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January 15, 2020 18:22

• Azerbaijan registers sniper attacks on front line

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were shelled 21 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

January 15, 2020 14:09

• Human rights defenders criticize evidence in Moris Machalikashvili's case

  Testimonies of witnesses and a video from a protest action in Tbilisi do not confirm that Moris Machalikashvili attacked law enforcers, Georgian human rights defenders report.

January 15, 2020 13:44

• PACE rapporteur condemns refusal to let opposition take part in elections in Azerbaijan

  The fact that Ilgar Mamedov and several other former political prisoners were not allowed to take part in the parliamentary elections proves the "increasingly undemocratic nature" of the regime and "creates a legal and political crisis of unprecedented gravity" in the implementation by Azerbaijan of the judgments pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), says Sunna Thorhildur Ævarsdottir, rapporteur on reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

January 15, 2020 11:41

• Dagestani native arrested in case on Amina Okueva's murder

  In Kiev, the court arrested for two months Igor Redkin, a native of Kaspiysk, who was suspected of killing Amina Okueva.

January 15, 2020 11:31

• Azerbaijani oppositionists claim unequal conditions for campaigning

  In Azerbaijan, the overpriced cost of campaigning on radio and TV Channels does not allow opposition parties and independent candidates to participate in the parliamentary campaign along with the ruling party, activists claim.

January 15, 2020 11:13

• Dagestani drivers consider shame effective punishment for reckless drivers

  The practice of public apologies can be an effective correctional measure for violators of the traffic rules, Dagestani drivers believe.

January 15, 2020 08:25

• Activist's defence calls clashes in Magas provocation by law enforcers

  An advocate of Adam Badiev claimed that law enforcers themselves were responsible for clashes with Ingush activists in March 2019. Adam Badiev admitted that he had hit a fighter of the National Guard of Russia with a stone, but stated that he had not done that on purpose.

January 14, 2020 21:57

• Hostage-taking incident occurs on Georgian-Azerbaijani border

  Today, Georgian law enforcers have detained an armed man who took a border guard hostage.

January 14, 2020 21:47

• ECtHR begins consideration of Georgian transgender's complaint

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) demanded from the Georgian authorities to explain their refusal to change a gender record in the passport of Nikolo Gviniashvili.

January 14, 2020 21:31

• Manvel Grigoryan transferred to resuscitation ward

  The authorities and the judicial system of Armenia are responsible for the deterioration of the condition of Manvel Grigoryan, a former member of the Armenian parliament, who is not allowed to be treated abroad, the defence claims.

January 14, 2020 18:18

• Germany detains natives of Chechnya on suspicion of plotting terror act

  The German law enforcement authorities conducted a series of searches in a case on preparation of a terror act. According to the preliminary information, three migrants from Chechnya were detained.

January 14, 2020 18:02

• Akhmed Nalgiev voices his claims to public prosecutors

  Akhmed Nalgiev, a resident of Magas, refused to admit to participating in an unsanctioned rally and rejected the charge with assaulting two law enforcers. The man claims that the criminal proceedings against him deprived him of his job and damaged his reputation.

January 14, 2020 15:05

• Azerbaijan registers 22 shelling attacks in conflict zone

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

January 14, 2020 14:52

• Azerbaijani opposition arrested after criticizing police

  Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested after disseminating on social networks a video criticizing the policeman. Other two PFPA's activists were fined. In 2019, 98 members were subjected to administrative arrests, the PFPA reports.

January 14, 2020 11:12

• Khasan Zyazikov's family stays in distress after his arrest

  Family members of Khasan Zyazikov, an arrested Ingush activist, found themselves in distress, brothers of the activist said.

January 14, 2020 11:00

• Yerevan residents share memories of their relatives killed during pogroms in Baku

  On the 30th anniversary of the Baku pogroms, residents of Yerevan paid tribute to victims of the tragedy. Refugees from Baku told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about their relatives who were killed during those tragic events.

January 14, 2020 10:43

• Gadjiev's colleagues call for support of online campaign in his defence

  The public interest in the case of arrested Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev is quite high, note participants in a series of pickets in Makhachkala. According to them, for sympathizers of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a support campaign on social networks can become an alternative to participating in street actions of protest.

January 14, 2020 08:24

• Criminal.az editor-in-chief gets reaction to his complaint from MIA's chief

  The Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan promised Anar Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the "Criminal.az" website, to find the people who disseminated false information about the journalist on social networks.

January 14, 2020 08:18

• Mikhail Saakashvili suspected of attempt to overthrow power in Georgia

  The Georgian police suspected Mikhail Saakashvili of involvement in an attempt to overthrow the government on the basis of his statement that it was possible to achieve a "regime fall" in the summer of 2019.

January 13, 2020 21:40

• Sukhumi residents tired of elections and political crises

  Political crises and frequent presidential elections spoil the tourist image of Abkhazia and prevent it from developing amid high unemployment and low salaries, believe residents of Sukhumi, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.