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February 21, 2020 07:25

• Father of abducted Nazran woman challenged Russian authorities' arguments at ECtHR

  Lawyers of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have sent their objections to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the request of the Russian authorities to dismiss the complaint in the case of the abduction of Zalina Elkhoroeva, a resident of Ingushetia. Her father insists that his daughter was killed by law enforcers.

February 20, 2020 22:06

• Several Neftchala District administration officials detained in Azerbaijan

  The State Security Service of Azerbaijan conducted a special operation in the building of the Neftchala District administration and detained several officials on suspicion of violating the rights of local residents.

February 20, 2020 21:54

• Chechen judge's son complains to ECtHR about torture

  Today, lawyers of the "Committee Against Torture" (CaT) have appealed to the Strasbourg Court with a complaint about a violation of the rights of Ibragim Yangulbaev, a native of Chechnya. Human rights defenders pointed to the beating of Ibragim Yangulbaev by law enforcers and unjustified arrest.

February 20, 2020 17:03

• Derbent residents disappeared in Chechnya found at law enforcers' place, relatives report

  Three residents of Derbent, who stopped contacting their relatives and friends during a trip to Grozny, are being kept at one of the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, a mother of one of the disappeared men reports. Before his disappearance, her son posted a video criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov.

February 20, 2020 16:47

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages located on the border with Armenia and in the conflict zone with Nagorno-Karabakh were shelled 23 times within 24 hours, including from machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

February 20, 2020 14:32

• Police start searching for Derbent residents disappeared in Grozny

  Three natives of Dagestan are wanted as missing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reports. Instagram users argue whether the kidnapping could be ordered by the Chechen authorities.

February 20, 2020 14:21

• In Germany, Bavarian Supreme Court cancels fine to Tumso Abdurakhmanov's brother

  The Bavarian Supreme Court sent for a new consideration a case against Mohmad Abdurakhmanov, who was fined 1350 euros for his posts on social networks. This was reported on February 19 by his brother, Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

February 20, 2020 14:08

• Vano Merabishvili released from prison

  After his release today, the former Prime Minister of Georgia, who in 2016 was sentenced to imprisonment, promised to resume his political activities.

February 20, 2020 11:27

• Residents of Chechnya reveal nuances of preparing for Hajj

  Those residents of the republic, who plan to make Hajj this year, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they have already begun preparing for the upcoming tour.

February 20, 2020 11:13

• Rufat Safarov complains about illegal detention in Baku

  On February 18, Rufat Safarov, a former investigator of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office (PO), was taken to one of the divisions of some power structure, where he was demanded to stop criticizing the authorities in social networks.

February 20, 2020 08:29

• Instagram users justified boycott to KBR native at SIZO

  A native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), arrested in Moscow for beating up his stepson, has been boycotted by his cellmates at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), the Public Oversight Commission (POC) has reported. The man, accused of torturing a child, deserves no forgiveness, Instagram users have commented.

February 20, 2020 08:18

• Court supports lawyer Gasanov demand for clarification from Azerbaijani Bar Association

  At its session considering a new lawsuit of Alaif Gasanov, a lawyer, against the Bar Association of Azerbaijan, the Baku Administrative Court has demanded explanations from the Bar concerning the reinstatement of the plaintiff at work. The lawyer is sure that he was expelled from the Bar on political reasons.

February 19, 2020 22:40

• Malkhaz Machalikashvili resumes collecting signatures in Tbilisi

  A father of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge, and volunteers who supported him continued to collect signatures under a petition to create an investigative commission at the parliament. For the petition to be considered, it is required to collect about 50,000 signatures more.

February 19, 2020 17:42

• In Ingushetia, underground weapons workshop found after attack on law enforcers

  A workshop for converting demilitarized weapons into combat weapons was found in the village of Plievo, and submachine guns, pistols, TNT blocks, and grenades were seized from there, sources report today. The law enforcement bodies suggest that the workshop was organized by a man who had earlier opened fire during a search.

February 19, 2020 17:29

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, fellow villagers of detainee support his demands to authorities

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, Islam Kumyshev, a resident of the Zolsky District, who demanded to let his fellow villagers rent land plots, was released under recognizance not to leave in a case on possession of rounds. Fellow villagers of the activist mentioned their poor situation and requested the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria to allocate them land plots without any auction.

February 19, 2020 17:15

• Salome Zurabishvili complains to UN about ban on Georgian medicines in South Ossetia

  The ban on the sale of Georgian-made medicines and the absence of any possibility to buy them in Georgia because of the closure of the border violates the rights of residents of South Ossetia, claims Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili in her letters to the UN, Council of Europe (CE), and the World Health Organization (WHO).

February 19, 2020 14:35

• Batumi Mayoralty refuses to recognize ban on construction of mosque as discrimination

  A refusal to approve a construction of a mosque in Batumi is related not to discrimination against Muslims, but to the dense development of a place in question, the Batumi City Mayoralty states in its appeal against the court's decision which had obliged city officials to review their decision.

February 19, 2020 14:24

• Rights defender Kozlovsky reports details of investigation into his kidnapping in Magas

  Investigators convinced Oleg Kozlovsky to take a polygraph test to verify that he had told the truth about his kidnapping in Ingushetia.

February 19, 2020 11:36

• Graphic designer from Baku detained for satirical clip about policemen

  Law enforcers have detained Rasul Gasan, a graphic designer, and forced him to remove from social networks his satirical clip, in which the policemen standing in a cordon during a protest rally against election frauds are dancing a folk dance.

February 19, 2020 11:12

• Azerbaijani Muslims pay for Hajj more than Russian ones

  The cost of a Hajj tour for Azerbaijani Muslims is 4490 US dollars, while Georgian Muslims can make their Hajj to Saudi Arabia for USD 3800. This is higher than the minimum tour cost for pilgrims from Dagestan – USD 2610.