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April 08, 2020 21:38

• Telegram user detained in Chechnya reports his cooperation with Tumso Abdurakhmanov

  Law enforcers identified at least 10 residents of Chechnya involved in posts left on the odious Telegram channel "Osal nakh 95", a source from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. One of the detainees publicly apologized for his actions and confessed that he was transmitting information to blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov. The confession threatens the detainee with serious problems, his fellow countrymen suggest.

April 08, 2020 21:31

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on three villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were 24 times shelled in the Karabakh conflict zone within the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

April 08, 2020 18:30

• Chechnya: analysts point to increased tensions amid increased quarantine measures

  The humiliation practice in Chechnya is on the rise amid the quarantine, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has noted. Actions of Chechen law enforcers create tensions in the society, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.

April 08, 2020 18:25

• Residents of Chechnya rebuke officials for ignoring security measures

  Chechen authorities and most officials ignore using protective means even during their sittings, despite the tough measures because of the threat of coronavirus spread. Following their example, some residents of the republic refuse wearing medical masks and gloves, while others continue using them.

April 08, 2020 18:14

• Dozens of social network users join online campaign in support of Gadjiev

  For the second week in a row, some 20-30 people are supporting virtual pickets demanding to release the Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

April 08, 2020 17:56

• KBR activists help Syrian returnees with foodstuffs

  After the closure of public catering facilities because of the threat of coronavirus spread, Syrian repatriates in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) lost their earnings. Circassian activists announced a fundraising, bought and spread over a hundred foodstuff packages among repatriates.

April 08, 2020 11:23

• Rights defenders point to risk of coronavirus infection for those arrested in Azerbaijan

  Arrests of quarantine violators in Azerbaijan increase the risk of coronavirus spread in jails; therefore, convicts for minor crimes should be released, human rights defenders have stated.

April 08, 2020 11:20

• Chechen villager publicly repents for violating quarantine measures

  The Chechen police are conducting a check on the case of Musa Khasanov, a resident of Nozhai-Yurt, who returned home while bypassing the checkpoint. Khasanov has publicly repented on air of the TV channel; relatives and fellow villagers have condemned his violation. The aim of the video is to intimidate other violators of the self-isolation regime, residents of the republic believe.

April 07, 2020 23:57

• Dissatisfaction with food aid indicates thefts at Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation

  Part of the food aid from the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation does not reach people in need because of corruption among low-ranking employees, suggest Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and political analyst Alexei Malashenko after a video criticizing the food aid package.

April 07, 2020 23:51

• In Baku, protestors get quarantine leave

  Residents of Azerbaijan, who had been earlier placed under quarantine, have demanded to let them go home, because the 14-day isolation period had expired. A protest action accelerated the checkout process.

April 07, 2020 18:36

• YouTube users urge not to criticize Kadyrov for humiliation of Akhmetkhanov

  No one should criticize the leader of Chechnya for public humiliation of Aslambek Akhmetkhanov, because the latter allowed himself to voice blasphemy. This opinion was shared by some users who left their comments on the YouTube channel of blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

April 07, 2020 18:32

• Law enforcers ban German resident from leaving Chechnya

  Chechen law enforcers set free Shamkhan Baidulaev, a kidnapped resident of Germany, but seized his documents, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

April 07, 2020 18:29

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of two villages in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed near the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled fro 23 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

April 07, 2020 18:22

• Azerbaijani opposition claims pressure on activists

  The Azerbaijani Movement for Democracy and Welfare (MDW) has stated that authorities are using the quarantine to put pressure on activists: members of the movement were summoned to the police; one activist was arrested under the pretext of fighting the pandemic. Oppositionists see the suppression of the freedom of self-expression as the true reason for persecutions.

April 07, 2020 10:59

• Six persons arrested in Azerbaijan for quarantine violations

  The owner of a catering facility that was working contrary to the announced quarantine has been arrested, as well as five residents of Azerbaijan detained in the streets, the country's police have informed. Over 3700 people were fined for violating the restrictions due to coronavirus.

April 07, 2020 10:56

• Analysts discuss difficulties in rehabilitating families of former militants in Caucasus

  The women, whose husbands perished in armed conflicts or were arrested on charges of terrorism, suffered severe psychological traumas, the participants in the roundtable have stated after the report of the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre (CAPC).

April 07, 2020 10:52

• Blogger Tumso accuses Kadyrov of cowardice after humiliation of Chechen resident

  Ramzan Kadyrov has defiantly humiliated Aslambek Akhmetkhanov, who could not respond to the insult and was afraid to openly conflict with Badrudin Yamadaev, said the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Social network users criticized the story of the journalist, who tried to justify Kadyrov's behaviour in the situation with Yamadaev.

April 07, 2020 10:47

• Azerbaijani rights defenders disappointed by pardon decree

  Among those pardoned by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan, there are only two political prisoners, but there are generals from the Ministry of National Security (MNS), convicted of dozens committed crimes, human rights defenders report.

April 07, 2020 10:38

• Coronavirus corrects Ramadan spiritual practices

  Because of the coronavirus, the holy Muslim month of Ramadan may pass without collective prayers and solitude in mosques, but fasting cannot be cancelled, Imams of Northern Caucasus believe. They also made a recommendation not to visit relatives during the celebration of Uraza Bairam.

April 06, 2020 23:48

• Blogger Abdurakhmanov explains Kadyrov's refusal to punish law enforcers

  Ramzan Kadyrov decided to reward the law enforcers who humiliated a resident of Argun, because punishing "own people" contradicts the principles of the power system in Chechnya, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov claims. The law enforcers did not have the right to humiliate the man, and by such actions they embitter local residents against themselves, YouTube users note.