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March 12, 2020 23:47

• Activists suspend hunger strike in Sukhumi

  In Sukhumi, five hunger-strikers stopped their protest in a square in anticipation of the outcome of a meeting of the Abkhazian parliament. If anti-corruption laws are not updated, the hunger strike will be resumed, activists state.

March 12, 2020 17:47

• Because of coronavirus, Georgia imposes entry restrictions for European residents

  The Georgian authorities have introduced a mandatory confirmation of the absence of a coronavirus infection for travellers from Germany, France, Austria and Spain. The respective ministries have switched over to the round-the-clock emergency regime, Giorgi Gakhariya, the Georgian Prime Minister, has announced.

March 12, 2020 17:38

• Residents of Chechnya adopt practice of public apologies

  Instagram users have refused to accept apology of Marat Tsumaev, a resident of Chechnya, for his abusive posts on the Telegram. The young man was "found and called to respond" by local residents themselves, the administrators of Chechen publics have emphasized.

March 12, 2020 12:55

• Residents of Chechnya condemn daughter of Kadyrov's adviser for immodest video

  The video filmed on behalf of Kheda, a daughter of Adam Delimkhanov, an adviser to the head of Chechnya and a State Duma MP, in which she is called the "Sultana of Sun and Moon," is challenging Kadyrov and his family, social network users assert. The girl's behaviour does not comply with Muslim traditions; and she must apologize, residents of Chechnya believe.

March 12, 2020 12:49

• Residents of Armenia criticize authorities for insufficient measures against coronavirus

  Arsen Torosyan, the Minister of Public Health of Armenia, has stated that those infected with coronavirus are doing well, but pneumonia has developed in one of them. Facebook users have criticized the authorities for their failure to immediately isolate the citizens arriving from Italy, and called for closing the border.

March 12, 2020 12:17

• CoE calls on Azerbaijan to strip charges and convictions from eight activists

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has demanded from Azerbaijani authorities to cancel convictions of eight applicants from the "Ilgar Mamedov group", whose rights violation was found by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The authorities have time until April 30 to fulfil this demand.

March 12, 2020 12:12

• Dozens of residents of Abkhazia cannot get home from Georgia due to coronavirus quarantine

  Residents of the Gali District, who had travelled to Georgia, have complained that border guards did not let them home to Abkhazia, forcing them to stay in hotels. The measures have to do with the spread of coronavirus in Georgia, said the Minister of Public Health of Abkhazia.

March 11, 2020 21:41

• Russian State Duma approves amendments to Constitution despite criticism of scientists from Northern Caucasus

  Members of the Russian State Duma adopted amendments to the Constitution of Russia, including the concept of the Russian language as the "language of the state-forming nation." That fact caused discontent among historians in Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, and Adygea.

March 11, 2020 21:39

• Abkhazia announces complete closure of border with Georgia on March 14

  In connection with the spread of the coronavirus infection, Valery Bganba, the acting head of Abkhazia, has issued a resolution to completely close the border of Abkhazia and Georgia along the Ingur River starting from March 14.

March 11, 2020 18:19

• Feminist actions draw authorities' attention to domestic violence problem in Caucasus

  The problem of domestic violence remains relevant in Southern Caucasus and in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). However, in Northern Caucasus, feminists do not go out to street protests, like activists in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.

March 11, 2020 18:09

• Police start investigation against Chechen women evacuated from Syria

  Two women who returned from Syria to Chechnya were on the wanted list, and the law enforcement bodies consider the question of their criminal prosecution for involvement in the ranks of militants, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya reports.

March 11, 2020 18:04

• Relatives of Dagestanis assassinated in Chechnya accuse court of bias

  The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to find the eight Dagestanis killed in the Chechnya guilty of assaulting law enforcers was not a surprise for their relatives. Examinations refute law enforcers' testimonies about the circumstances of Dagestanis' death, the advocate has stated.

March 11, 2020 17:59

• March of Azerbaijani feminists finds resonance in Armenia

  After the resonant feminists' action in Baku, female activists in Yerevan have stated that domestic violence is a women's problem both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. However, Armenian activists do not dare to openly declare their support for Azerbaijani colleagues, fearing for the latter's safety.

March 11, 2020 17:52

• GPO questions female activists after feminist's suicide attempt in Baku

  A participant of the feminist rally held on March 8 in Baku was persecuted for the intimate content of her poster and tried to commit suicide. The General Prosecutor's Office (PO) has blamed activists of the feminist movement for the accident.

March 11, 2020 11:30

• Four children and two women brought from Syria to Grozny

  Two women and four children of one of them have been returned to Chechnya from the Syrian camp of Al-Khol.

March 11, 2020 11:26

• Relatives state brothers' disappearance in Ingushetia

  The brothers Khamzat and Ilez Dzeitov went from Novosibirsk to Ingushetia, but, having reached Nazran, they stopped communicating, their father has informed. The young people have been announced wanted, the police reports.

March 11, 2020 11:24

• Georgia: number of coronavirus infected patients reaches 23

  Eight more coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Georgia. The country's authorities have involves the police to control the locals, who violate the self-isolation regime due to the threat of the infection spread.

March 10, 2020 23:43

• Chechen SC refuses to rehabilitate Dagestani residents killed by law enforcers

  Eight residents of Dagestan, who were declared killed in a special operation conducted in Chechnya in 2016, were found guilty of an attempt on law enforcers, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya ruled out. Relatives of the deceased Dagestani residents intend to appeal against the decision of the Chechen SC.

March 10, 2020 23:39

• Armenian soldier killed on border with Azerbaijan

  Soldier Zograb Sianosyan was fatally wounded in a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

March 10, 2020 23:32

• Azerbaijan cancels mass celebration of Nowruz because of coronavirus

  The authorities of Azerbaijan cancelled throughout the whole country all mass events related to the celebration of Nowruz. The operational headquarters called on local residents to postpone wedding parties and other celebrations accumulating crowds of people.