ashes many years later, Valery Borschov, a rights defender, believes.

November 16, 2020 12:05

• Leader of "AdequaD" oppositional movement detained in Armenia

  Arthur Danielyan has been detained in Yerevan together with his associates.

November 16, 2020 11:37

• On November 9-15, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded

  During the week from November 9 to November 15, 2020, no information was received about any casualties and wounded persons in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

November 16, 2020 11:34

• Russian MoD reports delivery of group of peacemakers to Armenia

  The Russian military servicemen and equipment, which will be used in the peacemaking mission in the Karabakh conflict zone, have been transported to Yerevan in 20 aircrafts, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.