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September 01, 2020 18:19

• Rights of arrested Azerbaijani oppositionists violated, their relatives claim

  The rights of detained activists from the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan to visits and phone calls are being violated. According to relatives, no advocates are allowed to visit some of the activists arrested after an action held in Baku on July 15.

September 01, 2020 14:26

• Activist Timur Tskhurbati beaten up in Tskhinvali

  Timur Tskhurbati, an activist, was hospitalized after being attacked during the funeral of Inal Djabiev in Tskhinvali; his cheekbone and nose were broken, Tskhurbati himself has stated.

September 01, 2020 13:53

• Chechnya: punishment methods for drinking alcohol amaze social network users

  Instagram users were surprised by law enforcers' threats to send detainees for drinking alcohol to work. The salary of 1000 roubles a day, promised by the police officer to detainees, is a dream for many residents of the republic, commentators assert.

September 01, 2020 11:23

• Emin Sagiev's doctor urges him to end hunger strike

  On the 13th day of his hunger strike, Emin Sagiev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, needed medical help. The doctor urged Sagiev to stop the action, saying that he would not be able to help him otherwise, Aigun Sagieva, Emin's wife, has informed.

September 01, 2020 11:06

• Over 1000 people are waiting to be sent to Azerbaijan near Kullar

  More than 1000 Azerbaijani citizens have accumulated in the border village of Kullar, who are waiting for the departure to their homeland; the tent camp set up by the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) contains "tents full of women and children," a representative of the National-Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis has informed.

September 01, 2020 10:55

• Tskhinvali protesters stay overnight in front of government building

  Residents of South Ossetia continued their spontaneous rally in the square in front of the government building in Tskhinvali. They demand resignation of the republic's head.

September 01, 2020 08:38

• Gadjiev's colleagues resume pickets in his support

  Supporters and colleagues of the arrested Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, have resumed their weekly solo pickets demanding his release.

September 01, 2020 08:26

• Kadyrov's critics treat agency for helping Chechens in Europe as threat

  Ramzan Kadyrov is trying to strengthen control over his critics in Europe, and to bribe some Diaspora members by setting up an agency for relations with fellow countrymen abroad, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

August 31, 2020 21:48

• Court recalls decision to arrest two men accused of riots near Kullar

  The defence succeeded in seeking the cancellation of the decision to extend the arrest of Emin Imamaliev and Elbrus Akhmedov, accused of attacking law enforcers during a protest action in a camp in the Kullar village. The court dismissed a request of the Prosecutor's Office to take defendant Djeikhun Namazov in custody.

August 31, 2020 21:15

• Inal Djabiev's funeral transforms into a crowded march of South-Ossetian residents

  In Tskhinvali, a crowded funeral procession with the body of Inal Djabiev, who died after his detention by law enforcers, reached the centre of the city. The President of South Ossetia and parliament members joined the funeral procession.

August 31, 2020 19:13

• On August 24-30, 2020, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 24-30, 2020, at least one person fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 31, 2020 18:52

• Dagestani resident detained on suspicion of financing IS*

  Six persons were detained in five regions of Russia, including a resident of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, organized raising and transferring money for militants from a terrorist organization in Syria, the law enforcement bodies reported.

August 31, 2020 18:39

• Yerevan reports negotiations with Russia on purchase of fighter aircrafts

  Yerevan is negotiating with Russia to purchase Su-30SM fighters, reports David Tonoyan, Minister of Defence of Armenia.

August 31, 2020 13:54

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 24-30, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; unrest in Tskhinvali after the detainee's death; capture of an Armenian officer in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 24-30, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 31, 2020 13:32

• Azerbaijani SSS reports extradition of alleged militant from Russia

  Russia has handed Falig Valiev over to Azerbaijan; Valiev had been put on the international wanted list on charges of links with militants, the country's State Security Service (SSS) has reported.

August 31, 2020 13:16

• Chechen law enforcers publicly scold detainees for drinking alcohol

  Seven men detained in Kurchaloi District were reprimanded at the police station, shows the video posted on the Instagram. Some social network users have criticized law enforcers for publicly humiliating people.

August 31, 2020 11:06

• Bagaudin Evloev's arrest draws attention to law enforcers' practices in Ingushetia

  The practice when detainees "disappear" for some time after arrest is quite common in Ingushetia, human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the difficulties with the admission of an advocate to Bagaudin Evloev, detained after a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nazran and Sagopsh on August 6.

August 31, 2020 10:53

• Baku analysts claim remaining Armenian-Azerbaijani tensions

  Despite the decreasing number of shootouts on Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line, the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border remains tense, Baku analysts assert. In their opinion, the internal political situation in Armenia is affecting the escalation.

August 31, 2020 10:40

• New fights involving Kadyrov's children announced in Chechnya

  Boxing fights of four Ramzan Kadyrov's sons are scheduled for September 3, despite the Kremlin's criticism of the earlier children's fights, as well as by the children's ombudsperson and the Russian Sport Ministry.

August 30, 2020 09:59

• Kadyrov creates agency to help "good" Chechens in Europe

  A new national agency is ready to provide help to immigrants from Chechnya living abroad, but they must "watch their own language," Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.