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February 01, 2020 08:24

• Makhachkala resident reports law enforcers' threats during their raid at Tangim Mosque

  A visitor to the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala said that law enforcers tried, under far-fetched pretext, to detain him after the Friday prayer. Dozens of law enforcers took part in the raid at the mosque.

January 31, 2020 21:43

• Djambulat Umarov argues with rights defenders on detentions in Chechnya

  Djambulat Umarov, a Chechen Minister, has treated the version of rights defenders that by his words about the need to "warn a dozen of troublemakers and villains" he had indirectly confirmed the fact of detentions of the distributors of the photo collage with Kadyrov as inconsistent. At the same time, the minister refrained from asserting that there were no detentions.

January 31, 2020 21:26

• Activists mark tenth anniversary of "Strategy-31" with pickets in Volgograd

  Over the past three years, protests in defence of the freedom of assembly have been held in Volgograd in the form of solo pickets; the Mayoralty wouldn't sanction mass actions. Passers-by have supported two activists of the "Strategy-31" campaign, who came out today with posters to the city centre.

January 31, 2020 17:57

• General Prosecutor's Office treats Khachaturyan sisters' actions as self-defence

  The General's Prosecutor Office of Russia refused to bring to court a case against the Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father and obliged the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to re-classify the charge as necessary defence, advocates report. The defenders have also noted that the above resolution "entails the termination of the criminal proceedings."

January 31, 2020 17:25

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 23 shelling attacks

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were subjected to shelling attacks, including in the Gadabay District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

January 31, 2020 14:15

• Umarov accuses Chechen residents of ingratitude after photo collage with Kadyrov

  In Chechnya, the authorities build hospitals, mosques, and roads, while residents who ask Ramzan Kadyrov for help disseminate caricatures to the leader of Chechnya in response, Djambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister for National Policy, expressed his indignation.

January 31, 2020 13:56

• Nagorno-Karabakh schoolchildren stop protest action against small HPPs

  In Karvachar, senior schoolchildren stopped their protest action against the construction of small hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) and announced their intention to create monitoring groups on the environmental safety of HPPs in Nagorno-Karabakh.

January 31, 2020 11:11

• Arrested Chechen woman complains about law enforcers' pressure in SIZO

  Special agents are forcing Lilia Saidova, accused of financing militants because of transferring money to her brother in Turkey, to give confession and slander a stranger, her father and an advocate assert.

January 31, 2020 10:50

• Advocate of CC head of Armenia threaten to sue Pashinyan for defamation

  Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Premier, has posted on the Facebook a video report of the Republic's Public TV with the details of the criminal case against Grair Tovmasyan. The defence of Tovmasyan has announced its intention to sue the Public TV Channel and the Prime Minister demanding to restore the violated rights of the judge.

January 31, 2020 10:37

• PACE calls on Azerbaijan to solve the problem of political prisoners

  The problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan has not been solved, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has stated in its resolution, calling on the country's authorities to review the cases of convicted activists and journalists.

January 31, 2020 08:34

• The health condition of Ogtai Gyulyalyev has essentially improved

  Turkish doctors have positively assessed the dynamics of the state of health of the Azerbaijani rights defender, Ogtai Gyulyalyev, despite the fact that he is still in coma, said Mekhman Aliev, Director of the "Turan" News Agency.

January 31, 2020 08:25

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan to pay 60,000 euros to Saribekyan family

  The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliges Azerbaijani authorities, apart from compensating the harm, to resume the investigation, said the advocate, Ara Gazaryan, who represented at the ECtHR the parents of Manvel Saribekyan, who perished in an Azerbaijani jail.

January 30, 2020 21:42

• Activists demand to punish speaker of Khakassia Parliament for his words about Kalmyks' deportation

  Residents of Kalmykia have asked the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to check the statements of Vladimir Shtygashev, the Speaker of the Parliament of Khakassia, about the Stalin deportation of Kalmyks. Batu Khasikov, the head of Kalmykia, has criticized Shtygashev for justifying repressions, but the authors of appeals have found the reaction of republic's authorities too mild.

January 30, 2020 21:27

• Soldier dies in NKR

  Vagram Avagyan, a soldier, has died from a gunshot wound received under not yet сlarified circumstances, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed today.

January 30, 2020 19:43

• ICRF reports illegal use of prisoners' labour in North Ossetia

  A deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) for North Ossetia recruited prisoners to work for private companies, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

January 30, 2020 19:29

• Picketers in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev claim suppression of press freedom

  In Moscow, protestors claim that the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the "Chernovik" (Draft), is a part of the campaign to pressure independent Dagestani editions. The protestors explained holding pickets in the capital of Russia by the fact that the Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case did not receive due attention outside the republic.

January 30, 2020 14:45

• Resident of Karachay-Cherkessia claims ill-treatment of children in kindergarten

  A kindergarten teacher beat children, claimed a resident of the village of Imeni Kosta Khetagurova, who handed over an audio record to the law enforcement bodies.

January 30, 2020 14:35

• Harassment of student after dance shows vulnerable situation of women in Caucasus

  In Vladikavkaz, a female student was subjected to harassment after dancing in public, and the girl needs support, members of a feminist movement declare.

January 30, 2020 11:16

• At action in Kananyan's support, NKR schoolchildren oppose minor HPPs

  High school pupils from the Karvachar school have staged an action in support of Alexander Kananyan, an activist, who demands to stop building minor hydropower plants (HPPs) in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Kananyan himself has stated that despite the deterioration of his health, he will continue his hunger strike until the authorities fulfil his demands.

January 30, 2020 10:59

• Kadyrov promises to rename Gikalo into Djamleil-Yurt

  The head of Chechnya has visited the dwelling settlement of Gikalo and promised locals to rename it in honour of the head of the village administration, Djamleil Elikhanov, who was killed by militants. The settlement has launched building a new mosque, which will be named after Abdul-Kadyr, Ramzan Kadyrov's great-grandfather.