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April 22, 2020 20:46

• PFPA claims theft of accounts in Ali Kerimli's messengers

  Unidentified persons have gained access to the accounts in the WhatsApp and Telegram messengers belonging to Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the party has stated.

April 22, 2020 20:38

• Russia's statement on Karabakh settlement treated negatively by Armenia

  Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced the stages of the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, mentioning the liberation of the areas around the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Armenia will never resort to unilateral concessions, Zograb Mnatsakanyan, the head of the Armenian MFA, has stated, in his turn.

April 22, 2020 16:24

• NKR reports announces downed Azerbaijani drone

  An Azerbaijani unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) was shot down on April 21 during its reconnaissance flight over the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its militaries have reported.

April 22, 2020 16:22

• KChR Mufti urges believers not to attend mosques during Ramadan

  Because of the threat of coronavirus spread, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has suspended collective prayers in mosques. Ismail Berdiev, the Mufti, has urged his fellow countrymen to pray at home during the fasting month of Ramadan.

April 22, 2020 16:21

• Officials' interference in fundraising for sick girl in Chechnya attracts Islamic scholars' attention

  Help to those in need is welcomed in Islam; there are even special taxes aimed to raise funds to support the poor, Islamic scholars have noted in their comments to the criticism expressed by Chechen authorities concerning the woman who raised money for her daughter's treatment.

April 22, 2020 11:30

• Rights defenders complain to ECtHR about torture of KChR resident

  In the city of Gelendzhik, law enforcers beat up and tortured Denis Karimov, a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), trying to knock confessions out of him, says the complaint sent by the Committee against Torture (CaT) to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

April 22, 2020 11:27

• Defence demands to investigate torture of convict from Chechnya

  Advocates of Khumaid Khaidaev, a native of Chechnya, have demanded from the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to check the information that Khumaid was brutally tortured after the inmates' riots in the Irkutsk Region. Khaidaev, convicted in 2008, was preparing for release from colony and could not be the organizer of the riots, his brother has suggested.

April 21, 2020 22:32

• Human rights defenders appeal to PACE about Ramzan Kadyrov's threats to journalist

  Nine Russian and international human rights organizations asked the Rapporteur on human rights in Northern Caucasus to register threats voiced by the leader of Chechnya against Elena Milashina, a journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".

April 21, 2020 22:25

• In Chechnya, local residents concerned over soldiers' actions

  Soldiers entered the Nadterechny District of Chechnya, set up camps near several villages, and arranged checkpoints, local residents reported. The Southern Federal District (SFD) claims that no additional forces were introduced into the republic.

April 21, 2020 22:06

• Dagestan shows highest COVID-19 death toll in Southern Russia

  By April 21, the regions of Southern Russia registered 49 deceased patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Of them, at least seven died within last 24 hours. Dagestan, where 11 people have died since the beginning of the epidemic, continues to show the highest death toll among the regions of Southern Russia.

April 21, 2020 21:58

• In Azerbaijan, religious activist complains about torture at police station

  Law enforcers tortured Khikmet Agaev, an arrested activist of the movement "Muslim Unity", claimed Arzu Abdullah, a member of the Public Committee for the Protection of Rights of Arrested Islamists. Human rights defenders treat the activist's arrest as politically motivated.

April 21, 2020 19:53

• Defence points to political context of Yagublu's arrest

  A court in Baku refused to satisfy the defence's complaint against the arrest of the oppositional politician, Tofig Yagublu. The activist himself said that his arrest was preceded by his publications criticizing the authorities.

April 21, 2020 12:39

• Rights defender challenge termination of Kuchmenov's torture case

  There are many contradictions in the case of torturing Rustam Kuchmenov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the lawyers of the Committee against Torture (CaT) have noted and sent a complaint against the dismissal of the case to the court. Kuchmenov's father told about signs of beatings on his son's body and noted that this is not the first incident involving law enforcers.

April 21, 2020 12:38

• Rights defenders demand state protection for journalist threatened by Kadyrov

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has demanded to ensure state protection of the journalist, Elena Milashina, and initiate a criminal case against the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The rights defenders' appeal was signed by over a hundred people.

April 21, 2020 12:02

• Azerbaijani oppositionist sentenced for video clip about policeman

  Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to a real prison term on charges of defamation and insult after posting a video clip in social networks criticizing a policeman. The PFPA treats the verdict as politically motivated.

April 21, 2020 12:00

• On April 13-19, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 13-19, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, one person was killed; no information about the wounded ones was received. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

April 21, 2020 11:40

• Residents of Chechnya and Orientalists treat Mufti's appeal not to let women to funerals as justified

  Residents of Chechnya, except for close relatives of the deceased, should not attend funerals and commemorations during the pandemic, said the Mufti, Salakh Mezhiev. The Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have explained the Mufti's words by a desire to reduce the number of funeral participants.

April 21, 2020 11:38

• Report about apologies for fundraising indicates charity monopolization in Chechnya

  The official's participation in the report criticizing a resident of Chechnya for raising money for treating her child indicates the intention of regional authorities to monopolize charity activities, human rights defenders assert. Requests to help a sick child always find sympathy among Chechens.

April 20, 2020 22:51

• Georgia denies development of dangerous pathogens in Lugar laboratory

  Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), announced that in Georgia, the Lugar laboratory could be engaged in development of dangerous pathogens. The laboratory does not conduct any research for military purposes, but fights against the coronavirus infection, states Paata Imnadze, the deputy director of the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).

April 20, 2020 22:44

• In Azerbaijan, over half of coronavirus-infected patients recover

  In Azerbaijan, the number of people infected with the coronavirus infection increased by 38 people and reached 1436. More than half of them – 791 people –have already recovered.