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October 16, 2020 21:59

• In Yerevan, activists request UN to force Azerbaijan to ceasefire

  Participants of a protest action held in front of the UN office in Yerevan criticized the international organization for being passive concerning the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The UN ignores the use of prohibited weapons and military support for Azerbaijan from Turkey, protesters claim.

October 16, 2020 21:40

• Civilian fell victim to a shelling attack on Karabakh villages

  Today, the number of civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh killed in shelling attacks since the beginning of the fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone has reached 34. Many women with children and elderly people had left Stepanakert because of the threat of shelling attacks, city residents reported.

October 16, 2020 18:56

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of missile attack on Nakhichevan

  A missile launched by the armed forces of Armenia exploded in the territory of the Ordubad District in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, no casualties or injuries occurred, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today. The Ministry of Defence of Armenia refuted the information about the shelling attack on Nakhichevan.

October 16, 2020 18:44

• Defence: case on IS* militant grouping in Chechnya fabricated

  After detention, three residents of the Naursky District were subjected to torture and forced to confess to creating an armed grouping and swearing allegiance to a leader of the terrorist organization "Islamic State"*, a defender claimed.

October 16, 2020 18:32

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports about shelling attack on six villages

  The Azerbaijani troops shelled villages in the Martuni, Hadrut, and Kashatag District, and the information about victims and damage is being specified, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh report.

October 16, 2020 14:45

• Milan recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh's independence

  On October 15, the deputies of the Milan City Assembly recognized the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and condemned Azerbaijan's actions in the Karabakh conflict zone.

October 16, 2020 14:10

• Yagublu points to protocol distortions in his case

  The protocols of the court sessions on the Tofig Yagublu's fail to mention the defence's questions to witnesses, its petitions to challenge the court and much more, while some facts are presented with a completely different sense, the oppositionist himself has stated.

October 16, 2020 13:56

• Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange accusations of ceasefire violations

  Since morning, Armenian troops have been shelling the Goranboy, Terter, Agdam and Agdjabedin Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. At night, artillery shelling was carried out in the Karabakh conflict zone; and in the morning, Azerbaijani militaries launched an offensive in the northern direction of the front, Armenian authorities have reported.

October 16, 2020 12:34

• Azerbaijan treats video about execution of prisoners of war as fake

  Armenian authorities possess video and photo proofs of the brutal massacre of Armenian prisoners of war, the Armenian Ombudsperson has stated. The video clip is staged and spread in social networks in order to attract attention of the international community, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

October 16, 2020 12:21

• Islamic experts draw attention to video of street prayers in Dagestan

  Video records of street prayers in Dagestan confirm that the number of believers strictly observing the Islam requirements is growing, Akhmet Yarlykapov, an expert on the Caucasus, is sure. Magomedrasul Omarov, the head of the "Fikr" Centre, said, in his turn, that prayers in streets are not a new phenomenon and are quite widespread in Islamic countries.

October 16, 2020 08:36

• HRC "Memorial" tells about torture of Baidulaev prior to his murder in Chechnya

  Kazbek Baidulaev, who was killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Sernovodsk District of Chechnya, had been kidnapped and tortured before he joined the armed underground, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.

October 16, 2020 08:25

• Azerbaijan claims return of control over six villages in conflict zone

  The Azerbaijani Army has taken control of six villages of the Fizuli and the Djebrail Districts, the Azeri President has stated. The number of dwelling settlements that passed under Azerbaijan's control, according to the Azerbaijani side, has reached 50.

October 15, 2020 23:34

• Instagram users treat killing of militants in Grozny as staged

  A special operation in Grozny with the killing of four suspected militants had been staged to receive new generous subsidies from the federal authorities, Instagram users suggested.

October 15, 2020 23:16

• In Armenia, 20 people fell victim to conflict with Azerbaijan

  Since the beginning of the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, one civilian has been killed, and three others, including a child, have been injured. During the above period, five military personnel were killed, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has reported.

October 15, 2020 22:46

• Chechen authorities adopt Stalinist practice of renouncing relatives

  The public renunciation of relatives is a disgrace in the eyes of Chechen natives, and, using such a method, the authorities of Chechnya have silenced many of their opponents from the diaspora, blogger Said-Khusein Magomadov suggests. The Chechen authorities reproduce the methods typical for totalitarian regimes, note human rights defenders, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 15, 2020 18:12

• Eight persons fell victim to shelling attack on a cemetery in Terter

  Three persons were killed and five others were injured as a result of an artillery shelling attack on Terter, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports today.

October 15, 2020 18:01

• FSB reports about two suspected terrorists killed in Volgograd

  Members of a unit of an international terrorist organization were plotting a series of terror acts in Volgograd, and today, two of them have been killed in a shootout with law enforcers, the FSB reports.

October 15, 2020 17:48

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports about 49 soldiers killed over a day

  Men of military age can leave the unrecognized republic only with a special pass, and restrictions on movement have also been introduced within the region, reports Araik Arutyunyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh. The death toll among the soldiers of the Defence Army has reached 558.

October 15, 2020 13:37

• Azerbaijan and Armenia report battles in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Two Azerbaijani civilians have suffered from the shelling conducted by Armenian militaries; the Goranboy, Terter, Agdam and Agdjabedi Districts are being shelled, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. This morning, the Azerbaijani side attacked the northern and south-western directions of the frontline, Armenian authorities have stated today.

October 15, 2020 13:23

• ECtHR requests data from Azerbaijan about two Armenian prisoners of war

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Azerbaijani authorities to inform about the custody conditions, the state of health and the possibility of exchange of two Armenian soldiers who were captured on the first day of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict. This was stated on October 14 by Artak Zeinalyan, a former Armenian Minister of Justice, in his page on the Facebook.