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June 15, 2019 20:15

• Social network users support Dagestani resident's answer to Kadyrov's threats

  In his video appeal, a resident of Dagestan has criticized Ramzan Kadyrov for the arrival of Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, to the Kizlyar District.

June 15, 2019 20:10

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 140 attacks within the week

  During the week of June 9-15, Azerbaijani soldiers shelled the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) from small arms and grenade launchers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR has informed.

June 15, 2019 20:02

• Police report 28 detained opponents of LGBT week in Tbilisi

  Seven persons, who tried to prevent the LGBT action in front of the Georgian government building, were arrested; 21 more detainees were released under the recognizance not to leave the place.

June 15, 2019 11:27

• Source tells about the self-incrimination of Circassian activist Kochesoko

  After detention of Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian NGO named "Khabze", his hands were sprinkled with marijuana; he was threatened with murder; therefore, the activist was forced to confess to drug possession, a source has stated.

June 15, 2019 11:25

• Researchers compare "Akhmatization" of Chechnya with cults of Soviet leaders

  In Northern Caucasus, there was no tradition to perpetuate rulers in names; therefore, the "Akhmatization" of Chechnya is akin to the cults of Lenin and Stalin, Orientalists have commented on the renaming of the Chechen cycling club "Gorets" (Highlander) into "Akhmat".

June 15, 2019 11:24

• Courts abolish friendship declarations of French and NKR's communities

  In France, courts have cancelled four friendship declarations signed by French and Karabakh cities. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has welcomed the statements of the Mayors of the French cities of Valence, Bourg-les-Valence, Bourg-de-Péage and Arnaville about the intention to maintain friendly relations with their twin cities.

June 15, 2019 11:22

• Court arrests Azerbaijani journalist for four months

  On June 14, a Baku court ruled to place journalist, Polad Aslanov, accused of high treason, in custody.

June 15, 2019 08:37

• Eight gay parade opponents detained in Tbilisi

  LGBT activists have gathered outside the government building in Tbilisi, protesting against the statement of the Patriarchate about the unacceptability of the gay parade. Eight of the participants in the counteraction were detained for disobeying the police.

June 15, 2019 08:35

• Two activists detained during trial of former President Kocharyan

  One of the supporters and one of the opponents of the second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, who gathered outside the courthouse in Yerevan, were detained for violating the order. The judge, who is considering Kocharyan's case, refused to self-disqualify.

June 15, 2019 00:00

• Law enforcers are on duty at road signs on Dagestani-Chechen border

  The Chechen signposts on the border with the Tarumovka District of Dagestan are under the guard of armed law enforcers. Residents of this district had no territorial disputes with Chechnya, said local villagers.

June 14, 2019 21:47

• Patriarchate and "Georgian March" speak against LGBT action in Tbilisi

  The Georgian Patriarchate and the leader of the "Georgian March" movement have called on the authorities not to admit the LGBT march in Tbilisi, which, in their opinion, will cause a "broad popular unrest." However, the organizers of the "Tbilisi Pride" March have assured that the action will take place.

June 14, 2019 21:39

• Azerbaijan: MPH head recalls lawsuit against journalist

  Ogtai Shiraliev, the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has given up his lawsuit against the journalist, Teimur Kerimov. The journalist believes that public opinion has affected this decision.

June 14, 2019 21:35

• Petition in defence of Azerbaijani journalist Gadjiev published

  During the first hour after posting, the petition demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an employee of the edition "Chernovik" (Draft), gained more than 100 signatures. According to some information, apart from Gadjiev, two other persons were detained within the case of financing terrorism.

June 14, 2019 20:29

• Wives of drug policemen in Volgograd demand to justify their husbands

  Tatiana Stepanenko and Margarita Kaverina have held solo pickets in Volgograd, declaring the innocence of their convicted husbands and calling on the authorities to release them.

June 14, 2019 20:25

• Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev declares his innocence

  Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the editor-in-chief of one of the sections of the Dagestani "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, detained today, refuses to plead guilty of financing terrorism, his advocate has stated.

June 14, 2019 14:29

• Journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev detained in Dagestan

  Law enforcers have searched the home of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an employee of the "Chernovik" daily, his friends have informed. The detained journalist is suspected of financing extremism, a source from law enforcement bodies of Dagestan has added.

June 14, 2019 11:17

• Kadyrov's threats anger Dagestanis

  The second incident with a damaged road signpost on the Dagestani border of is a reaction of republic's residents to the threats voiced out by Ramzan Kadyrov and the arrival of Magomed Daudov with a detachment of armed law enforcers, analysts believe.

June 14, 2019 11:11

• MIA claims Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko has pled guilty

  Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian NGO named "Khabze", arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria, has confessed to possessing a large stock of drugs, the police assert.

June 14, 2019 11:06

• Threats of Chechen authorities because of road signs on border with Dagestan alarm rights defenders

  The road signs knocked down by a truck driver on the Chechen-Dagestani border have been restored, the Chechen administration has stated. After the threats voiced out by Magomed Daudov, the driver should fear not only a fine, human rights defenders believe.

June 14, 2019 10:48

• Azerbaijani journalist suspected of treason

  Polad Aslanov, the editor-in-chief of two Azerbaijani editions, has been detained on suspicion of espionage, the State Security Service (SSS) has announced. The journalist's wife has linked her husband's detention with his professional activities.