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July 01, 2021 11:40

• Georgian Patriarchy condemns diplomats for supporting gay parade

  The United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and Embassies of 16 countries have called on Georgian authorities to prevent violence at the "March of Dignity" announced by the LGBT community. The Georgian Patriarchy has called on foreign diplomats to refrain from supporting the march, stating that the gay action "has nothing to do with dignity."

July 01, 2021 11:37

• Advocate complains about custody conditions of Ingush activist Akhmed Pogorov

  The custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Nalchik, where Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, is kept, humiliate his dignity and harm his health, his advocate, Magomed Gagiev, has complained.

July 01, 2021 11:31

• Migrants from Chechnya explain their complaint to Putin by despair

  Refugees from Chechnya living in Ingushetia have recorded a video appeal to Vladimir Putin, since they hope that Russian President will force officials to address their long-standing problem.

July 01, 2021 03:25

• During Putin’s direct line, Kadyrov boasts of his availability

  During the Vladimir Putin’s direct line with residents of Russia, Ramzan Kadyrov has declared that Chechnya can serve as an example for Moscow in the regularity of live broadcasts of government officials and answers to pressing questions of citizens.

July 01, 2021 03:21

• Court leaves Ashikov brothers from Dagestan under arrest for other three months

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan extended until September 28 the terms of arrest of brothers Raip and Ziyavudin Ashikov, as well as Omar Abdurashidov.

June 30, 2021 23:35

• Military experts rule out connection between exercises in Baku and Shusha Declaration

  The three-day joint exercises of the Azerbaijani and Turkish military personnel were planned long before the signing of the Shusha Declaration and the agreement on mutual military assistance between the two countries, Azerbaijani analysts note. The more frequent exercises of the military personnel of the two countries contribute to the transition of the Azerbaijani army to NATO standards, the analysts explain.

June 30, 2021 23:33

• Azerbaijani comedian Idrak Mirzalizade claims being threatened and beaten after a joke about xenophobes

  Calls for reprisals against ethnic Azeri Idrak Mirzalizade following his public joke about xenophobes led to his beating in Moscow. The joke was misunderstood, the comedian claims.

June 30, 2021 15:23

• State Department advises US citizens not to travel to Northern Caucasus

  The US State Department classified Russia as a country not recommended for visiting, especially mentioning Chechnya, where US citizens may face terrorism and a risk of being kidnapped. The Department also did not recommend travelling to the vicinity of Mount Elbrus.

June 30, 2021 15:22

• Ali Ozdamirov, native of Chechnya, extradited to Russia

  A native of Chechnya, Ali Ozdamirov, has been extradited to Russia from Belgium; he is accused of an armed attack on a school in the village of Geldagan, Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, which resulted in the death of one person, and a theft of a large sum of money.

June 30, 2021 15:20

• Residents of Shirak Region of Armenia unblock road

  Village farmers of the Shirak Region of Armenia have stopped their protest action demanding to provide them with water for irrigation. The crops are already dead, residents of the villages of Azatan and Beniamin have complained.

June 30, 2021 14:25

• Residents of Chechnya complain about risk of losing jobs due to refusal to get vaccinated

  Threats of dismissal and enterprise closures are used in Chechnya to force workers to get vaccinated. Without vaccination certificates, it became difficult for republic residents to make shopping or visit a cafe, residents of Chechnya have complained.

June 30, 2021 14:22

• Father of murdered Gasanguseinov shepherds welcomes judgement on complaint against investigator

  The court ruling to satisfy the complaint about the refusal to initiate a criminal case against law enforcers gives hope to bring those responsible for killing Gasanguseinov brothers to justice, their father has stated.

June 30, 2021 14:15

• Domestic violence victim from Chechnya fears for her life

  A 20-year-old daughter of a native of Chechnya, who had fled from her father because of beatings, after the detention of a Chechen woman, Khalimat Taramova, made her own story public, the edition "Takie Dela" (So It Goes) has written.

June 30, 2021 14:10

• Nagorno-Karabakh commemorates casualties and missing people

  The participants of the events on the Remembrance Day of Casualties and Missing Soldiers in Karabakh Wars laid flowers at the Memorial Complex. During the last autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, 270 military servicemen went missing; and nothing is known about the fate of 18 civilians.

June 29, 2021 23:54

• Court upholds verdict to native of Chechnya accused for involvement in terrorism

  The Military Court of Appeal upheld the verdict to Ramzan Akhyadov, a native of Chechnya, extradited from Georgia, who was sentenced in Russia to seven years of imprisonment for involvement in the ranks of Syrian militants.

June 29, 2021 23:53

• Amid fears of rights defenders, ECtHR rejects urgent measures in case of Chechen woman Khalimat Taramova

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered convincing the arguments of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) about the absence of a threat to life of young woman Khalimat Taramova in Chechnya and decided not to take urgent measures in connection with her detention by law enforcers in Dagestan, the “Russian LGBT Network”* reported. Contrary to the assurances of the Russian authorities, more than 20 human rights organizations expressed their concern about the fate of the young woman.

June 29, 2021 20:20

• Party colleagues of Azerbaijani activist Magerramov complain about bureaucracy with his release

  In Baku, a court is delaying the consideration of an appeal for the conditional early relief for Agil Magerramov, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, his party colleagues claim.

June 29, 2021 20:10

• Migrants from Chechnya complain to Putin about problem with housing in Ingushetia

  In their video appeal to the Russian President, migrants claim that the authorities of Ingushetia do not allocate housing to forced migrants from Chechnya and ignore complaints about the unresolved problem with housing.

June 29, 2021 15:17

• Political analysts dispute about changed attitude towards LGBT people in Georgian society

  In Georgia, the public opinion about the LGBT community has changed; and politicians are no longer afraid to drop their rating by speaking in support of this community, Kakha Gogolashvili has noted. The LGBT topic no longer causes such a violent reaction as before, Gela Vasadze believes. In his turn, Ucha Nanuashvili asserts that there is no improvement with the observance of the LGBT people's rights in Georgia.

June 29, 2021 15:09

• Georgian Ombudsperson meets pupils of Ninotsminda boarding school

  Employees of the Ombudsperson's office have received access to the territory of the boarding school in Ninotsminda, where they met pupils and began studying the school documentation, Nino Lomdjariya, the Ombudsperson, has informed.