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October 06, 2020 11:28

• Rights defenders treat complaints to PO about smartphone checks as useless

  Residents of Chechnya continue complaining about checks of their smartphones by law enforcers, the authors of the 1Adat Telegram Channel and blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, have reported. Complaints about law enforcers' illegal actions sent to the Prosecutor's Office (PO) can be fraught with repressions, human rights defenders, Dmitry Piskunov and Svetlana Gannushkina, believe.

October 06, 2020 11:26

• Shelling of Azerbaijani frontline villages intensified

  The shelling of Azerbaijani dwelling settlements continues; the cities of Ganja, Terter, Barda, Beylagan and Goradiz got under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. According to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan, the death toll of civilians rose to 26; the number of wounded civilians has reached 127.

October 06, 2020 11:25

• Commentators treat smartphone checks of residents of Chechnya as intimidation

  Law enforcers check smartphones of passers-by in Chechnya in order to intimidate Chechens, who are beginning to realize that Russian laws fail to work in the republic, social network users assert.

October 06, 2020 11:22

• After explosions, Stepanakert townspeople hide in basements

  On Monday (October 5), two explosions were heard in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh; local residents are hiding in basements.

October 06, 2020 10:30

• Kadyrov defiantly ignores criticism in connection with his refusal to wear mask

  At the solemn opening of a new dwelling settlement in Grozny, the head of Chechnya and his entourage were without medical masks; the fact was noticed by local residents. Even those who have recovered and even those vaccinated against coronavirus, should wear masks, Zarema Alborti, a doctor, believes.

October 06, 2020 10:23

• Baku analysts treat video about Chechens and Karabakh war as fake

  Azerbaijani journalists were unable to identify the area in the video about the possible participation of Chechens in the battles for Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan has a strong army; it needs no Chechens' help, Ramzan Mollaev, the head of the local Council of Refugees from Chechnya, is sure.

October 05, 2020 23:55

• Number of civilian casualties in Nagorno-Karabakh rises to 18

  During the aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 civilians were killed, including a child, and about 80 people were injured.

October 05, 2020 23:53

• Azerbaijan claims a shelling attack on three cities

  The cities of Beylagan, Barda, and Terter came under fire in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported on Monday.

October 05, 2020 17:55

• Russian authorities claim law enforcers not involved in Salman Tepsurkaev's kidnapping

  In response to the questions from the European Court of Human Rights, Mikhail Galperin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights, stated that Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, was not detained by law enforcers and was not subjected to ill-treatment.

October 05, 2020 17:49

• ECtHR requests Russian authorities to answer questions on torture of Ruslan Kutaev

  The European Court of Human Rights has announced that the Russian authorities should provide the information concerning whether Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, was tortured after his detention in 2014 and whether the criminal proceedings against him were politically motivated.

October 05, 2020 17:46

• From September 28 to October 4, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded

  During the week from September 28 to October 4, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded; there were no casualties or wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.

October 05, 2020 17:40

• Residents of Chechnya criticize law enforcers for publicly reprimanding detainees

  The Urus-Martan ROVD (District Interior Division) of Chechnya has circulated a record of a talk with those detained for using narcotic drugs and driving while intoxicated. The public reprimand and invitation of violators' relatives to record prophylactic conversations caused misunderstanding among Instagram users.

October 05, 2020 17:35

• Residents of Azerbaijani border areas report damage from shelling

  Six children suffered at shelling of the city of Ganja; one teenager perished, the Azeri General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated. Armenian missiles hit residential buildings; people are left homeless, residents of the shelled border areas inform.

October 05, 2020 13:02

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 28-October 4, 2020

  Hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone; completion of the investigation into the murder of journalist Khadjimurad Kamalov in Dagestan; transfer to court of the case against leaders of the protests in Ingushetia; movement of members of the People's Khural of Kalmykia against republic's leader Batu Khasikov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 28-October 4, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 05, 2020 11:03

• Armenia tells ECtHR about Turkey's intervention in Karabakh conflict

  Armenian authorities have accused Turkey of involvement in the shelling of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh and asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to react to this. The Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has cited data on the use of banned cluster shells by Azerbaijan.

October 05, 2020 10:59

• Chechens' participation in Karabakh conflict causes distrust among Instagram users

  The video stating that Chechens have gone to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh looks unconvincing, some social network users have pointed out. Some of them have suggested that the video, posted after Elkhan Suleimanov, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health, had publicly supported Azerbaijan, was borrowed from some movie.

October 05, 2020 10:57

• Social network users outraged by checks of Chechen residents' smartphones

  Law enforcers have no right to check the phones' contents of passers-by in Chechnya, Instagram users have stated.

October 05, 2020 10:54

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of missile attacks on districts near Baku

  On Sunday evening, two cities were shelled with missiles from Armenia, the Azerbaijani presidential administration has informed. Besides, areas near Baku were hit; and civilians were wounded as a result.

October 04, 2020 12:07

• Rights defenders name conditions to counter women's discrimination in Dagestan

  To eradicate the practice of women's forced marriages and hard physical labour in Dagestan, it is necessary to raise the women's education level and make violations of their rights public, the human rights defenders, Nadezhda Azhgikhina and Irina Kosterina, believe.

October 04, 2020 11:52

• "1adat" instructs Chechen residents on law enforcers' attempts to examine smartphones

  The smartphone's memory must be regularly cleared of the data that may be of interest to Chechen law enforcers, the authors of the "1adat" Telegram Channel have advised in connection with the mass phone checks launched in Chechnya.