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March 27, 2020 18:37

• CE condemns Aliev's words on isolation of opposition

  Azerbaijani authorities must release the opposition politician, Tofig Yagublu, arrested on charges of hooliganism, the Council of Europe (CE) has stated. International human rights organizations have treated the use of coronavirus pretext to isolate the opposition as undemocratic.

March 27, 2020 13:03

• After his joke about coronavirus, social network users urge Kadyrov to become serious

  The joking statement of the head of Chechnya that he had survived the coronavirus caused criticism of social network users. Residents of the republic have criticized authorities' actions amid the pandemic and deficit of medical masks and a rise in foodstuff prices.

March 27, 2020 11:24

• Activists in Georgia fined after distributing medical masks

  The distribution of free medical masks, disinfectants and gloves held by the organization "New Leaders" brought together over a hundred residents of Zugdidi, which entailed a fine imposed on the organizers thereof. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia has reached 79.

March 27, 2020 11:17

• First coronavirus patient dies in Armenia

  An elderly patient infected with coronavirus, who also suffered from other diseases, has died, the Ministry of Public Health of Armenia has reported.

March 27, 2020 11:10

• Residents of Azerbaijan complain about quarantine conditions

  About 3000 suspected coronavirus patients are quarantined in hospitals of Azerbaijan. They have to achieve proper living conditions there.

March 26, 2020 23:58

• Native of Chechnya accused of involvement in IS

  In Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies accuse a native of the Naursky District of involvement in a unit of the "Islamic State" (IS or ISIL, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") fighting in Syria.

March 26, 2020 23:56

• Third coronavirus patient dies in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, the number of coronavirus-infected people reached 112. Of them, three died and other five recovered.

March 26, 2020 19:04

• Human rights defenders criticize Georgian company for reducing miners' wages

  A decision of the "Georgian Manganese" Company to cut by 40% the wages of workers earlier employed at the mines which are now closed contradicts the Labour Code, the "Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre" (EMC) and the "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) declare.

March 26, 2020 18:57

• In Georgia, residents of quarantine areas face social problems

  In Georgia, residents of villages in the Marneuli and Bolnisi Districts are not informed how to behave under the strict quarantine regime, local residents report. They are concerned about the lack of money and food. People who need medical treatment in Tbilisi are not allowed to leave the closed quarantine area.

March 26, 2020 18:50

• NKR opposition calls on instruction of the state of emergency

  The participants of the action held by the "Revolutionary Party" in Stepanakert have demanded to announce the state of emergency in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) because of coronavirus and postpone the elections scheduled for March 31.

March 26, 2020 18:37

• Georgian activists point to flaws in information campaign on coronavirus

  In Georgia, 16 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have urged the authorities to disseminate information on coronavirus also in the Azerbaijani and Armenian languages. Most of the residents of the regions of Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe Djavakheti fail to speak Georgian and can't receive data on coronavirus, activists have reported.

March 26, 2020 12:21

• Rights defenders condemn Kadyrov's threats to coronavirus infected persons

  The introduction of strict restrictive measures caused by the coronavirus pandemic is understandable, but the threats to kill declared by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to those who can infect others won't frighten the infection away, human rights defenders assert.

March 26, 2020 11:56

• Casualty's defence rejects law enforcers' version about Baksan operation

  Relatives of one of the killed alleged militants treat law enforcers' version of the armed clash in the Baksan District as dubious. Timur Baksanov was convicted of possessing cartridges and narcotic drugs after the confession, knocked out of him by threats, his advocate has stated.

March 26, 2020 11:54

• Rights defenders demand to release Azerbaijani oppositionist Yagublu

  The human rights organizations Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) have condemned the arrest of the oppositional politician, Tofig Yagublu, detained in Azerbaijan.

March 26, 2020 11:52

• Researchers of Caucasus dispute on relationships of scandals around Delimkhanov

  After the scandalous video about his daughter, Adam Delimkhanov, an advisor to Ramzan Kadyrov, is not interested in new public conflicts in social networks, Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.

March 25, 2020 23:24

• Azerbaijani authorities declare a non-working week

  In Azerbaijan, in connection with the spread of the coronavirus infection, the Cabinet of Ministers has declared a non-working period from March 29 to April 4. It was decided not to open the border with Iran until April 20.

March 25, 2020 23:17

• In Armenia, number of people infected with coronavirus reaches 265

  16 new cases of the coronavirus infection were confirmed in Armenia. The total number of coronavirus-infected people in the country reached 265.

March 25, 2020 17:52

• Azerbaijan registers 24 shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 24 times within 24 hours, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

March 25, 2020 17:51

• Sochi woman complains about forced hospitalization

  A resident of Sochi has been staying in a hospital box for the sixth day, and doctors took tests from her for coronavirus. The woman who returned from Italy treats her compulsory hospitalization as unreasonable and insists on home quarantine.

March 25, 2020 17:42

• Coronavirus threat forces Chechen authorities to change rhetoric

  After coronavirus was diagnosed in three locals, Chechen authorities have switched over from calls not to fear the infection to harsh criticism of quarantine regime violators. It was decided to close most of local restaurants, cinemas and concert halls.