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August 14, 2020 23:45

• Dagestani journalists consider Muftiate's public apology statement as a call for peace

  The statement about the public apology practice voiced by the Deputy Mufti of Dagestan does not mean an approval of the practice and a call for self-censorship. The religious leaders only urge not to create conflicts with thoughtless phrases, the heads of the Dagestani media suggest.

August 14, 2020 19:22

• Son of President of Ichkeria Maskhadov claims pressure on his relatives in Chechnya

  Viskhan Khadjimuradov, a nephew and an associate of the President of Ichkeria, was forced to speak on camera in Chechnya, claimed a son of Aslan Maskhadov, living in Europe. The "Grozny" TV Channel announced an interview with Viskhan Khadjimuradov, in which he criticized supporters of the Chechnya's independence who had migrated to Europe.

August 14, 2020 19:19

• Fatwa on female circumcision not to become mandatory for believers in Dagestan

  Believers do not have to agree with a fatwa against female circumcision to be prepared by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Dagestan, and the recognition of the fatwa depends on the personal authority of the Mufti, Islamic experts emphasize. The problem of female circumcision is controversial in Muslim countries.

August 14, 2020 15:58

• Court leaves Ragim Gaziev, Azerbaijani ex-Minister of Defence, in custody

  The Sabail District Court of Baku has rejected the petition to transfer Ragim Gaziev, a former head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), to house arrest. Human rights defenders insist that Gaziev's arrest was unlawful, and that there were political reasons for persecuting him.

August 14, 2020 15:54

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling from large-calibre machine guns

  Units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire for 29 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 14, 2020 11:29

• In Tbilisi, citizens of Belarus doubt Lukashenko's victory

  The voting results for the candidates for Belarusian presidency, organized in Georgia, are more reliable than those announced by the republic's Central Election Commission (CEC), activists believe.

August 14, 2020 11:27

• Life prisoner goes on hunger strike in Armenia

  Arthur Mkrtchyan, sentenced to life imprisonment, has declared an endless hunger strike in protest against the change of his custody regime, the Armenian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has informed. The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) is creating artificial obstacles in the cases of life-sentenced prisoners, human rights defenders assert.

August 14, 2020 11:25

• Investigators reveal details of shootout in Surkhakhi

  A 33-year-old resident of the village of Surkhakhi in Ingushetia was killed when his car was shelled from a submachine gun, and his mother and wife were hospitalized with wounds, investigators have informed.

August 14, 2020 02:16

• Residents of Georgia support Belarusian protesters

  Participants of the actions held in Tbilisi and Batumi have called on the Georgian authorities not to recognize the outcomes of the presidential election in Belarus, where opponents of Alexander Lukashenko are holding protests since August 9.

August 14, 2020 02:14

• Sources report three shelling victims in Ingushetia

  One person was killed and at least two others were wounded when a car was shelled in the Nazran District, sources report.

August 14, 2020 02:13

• Arrest of three Kullar protesters extended

  A court in Dagestan has left the residents of Azerbaijan, Nakhid Agaev, Aziz Ferekzad and Emin Imamaliev, accused of using violence against law enforcers during protests in the tent camp in Kullar, in custody for another month. They refuse to plead guilty.

August 13, 2020 20:58

• Court doubles imprisonment term for Ingush activist Ramazan Gagiev

  Public prosecutors succeeded in seeking a toughening of the verdict against Ramazan Gagiev, who hit a fighter of the National Guard of Russia at a rally in Magas. The court prolonged the term of imprisonment for the activist from four to eight months.

August 13, 2020 20:50

• Human rights defenders consider situation in Kullar as basis for claim to ECtHR

  The authorities of Azerbaijan have no right to delay the return of their citizens from Russia and force them to live in a tent camp in Kullar, and this is the basis for a claim to be filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders note.

August 13, 2020 20:26

• Chechen residents express their indignation with increased control over wearing masks

  Ruslan Alkhanov, the Chechen Minister of Internal Affairs, instructed his subordinates to monitor the compliance with the mask regime even more strictly. Instagram users note that the coronavirus prevention measures in the region are already excessive.

August 13, 2020 20:20

• Chechen soldier sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment for killing his colleague in Syria

  A soldier from Chechnya was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in a penal colony after he had shot and killed his colleague in Damascus for quarrelling in the presence of their commander.

August 13, 2020 20:20

• Police fine "Musavat" Party activist

  On August 11, Aziz Mamiev, the deputy chairman of the youth organization of the opposition "Musavat" Party, was fined for violating the mask regime and then released from a police station. The activist considers the punishment as unlawful.

August 13, 2020 15:56

• Woman from Baksan complains about criminal prosecution of her son

  Leila Djash, the head of the Baksan branch of the Association of Victims of Political Repression, has treated the criminal prosecution of her son Khasan for theft as illegal. According to her version, her son's signatures under the confession protocol had been forged.

August 13, 2020 15:51

• Defence finds violations in cases of three Azerbaijani activists

  The court has dismissed the complaints against the arrests of Sarvan Djumaev, Babek Muradov and Yashar Kerimov, members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The advocate and the PFPA have stated violations of the procedure and the detainees' rights to defence.

August 13, 2020 12:42

• Over 700 people remain in camp near Kullar

  Azerbaijani citizens continue arriving at the tent camp near the Dagestani village of Kullar. A day after another group of Azerbaijanis was sent to their homeland, the number of camp residents again exceeded 700 people.

August 13, 2020 11:59

• Kadyrov's example prevents residents of Chechnya from accepting mask regime

  Supermarket workers in Grozny are intimidated by strict checks and are closely monitoring the presence of medical masks on customers, local residents report. Ramzan Kadyrov and his entourage are demonstratively ignoring the mask regime, and this noticeably annoys people, analysts note.