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October 10, 2021 11:23

• Saakashvili complains about red tape with consideration of his cases in court

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia, has appealed to the international community with a complaint about the protraction of consideration of his cases in court. He believes that he is deliberately kept in custody on the eve of the second round of elections.

October 10, 2021 11:21

• Armenian military wounded on Azerbaijani border

  Misak Khachatryan, a soldier, was wounded by a shot from Azerbaijan, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. In its turn, Baku has refuted reports of the death of a resident of Nagorno-Karabakh and the wounding of an Armenian soldier during shelling from the Azerbaijani side.

October 10, 2021 11:19

• Baku court refuses to mitigate Elchin Mamed's punishment

  A court in Baku has denied an appeal lodged by Elchin Mamed, a journalist and a human rights defender, who asked to mitigate his sentence. He treats this denial as a violation of his rights.

October 10, 2021 11:16

• Chechen authorities restrict visiting public places by unvaccinated persons

  Starting October 11, a QR code or a vaccination certificate will be required in order to enter organizations and public places in Chechnya. The unvaccinated elderly people who have not recovered from coronavirus will be allowed to visit only medical facilities.

October 10, 2021 00:00

• PFPA activist Akhmedli arrested for 30 days

  Fuad Akhmedli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 30 days of arrest on charges of petty hooliganism. He and five other activists were detained on October 8 near the building of the Baku Court for Grave Crimes, where the verdict was expected to be announced to Niyameddin Akhmedov, another PFPA member.

October 09, 2021 23:56

• Civilian perishes in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Aram Tepnants, a resident of the Martakert District, died after being shot by a sniper from the Azerbaijani Army, the Nagorno-Karabakh police have informed.

October 09, 2021 18:35

• Activist Niyameddin Akhmedov sentenced to 13 years in prison

  A Baku court has sentenced Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) to 13 years in prison. Akhmedov himself has denied all the accusations, treating them as unjustified, and declared the continuation of his hunger strike.

October 09, 2021 17:13

• Two NGOs support opposition's demands to recount votes at Tbilisi elections

  The NGOs "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) and "International Transparency-Georgia", and the "Droa" and "Lelo" Parties have demanded to recount the votes at the elections held in Tbilisi. The falsifications at these elections were designed to prevent the opposition from forming a majority in the Sakrebulo, Elene Khoshtariya, the "Droa" leader, has stated.

October 09, 2021 14:46

• Refugees from Gadrut tell about living conditions in Nagorno-Karabakh

  During the war, refugee families lost all their property; authorities are partially compensating their rental expenses, former residents of the city of the Gadrut District have informed. A total of 1365 refugee families from the Gadrut District now live in Nagorno-Karabakh.

October 09, 2021 14:40

• Kadyrov's daughter appointed Culture Minister of Chechnya

  At her 22, Aishat Kadyrova, the eldest daughter of the head of Chechnya, received the post of the republic's Minister of Culture.

October 08, 2021 23:29

• Human rights defenders report data on practice of false vaccination in Chechnya

  The coronavirus immunization campaign, which in Chechnya has been accompanied by harsh coercion to vaccinate, has led to a wide spread of fake vaccination certificates, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reported.

October 08, 2021 23:28

• Dagestani woman detained for raising money for transfer of children from Middle East

  Investigators detained a woman from the Babayurt District of Dagestan, who was raising money under the pretext of transporting children from the Middle East.

October 08, 2021 23:27

• Zakaev’s comrade-in-arms explains her desire to return to Chechnya

  Rubati Mitsaeva, a former member of the government of self-proclaimed republic of Ichkeria, explained her desire to return to Chechnya. Rubati Mitsaeva claims she wants to live in her homeland among her relatives and said that she had stopped engaging in politics. Ramzan Kadyrov may benefit from the Rubati Mitsaeva’s return to the republic, Alexei Malashenko believes.

October 08, 2021 23:24

• Editor of “Novaya Gazeta” Muratov awarded Nobel Prize

  Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “efforts to defend freedom of expression.”

October 08, 2021 22:43

• Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, receives refugee status in Sweden

  On October 7, the Swedish authorities informed the Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, that they had approved the awarding him with the status of a political refugee.

October 08, 2021 13:35

• Transgender woman attacked in Tbilisi

  A car driver hit a transgender woman in Tbilisi and fled the scene. The victim claims that the attack was deliberate; and the police opened an inquiry.

October 08, 2021 13:34

• Activist Alamov fears for his safety after law enforcers' visit to his relatives in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, law enforcers have visited the house of the parents of Magomed Alamov, the head of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) in Northern Caucasus, and asked about his whereabouts. Such law enforcers' visits may turn into fabrication of a criminal case, Alamov fears.

October 08, 2021 13:32

• Activists treat census as chance to unite Circassians

  The upcoming population census will give Russian Circassians a chance to get registered as a single nation; and a promotion of the idea in social networks will play a big role therein, NGO activists believe. The idea of becoming a consolidated nation is popular among Circassians; therefore, most of them will take advantage of this opportunity, Caucasian scholars are sure.

October 08, 2021 13:30

• Rights defenders assess ECtHR's decision on Gelani Tsechoev's case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay 20,000 euros to relatives of Gelani Tsechoev, a resident of Ingushetia, who was killed in 2010, by recognizing a violation of his right to life.

October 07, 2021 23:53

• “Novaya Gazeta” discloses data on pressure on a witness in case on Politkovskaya’s murder

  Law enforcers put pressure on a secret witness in a case on the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya: they threatened him with criminal prosecution and demanded from him to testify as requested by investigators, the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” reported on the 15th anniversary of the murder of the journalist.