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May 19, 2018 15:01

• Rights defenders treat Justice Minister's statement on gays in Chechnya as absurd

  Rights defenders treat as meaningless the statement of Alexander Konovalov, Russian Minister of Justice, who said there were no gay men in Chechnya who could be persecuted. The rights defenders have also noted that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is not authorized to carry out investigations.

May 19, 2018 12:24

• Political analysts announce possibility of new protests in Armenia

  There is antagonism in relations between the new Armenian government and delegates from the former ruling party. In case if no compromise is reached, the Prime Minister will resort to street protests, political analysts believe.

May 19, 2018 07:00

• At trial, Dagestani policemen report provocations against journalists

  At trial, Karim Kasumov, a resident of Dagestan, rejected any intent to make obstacles for the activities of journalists during a rally in Makhachkala. The journalists and policemen who attended the rally reported to the court about the provocations at the rally.

May 19, 2018 06:01

• Nagorno-Karabakh marks "Night of Museums" by exhibitions on start of liberation movement

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, fourteen museums organized new exhibitions and events dedicated to the "Night of Museums". Some museums arranged exhibitions in honour of the 30th anniversary of the Karabakh movement and heroes of wars, while others presented works created by masters of applied art.

May 19, 2018 04:45

• In Georgia, report on raids to nightclubs provokes controversy

  In Tbilisi, searches in nightclubs were carried out with the court's sanction and revealed a well-arranged infrastructure for drug trafficking, reported Giorgi Gakhariya, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs. MPs from the "European Georgia" and "Georgian Dream" Parties supported the actions of the police to combat the drug trafficking.

May 18, 2018 23:26

• Russian authorities find it impossible to get death convict from Iraq

  A native of Northern Caucasus has been sentenced to death in Iraq for belonging to the "Islamic State" *IS) (a terrorist grouping banned in Russia by the court).

May 18, 2018 20:04

• Resident of Dagestan accused of abducting a girl

  A native of the Dagestan's Gergebil District and his accomplices managed to take a girl to the recreation centre in Makhachkala, from where she managed to escape, the Dagestan Prosecutor's Office reports.

May 18, 2018 19:55

• Kadyrov's offer on Putin's three presidential terms brought into State Duma

  The bill on three presidential terms in a row for Vladimir Putin, instead of two, which was approved by the Chechen parliament, has been sent to the Chairman of the State Duma of Russia.

May 18, 2018 19:46

• Chechnya restricts carrying weapons due to 2018 FIFA World Cup

  In the period from May 25 to July 25, in Chechnya, carrying of weapons will be limited in connection with the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, reports the Department for Chechnya of the National Guard of Russia.

May 18, 2018 19:00

• Israel: activists report Dagestani resident's kidnapping

  Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Khasavyurt, was allegedly kidnapped for ransom and taken to Chechnya, the Jewish community of Dagestan reports. The police failed to identify the person who stole money from an Alexei Kardashov's bank card.

May 18, 2018 14:08

• More than 500 people may be pardoned in Azerbaijan

  The commission for pardoning has considered 1100 appeals and prepared for the Azerbaijani President a list of 500 names. The amnesty is expected to be dated to the Republic Day, May 28.

May 18, 2018 09:24

• Azerbaijan claims 85 cases of shelling in Karabakh conflict zone

  Units of the Armenian armed forces used large-calibre machine guns during shelling, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

May 18, 2018 05:54

• European Parliament outlined priorities of new EU-Azerbaijan agreement

  The new agreement between the European Union (EU) and Azerbaijan should contribute to combating corruption, money laundering and tax evasion, as well as to country's progressing towards basic freedoms. This was stated by the committee of the European Parliament.

May 18, 2018 00:20

• Armenian MoD tells OSCE about activation of Azerbaijani Armed Forces

  David Tonoyan, the head of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD), has informed Andrzej Kasprzyk, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, about the attempts of Azerbaijani militaries to violate the truce.

May 17, 2018 22:53

• Moscow border guards release the Dagestani woman deported from Egypt

  Sakinat Baisultanova, a native of Dagestan, who was deported from Egypt, was kept by border guards for 12 hours and was set free after buying an air ticket from Moscow to Makhachkala. This was reported by Roza Magomedova, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

May 17, 2018 21:49

• Collection of data on religious views alerts residents of Chechnya

  Interviews about the support of various Islamic wirds (religious trends) of males in Grozny have caused misunderstanding; people do not want to deal with the authorities, residents of Chechnya have stated. In their turn, experts assert that the lawfulness of such surveys and the reliability of received data causes doubts.

May 17, 2018 18:56

• Five participants of Orthodox march detained in Tbilisi

  In the capital of Georgia, policemen have detained three participants of the march dedicated to the Family Day of Holiness; before the march, two other members of the neo-Nazi association were detained.

May 17, 2018 18:07

• Two opponents of LGBT movement detained in Tbilisi

  The police have detained Giya Korkotashvili, one of the leaders of the "Georgian March", and Guram Palavandishvili, the chairman of the "Society in Defence of Children's Rights", who came to the action against sex minorities.

May 17, 2018 17:25

• Over 1100 people sign petition in defence of Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev

  Lana Estemirova, the daughter of the rights defender Natalia Estemirova, prepared a petition calling on the Russian president to transfer the criminal case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", for consideration at the federal level.

May 17, 2018 15:27

• Armenian Premier Pashinyan urges residents to stop protests

  All problems should be solved through contacting relevant bodies and authorities, rather than going to protest actions, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, has stated in his page on the Facebook.