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August 30, 2020 09:55

• Court cancels verdict to Azerbaijani journalist Anar Mamedov

  The Court of Appeal (CoA) has overturned the conviction of Anar Mamedov, editor-in-chief of the "Criminal.az" website, and sent the case for reconsideration.

August 30, 2020 09:43

• Instructions by Kadyrov's adviser trigger irritation in social networks

  The appeal of Adam Delimkhanov, the adviser to the head of Chechnya, not to commit offenses outside the republic is formulated humiliatingly towards local residents, social network users have pointed out.

August 30, 2020 09:31

• Sources report brutal beatings of two more detainees in South Ossetia

  Nikolai Tskhovrebov, detained within the attempt case on the head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), was hospitalized with traces of beatings; he cannot walk, the hospital staff has stated. Another suspect, Gennady Kulaev, has been denied advocates' access for a week; information has appeared that he had been beaten and tortured with electric current.

August 29, 2020 23:49

• Caucasian experts treat detention of Chechen envoy as signal for Kadyrov

  The detention of the representative of the head of Chechnya in the Ivanovo Region of Russia was demonstratively disrespectful and was widely covered in the media, but for Ramzan Kadyrov it is advantageous to leave the incident without reaction, analysts believe.

August 29, 2020 23:45

• Tskhinvali protesters go home

  The protesters who gathered in front of the building of the Cabinet of Ministers (CoM) in Tskhinval and demanded resignation of the head of South Ossetia have gone home, said Merab Pukhaev, the acting head of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

August 29, 2020 23:35

• Martin Kochesoko's fellow villagers urge authorities to ensure trial objectivity

  An initiative group of Verkhniy Kurkuzhin villagers is seeking a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to discuss the case initiated against Martin Kochesoko. His fellow villagers are sure of his innocence.

August 29, 2020 11:27

• Armenian analysts explain impossibility of Guliev's and Askerov's transfer to Azerbaijan

  The exchange of Azerbaijani citizens, Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilgam Askerov, convicted in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), for Armenian prisoners is impossible, as it will pose a threat to the safety of residents of border villages, experts in Armenia believe. According to the Red Cross, there are five Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan.

August 29, 2020 11:18

• Georgian rights defenders demand police's reaction to attacks of LGBT opponents

  For several months already, opponents of LGBT people have been attacking the office of the human rights organization "Tbilisi Pride" in Tbilisi, while law enforcers have still failed to present the results of the investigation, human rights defenders have stated.

August 29, 2020 10:02

• Azerbaijani political prisoner's wife reports his health worsening due to hunger strike

  After ten days of hunger strike, Emin Sagiev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, has health problems; however, he intends to continue his action until his demand for release is fulfilled, his wife said.

August 29, 2020 09:58

• Torture traces on South-Ossetian resident horrify social network users

  Social networks have posted photos of the body of Inal Djabiev, who died after detention for an attempt on Igor Naniev, the head of South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Facebook users have urged to punish the people who had severely beaten Djabiev up.

August 29, 2020 09:54

• Head of South Ossetian CoM resigns

  Erik Pukhaev has fulfilled the protesters' demand and resigned as South Ossetia Premier (head of the Council of Ministers – CoM), explained his resignation by unwillingness to let the president down.

August 29, 2020 09:50

• Woman from Ingush village of Troitskoye reports her husband's detention after CTO

  The day before, those killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the village of Troitskoye, Sunzha District, asked the owners of the house to let them spend the night in the house. After the CTO, law enforcers detained her husband, and don't allow her to see him, the house hostess has informed.

August 28, 2020 23:50

• Kabardino-Balkarian native faces double punishment for helping militants

  The court considers a case against Khasanbi Indreev, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of complicity in terrorism. Khasanbi Indreev was sentenced for aiding and abetting militants, but the criminal case against him was artificially divided into two, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reported.

August 28, 2020 23:45

• Political demands hinder prisoner exchange between Azerbaijan and Armenia

  The exchange of prisoners on the principle of "all for all" is being hindered by the Armenia's demand to involve the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh in the negotiations, which is unacceptable for Azerbaijan, Baku political analysts believe.

August 28, 2020 23:32

• Advocates complain about refusals of visits to Azerbaijani oppositionists

  Muhammad Imanly and Ramid Nagiev, the arrested members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), are not allowed to call their relatives and to be visited by advocates, their defenders claim. Rufat Safarov, the director of the NGO "Line of Defence", suggests that the prisoners were tortured.

August 28, 2020 20:52

• Armenian MFA accuses Azerbaijan of putting pressure on captured officer

  Azerbaijan forced Armenian officer Gurgen Alaverdyan to read out a video appeal with repentance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia claimed. The Armenian diplomats treat the Baku's actions as a violation of the war prisoner's rights.

August 28, 2020 20:49

• Ramzan Kadyrov: pupils to wear masks in Chechen schools

  In Chechnya, in the new academic year, schoolchildren will be required to come to classes wearing masks, the authorities of the republic report. Meanwhile, the Russian authorities did not require imposing the mask regime in schools. Some Instagram users and local residents note they would prefer distance learning for their children.

August 28, 2020 20:42

• In Ingushetia, Troitskoye residents do not demand compensation for damage from CTO

  In the Ingush village of Troitskoye, where three persons were killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO), no houses were damaged, except for the house in which the special operation took place. So far, residents have not applied for compensation for damage, the village administration noted.

August 28, 2020 16:19

• Ingush activist Myakiev released from colony

  Bagaudin Myakiev, an activist, convicted of attacking law enforcers at a rally in Magas, has served his sentence in a colony.

August 28, 2020 16:09

• Azerbaijani SSS spread Armenian military's video appeal

  In the video appeal released by the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan, a man, presented as the detained Armenian military serviceman, says that he had been sent to commit a diversion. The officer read out the prepared text under pressure, experts in Yerevan believe.