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April 16, 2020 22:24

• Instagram users do not believe video from place of shootout in Dagestan

  Till present, the law enforcement bodies have not yet identified a man killed today in the Tabasaran District. Users of social network demanded to make public a video of the very shootout, and not just its consequences.

April 16, 2020 22:03

• In Armenia, law on hate rhetoric provokes skepticism among human rights defenders

  Given the poor functioning of the judiciary, the law on criminal penalties for hate speech adopted by parliament is unlikely to be effective, suggest members of the organization "Journalists for Human Rights". Implementation of the law threatens freedom of speech, believes Naira Zograbyan, an MP from the "Prosperous Armenia" faction.

April 16, 2020 18:22

• PFPA announces detention of its activist

  Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was detained when he left home after receiving SMS permit. His whereabouts is unknown, reports Ilham Gusein, a member of the PFPA's Presidium.

April 16, 2020 18:09

• In Dagestan, attack on law enforcers in Tabasaran District becomes first armed incident within 10 months

  In the Tabasaran District, during a shootout, a car driver was killed by law enforcers. The shootout was preceded by a similar incident in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan in June 2019.

April 16, 2020 17:56

• Human rights defenders call on Azerbaijani authorities to stop "psychological terror"

  In Azerbaijan, according to the Public Committee against Repression and Torture (PCRT), 17 people were arrested in criminal and administrative cases during the quarantine regime.

April 16, 2020 13:31

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were shelled for 24 times, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

April 16, 2020 13:18

• Instagram users condemn public reproach of Tepsurkaev family

  Subscribers to the Chechen Instagram publics have criticized Chechen authorities for publicly humiliating Zara Tepsurkaeva and her sons, who asked Ramzan Kadyrov for food.

April 16, 2020 11:22

• Georgia demands from South Ossetia to let Akhalgori residents for treatment

  South-Ossetian authorities should let the Akhalgori residents who need medical care to the territory controlled by the Georgian authorities for treatment, said Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality.

April 16, 2020 11:09

• Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov's call to punish "Novaya Gazeta"

  The "Roskomnadzor" has obliged the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper to restrict access to the publication on coronavirus spread in Chechnya that angered Ramzan Kadyrov.

April 16, 2020 10:57

• Dagestani Muslims suggest simplifying funeral rite during epidemic

  Relatives of the Muslims who died from coronavirus can independently conduct funeral rituals by using protective means, but it is worth abandoning gatherings after burial, the Dagestani believers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

April 16, 2020 08:45

• Azerbaijani SC decides to review cases of Mamedov and Djafarov

  The Plenum of the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan will review the cases of the oppositional politician, Ilgar Mamedov, and human rights activist, Rasul Djafarov, due to "newly discovered circumstances" and the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said the advocate, Fuad Agaev.

April 16, 2020 08:26

• Businessmen hand 1000 protective garments over to KBR hospitals

  Anti-plague protective garments purchased by businessmen of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) were transferred to republic's medical institutions; a contract was also signed for the purchase of another 5000 garments. The 100,000 medical masks, earlier delivered to Nalchik, were distributed among local residents, said Arsen Kanokov, a Senator.

April 15, 2020 22:34

• Chechen residents note inefficiency of quarantine

  During the day, in Chechnya, the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection increased from 64 to 105. Strict restrictions did not lead to a decrease in the spread of COVID-19, local residents note.

April 15, 2020 22:19

• "Mothers of Beslan" opposes holiday on day of remembrance of terror act victims

  It is unacceptable to combine the Day of the End of World War II with the Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism, states the "Mothers of Beslan" Committee.

April 15, 2020 18:52

• Chechen woman publicly repents her address to Ramzan Kadyrov for help

  In the village of Gekhi, the Tepsurkaeva family should not ask for help from Ramzan Kadyrov, but should feed from their own garden, states the head of the Urus-Martan District on the air of the "Grozny" TV Company. Zara Tepsurkaeva admitted that she should not have addressed the leader of Chechnya for help.

April 15, 2020 18:38

• Authorities of South Ossetia organize transportation of their citizens from Russia

  In Tskhinvali, the first group of 10 people who arrived from Russia was placed to a hospital under the coronavirus quarantine.

April 15, 2020 13:54

• USA and EU criticize Georgian authorities for sentencing Okruashvili

  The agreement of Georgian authorities with the opposition on the system of parliamentary elections, which also implies the release of political prisoners, is in jeopardy because of the sentence passed to Irakli Okruashvili, a former minister of defence, the statements of the Embassies of the USA and European Union (EU) assert.

April 15, 2020 13:42

• Residents of Chechnya upset by ban on marriage because of coronavirus

  Adam Ilyasov, Deputy Mufti of Chechnya, has warned that violators of the ban on marriages, introduced because of coronavirus spread will be fined. The local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are upset by the new ban.

April 15, 2020 11:40

• Xenophobic statements in Georgian Internet segment opposed by Azerbaijani youth

  In response to xenophobic attacks on the Internet, young people from the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Georgia have held their own campaign. In social networks, they wrote that they know the Georgian language and are law-abiding citizens.

April 15, 2020 11:25

• Political analysts question legitimacy of NKR election

  Violations at the first round of the presidential election held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) define the illegitimacy of all subsequent election processes, political analysts assert.