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July 07, 2020 13:14

• Bataysk colony boss suspected of exploiting prisoners

  The acting head of the correctional colony located in the Rostov Region forced a relative of an inmate to buy building materials, and the inmates – to make repairs in the colony in exchange of more comfortable custody conditions, the Regional Prosecutor's Office (PO) has informed.

July 07, 2020 11:09

• Practice of domestic violence in Chechnya is contrary to norms of Islam and Adats

  The society is trying to hide the practice of aggressive, immoral behaviour of a male in a Chechen family, which actually does not correspond to Adats, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 07, 2020 10:54

• Pashinyan claims need to extend state of emergency due to coronavirus

  The situation with the coronavirus epidemic, despite some relative stability, remains tense; and there are no guarantees that it won't worsen, Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, said at a briefing on July 6, which was broadcast live on his Facebook page.

July 07, 2020 10:41

• Forced migrants from Chechnya share details of brawl with law enforcers in Magas

  No rally was planned outside the Ingush administration; forced migrants from Chechnya gathered to sign a group appeal to the authorities, said Madina Dzortova, the head of the initiative group.

July 07, 2020 08:32

• Malika Djikaeva's relatives complain about ban to visit her in SIZO

  In her letters from SIZO (pre-trial prison), Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, has complained about pressure from law enforcers, but her relatives could not visit her because of the imposed ban, her sister has informed

July 07, 2020 08:18

• Three Azerbaijanis arrested in Dagestan provided with defence

  Advocates have begun defending the rights of three out of ten Azerbaijani citizens arrested under the criminal case opened in connection with the events in Kullar on June 15. Activists are trying to find advocates for the remaining seven figurants in the case, Emin Guseinov, the director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), has informed

July 06, 2020 23:42

• Postponement of border opening affects tourism industry of Georgia

  Owners of travel agencies make staff redundant, and hoteliers reduce staff salaries because of the delay in opening Georgian borders to foreigners, travel agencies claim.

July 06, 2020 23:16

• Gyumri investigators: Russian contract soldier commits suicide

  A Russian contract soldier of the 102nd military base in Gyumri was found dead with a suicide note. The Investigative Committee of Armenia investigates the case under the article on bringing to suicide.

July 06, 2020 22:59

• ECtHR questions effectiveness of investigation into Boris Nemtsov's murder

  The Russian government should report whether the investigation into the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov, in which natives of Chechnya were sentenced, was effective and whether the right of a politician's daughter to defence was respected, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) notes.

July 06, 2020 19:16

• "Novaya Gazeta": deceased Gudermes woman was regularly beaten

  The woman from Gudermes, whose death provoked interference of Ramzan Kadyrov in a conflict between the two families, was regularly beaten in her husband's family, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.

July 06, 2020 18:54

• Suspects in Mamikhan Umarov's murder reported

  Two persons detained in Austria on suspicion of involvement in the murder of blogger Mamikhan Umarov are natives of Chechnya, who have been living in Europe with refugee status for more than 15 years, the Austrian media and sources from the Chechen Diaspora report.

July 06, 2020 15:53

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 29-July 5, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia; murder in Austria of a blogger criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 29-July 5, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 06, 2020 13:54

• From June 29 to July 5, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded

  During the week from June 29 to July 5, 2020, no casualties or wounded persons were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

July 06, 2020 13:39

• Killings of Kadyrov's critics in Europe take systemic character

  Mamikhan Umarov has complemented the list of critics and opponents of Chechen authorities assassinated in Europe in recent years. At the same time, Umarov himself had cooperated for many years with Austrian special services, trying to identify Chechen killers sent to Europe, the members of the Diaspora, who knew him personally, assert.

July 06, 2020 13:15

• Niece of Psyzh villager recognizes him among detainees

  Inna Musaeva, a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic, said that she has recognized her uncle and several other Psyzh villagers in the detention footage posted by special services. The detainees are accused of extremism, and, according to Musaeva, they were under physical pressure.

July 06, 2020 10:58

• Social network users are sure that murder of blogger Umarov was customized

  The murder in Vienna of the blogger, Mamikhan Umarov, was a punishment for insulting and criticizing the Chechen leadership, Instagram users believe. Umarov's brother was killed; his mother was bullied in order to find out the whereabouts of her son, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has pointed out.

July 06, 2020 10:36

• State servants' stories about coercion to vote explain Kadyrov's words about 95% turnout

  Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about the veracity of the voter turnout on the vote on constitutional amendments looks unconvincing amid stories of state servants about coercion to vote, social network users assert.

July 06, 2020 10:18

• Anzor from Vienna criticized Kadyrov in style of murdered blogger Mansur Stary

  Mamikhan Umarov, whose murder in Vienna on July 4 was reported by sources, became famous for his harsh criticism and insults to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, his relatives and his adviser Shaa Turlaev. A similar style of criticizing Kadyrov was used by Mansur Stary, the blogger assassinated in France.

July 05, 2020 11:44

• Gulagu.net founder arrested in absentia after post about Chechen killers

  A team of killers has arrived in Moscow from Grozny "to neutralize the remnants of the opposition," Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the Gulagu.net project, stated one day before the court's decision to arrest him in absentia. Osechkin has linked his criminal prosecution with the attempts of special services to take control over his human rights project.

July 05, 2020 11:43

• Rights defenders doubt legality of CER rejection to Azeri oppositionist

  Azerbaijani legislation has collisions regarding the conditional early relief (CER); and they are often used to refuse applying CER to political prisoners, rights defenders have claimed in their comments to the case of oppositional leader, Babek Gasanov.