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November 02, 2020 11:18

• Nagorno-Karabakh claims shelling of Persian Mosque in Shushi

  During the missile attack on the city of Shushi, the Persian Mosque "Goar Aga" of the 19th century was damaged, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have reported.

November 02, 2020 11:16

• Azerbaijan counts 491 shelling victims among civilians

  Since the onset of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, 91 civilians have perished, and 400 others wounded under shelling in Azerbaijani cities and villages, the country's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated.

November 01, 2020 12:52

• Parties to Karabakh conflict blame each other for using phosphorus shells

  By using phosphorus ammunition, Azerbaijan poses a threat of an environmental disaster, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated. The Azerbaijani MoD denies the use of phosphorus ammunition and blames the Armenian side for doing this.

November 01, 2020 11:49

• Rostov activists speak out against political repression

  The tradition of repression is returning into Russian politics, activists of the oppositional movements of Rostov-on-Don have stated at a picket in memory of victims of political repressions.

November 01, 2020 11:30

• Woman from Nagorno-Karabakh complains about treatment in Azerbaijani captivity

  Yevgenia Babayan, an 85-year-old resident of Gadrut, has stated that she had been forcibly taken from her home by Azerbaijani militaries to Baku, where she was subjected to inhuman treatment.

October 31, 2020 18:45

• Azerbaijan resumes shelling of Stepanakert

  Azerbaijani troops are shelling Stepanakert; the central marketplace and a residential area came under fire, rescuers have noted, adding that the data on victims is being specified.

October 31, 2020 18:03

• Georgian NGOs claim violations during election campaign

  In the course of the election campaign, brawls and scandals of supporters of the ruling party with the opposition were often registered in Georgia; administrative resources were used; attempts to bribe voters and put pressure on civil servants were recorded, the local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has stated.

October 31, 2020 16:52

• Azerbaijan reports new shelling

  Today, the positions of Azerbaijani troops deployed in three districts are shelled by artillery; at night the fire in the Karabakh conflict zone was delivered, among other weapons, from missile launchers, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 31, 2020 16:36

• Kadyrov demands apologies from Zhirinovsky

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), has condemned Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about the French President, Emmanuel Macron, for his refusal to condemn caricatures on Prophet Muhammad. The head of Chechnya has demanded from LDPR leader to apologize for his words and not interfere in religious matters.

October 31, 2020 12:39

• Rights defenders criticize Ingush authorities for unresolved migrants' problems

  About 150 families of forced migrants from North Ossetia live in Ingushetia in difficult conditions; but instead of providing them with new housing, authorities are making attempts to evict them from emergency barracks, human rights defenders assert.

October 31, 2020 12:23

• Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations of ecological terror

  The Azerbaijani militaries have used phosphorus ammunition to set fire to forests, where civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh are hiding from shelling, the Ombudsperson of Armenia has stated. After the shelling by the Armenian party, forests in the Goranboy District have caught fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 31, 2020 11:57

• Baku and Yerevan agree not to shell civilians

  At their meeting in Geneva, the heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed not to attack peaceful settlements in the Karabakh conflict zone.

October 31, 2020 11:42

• Volgograd victims of political repressions treat state support as negligible

  On October 30, the annual rally in memory of the victims of political repression in Volgograd was replaced by a symbolic laying of flowers. Pensions and benefits are not enough for a decent living, the descendants of those repressed, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", assert.

October 31, 2020 08:39

• Russian TV personality reproaches Nurmagomedov for aggressive statements about French President

  Dagestani MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov wished the French President humiliation for insulting the feelings of Muslims. These words can be perceived by his fans as a call for violence, the Russian TV presenter, Ksenia Sobchak, has pointed out to the fighter.

October 31, 2020 08:25

• Seven residents of Karabakh village suffer from shelling

  A resident of the village of Aknakhbyur, Askeran District, has perished, and six others were wounded as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the office of the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

October 31, 2020 01:09

• Armenian MoD calls prisoner of war a Syrian mercenary

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh posted a video in which a prisoner of war identified himself as a mercenary trained in Turkey. A native of the Syrian city of Hama has been taken captive, reports Shushan Stepanyan, the press secretary for the Ministry of Defence of Armenia. The Azerbaijani authorities have not commented on the above report, but the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor has accused Armenia of using mercenaries from Georgia, France, the United States, and Belarus.

October 31, 2020 00:08

• HRC "Memorial" warns of fabricated evidence against relatives of sentenced Kurchaloi residents

  Law enforcers seized mobile phones from relatives of 14 residents of Chechnya, sentenced for involvement in the ranks of militants and registered Telegram accounts to those phone numbers. Human rights defenders do not exclude that this is preparation for fabricating criminal cases against mobile phone owners.

October 30, 2020 23:51

• Russian TV personality shows messages with a threat of murder for her dispute with Kadyrov

  Ksenia Sobchak will suffer the fate of Samuel Paty if she does not delete her posts about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, an author of an anonymous message writes.

October 30, 2020 19:05

• Ten residents of Kabardino-Balkaria arrested on suspicion of extremism

  A court pronounced a decision to detain residents of the Lesken District, who, according to the police's version, created an extremist community and used force against those who did not share their views.

October 30, 2020 18:49

• In Baku, sisters from a Chechen refugee family ask for protection from domestic violence

  Four sisters from a family of Chechen refugees living in Azerbaijan have posted videos asking for help, because their parents restrict their education and medical treatment and try to force them to marry. After trying to escape from the house, the sisters fear for their lives.