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July 09, 2021 08:34

• Muftiate’s statement shows exceptional resonance of Nalchik CTO

  The call of the Muftiate of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) to investigate the circumstances of the July counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nalchik is unprecedented, it evidences a categorical distrust of the society towards the law enforcers’ version, and to the authorities in general, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 09, 2021 08:20

• ECtHR finds violation of Azerbaijani journalists’ rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the complaints of two journalists from Azerbaijan. The Court has found violations of their rights to the freedom of expression and personal inviolability.

July 08, 2021 23:12

• Human rights defenders call on UN to support Andrei Pivovarov

  The United Nations should influence the Russian authorities to secure the release of Andrei Pivovarov, who was arrested in Kuban on the charge of collaborating with an undesirable organization, international human rights organizations state.

July 08, 2021 22:57

• School teacher involved in correctional labour for appealing to Kadyrov

  Magomed Djabrailov, a teacher from the village of Alkhan-Kaly, was involved in correctional labour for false reports to Ramzan Kadyrov about fake vaccinations of colleagues. According to the head of the Grozny district administration, such a decision was made with regard of the school teacher “for the purpose of attitude development.”

July 08, 2021 22:44

• Two persons injured in a mine explosion in Azerbaijan

  Today, Nuru Nuriev and Elnur Gashimov, residents of the Fizuli District of Azerbaijan, who violated the ban on visiting Karabakh, have been blown up by a mine. The men have got severe injuries.

July 08, 2021 18:25

• Relatives of man detained in Khasavyurt request an explanation from police

  A resident of Dagestan was detained and taken to the police department in Khasavyurt, but law enforcers do not allow an advocate or relatives to visit the detainee, his relatives complained. They requested the police to explain what he was suspected of.

July 08, 2021 17:54

• “Muslim Unity” activist detained in Azerbaijan

  People in civilian clothes took Razi Gumbatov, an activist of the “Muslim Unity” movement, away with them to some unknown destination. Arzu Abdullaeva, a member of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Islamists, suggests that the detention of Razi Gumbatov may be related to his critical posts and comments about the authorities on social media.

July 08, 2021 14:45

• Count of attackers on journalists in Tbilisi rises to eight

  Five detainees have been charged with assaulting journalists during protests against the gay parade in Tbilisi, bringing the total count thereof up to eight, the Prosecutor’s Office has informed.

July 08, 2021 14:28

• Residents of flooded Kuban areas complain about scanty compensations

  The compensations promised by authorities for the loss of property will fail to cover even a small part of the inflicted damage, the local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

July 08, 2021 11:34

• Dagestani branch of ICRF summons girl who fled to Sweden after being forced to marry for questioning

  The division of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Buinaksk District has summoned for testifying the 18-year-old girl, who fled to Sweden after her relatives tried to force her to marry.

July 08, 2021 11:20

• Grozny townspeople complain about non-admission to stores without vaccination certificates

  In Chechnya, without certificates about vaccination against coronavirus, people are not served in stores; they can’t even buy bread, local residents have complained.

July 08, 2021 11:07

• Mother of soldier who perished in Maykop doubts suicide version

  On the eve of his death, the conscript soldier from Voronezh, who was found dead in a military unit in Maykop, the capital of Adygea, shared his plans for the future, his mother said. She has suggested that hazing could be the cause of her son's death.

July 08, 2021 08:51

• Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ombudsperson counts 750 perished in last autumn war

  A total of 750 citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh, including 669 military servicemen and 81 civilians, perished during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict in the fall of 2020, Gegam Stepanyan, the Ombudsperson of the unrecognized republic, has informed.

July 08, 2021 08:33

• KBR’s Muftiate urges to objectively investigate CTO in Nalchik

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) with the killing of five people has caused great concerns in the Muslim Ummah, the Muftiate of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has stated calling to conduct an objective inquiry into the incident.

July 08, 2021 08:20

• Analysts explain CSTO’s refusal to intervene in Baku-Yerevan conflict

  Experts in Baku have regarded the unwillingness of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to intervene in the Armenian-Azerbaijani border conflict as confirmation of Yerevan's wrongness. In their turn, Armenian experts link the CSTO’s statement with Russia's position on this issue.

July 07, 2021 22:36

• Theologian reprimands Chechen women for addressing sorcerers

  According to a report released by the “Grozny” TV Channel, Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, held a conversation with the women detained for visiting sorcerers. Social media users pointed to an excess of stories about the fight against sorcerers on the “Grozny” TV Channel.

July 07, 2021 22:00

• Djumaev’s defence points to mistake of investigation in his case

  Pleadings in court in a case against Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, accused of using violence against law enforcers, have been postponed until August 18. The defence points out that a big mistake has been made in the legal assessment of the young man’s actions at the stage of the preliminary investigation in the case against Said-Mukhammad Djumaev.

July 07, 2021 21:45

• Court refuses to commute sentence to Azerbaijani human rights defender Mamed

  The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan did not grant the cassation appeal against the verdict to journalist and human rights defender Elchin Mamed, and the defence decided to seek his conditional early relief.

July 07, 2021 19:08

• Police report over 100 detainees in Tbilisi

  68 people detained for administrative offenses have been released, and two persons have been detained in criminal cases, the Georgian police reports today.

July 07, 2021 18:55

• Report on border with Chechnya disrupted in Nazran by a bomb threat call

  The Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) postponed the discussion of the report of the commission on the determination of the border with Chechnya after the visit of law enforcers, who were checking information about house mining. An author of the bomb report was planning to disrupt the meeting of the Ingush Council of Teips, Instagram users suggested.