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May 01, 2021 13:36

• Hideout with weapons found in Ingushetia

  In a forest near the village of Nesterovskoye in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, law enforcers have found a hideout with weapons and ammunition.

May 01, 2021 13:25

• Relatives treat medical care to Gyulyalyev in Baku as unsatisfactory

  During five months of Ogtai Gyulyalyev's stay in Baku, doctors visited the Azerbaijani human rights defender only once at the insistence of his relatives; while nurses refuse to continue caring for him because of non-payment of surcharges, Ogtai's son and the director of the "Turan" news agency have stated.

May 01, 2021 08:46

• Political analysts exclude direct link of Kerimov's large-scale charity action with elections

  On the occasion of the Ramadan, Senator Suleiman Kerimov has promised to pay 20,000 roubles to each needy family in need in several districts of Dagestan. Kerimov is so popular in the republic that he needs no charity actions to raise his rating, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 01, 2021 08:34

• Opposition gives up street actions in Stepanakert

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, actions of the opposition against corruption failed to attract a large number of supporters. The "My Right" movement decided to suspend its street protests until residents of Nagorno-Karabakh exhibit interest in fighting for their rights.

April 30, 2021 23:28

• “Project” loses its Instagram page after a post about Kadyrov

  The “Project” online edition’s account on Instagram has been assigned the status of a deceased person. Journalists associate the incident with the people who are dissatisfied with the edition’s investigation into the activities of the persons affiliated with Ramzan Kadyrov.

April 30, 2021 22:33

• Armenian residents file to ECtHR 85 lawsuits on torture and killings in captivity

  65 lawsuits have been lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding inhuman treatment in captivity and about 20 lawsuits – about the killings of prisoners of war (POWs), the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent has been informed by advocate Siranush Saakyan, who represents the interests of Armenian prisoners of war at the ECtHR. According to the advocate, lawsuits regarding inhuman treatment were filed on behalf of almost all POWs who returned to Armenia.

April 30, 2021 22:19

• Navalny’s offices included in list of extremist organizations

  Today, the “Rosfinmonitoring” (the Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring) has included the “Navalny’s Offices” in the list of legal entities involved in terrorism and extremist activities.

April 30, 2021 18:45

• In Dagestan, dilapidated school closed after intervention of Prosecutor’s Office

  The Prosecutor’s Office for the Tsuntinsky District ordered to close the dilapidated school building in the Dagestani village of Khutrakh and transfer schoolchildren to temporary lessons in the buildings of the obstetric station and kindergarten.

April 30, 2021 18:21

• In Magas, court re-fines Mufti of Ingushetia

  The Magas District Court recognized Isa Khamkhoev, the former head of the Spiritual Centre of Muslims of Ingushetia, as a violator of the procedure of organizing and holding a meeting and imposed another fine of 10,000 roubles on him, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.

April 30, 2021 15:00

• Rights defenders point to discrimination against North-Caucasian natives in colonies

  On April 29, the Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention presented the report "North-Caucasian Muslims in Russian Jails: Human Rights, Adaptation Strategies, Risks of Radicalization and Post-Liberation Reintegration" in the online mode.

April 30, 2021 14:35

• Karabakh authorities ignore demands of Stepanakert activists

  On April 29, activists of the oppositional movement "Moyo Pravo" (My Right) blocked the traffic in Freedom Square, demanding a report on the loans granted to officials, but none of the government officials came out to them. The protests will continue, the protesters have announced.

April 30, 2021 11:31

• ECtHR requests information from Baku about Eldar Gasanov's health condition

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has reacted to the defence's complaint about the deteriorating health of the arrested diplomat Eldar Gasanov and sent a request to the Azerbaijani authorities about his health condition, his advocate has informed.

April 30, 2021 11:20

• Shamil Nurmagomedov receives tightened custody regime in Smolensk colony

  Shamil Nurmagomedov, a native of Dagestan, who is serving his term for financing terrorism in a colony in the Smolensk Region, has been transferred from an isolation cell with strict custody conditions to a cell-type premise for five months. The reason for the punishment was the publicity of the data about the inmates' protest hunger strike, Nurmagomedov's father has informed.

April 30, 2021 11:07

• In court, Elena Barzukaeva answers to law enforcers' lawsuit

  For Elena Barzukaeva, applications about her son's torture have turned into lawsuits against her lodged by law enforcers. Investigators refused to investigate her applications, and she had no other way to help her son but to voice out the names of those who could have been involved in the torture in media and at pickets, Barzukaeva herself stated it in court.

April 30, 2021 08:35

• Rights defenders treat sentence to athlete Mamedzade as revenge for supporting opposition

  With his open support of the opposition, Said Mamedzade has irritated officials, Tezekhan Miralamli, a human rights defender, has commented on the sentence passed to the athlete.

April 30, 2021 08:22

• Woman from Gelendjik complains about beating after action in support of Navalny

  Marina Romanova was taken to intensive care unit after being beaten in the city of Gelendjik. She links the attack on her with her taking part in actions in support of the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.

April 30, 2021 00:23

• Oppositionists demand to stop persecuting Pashinyan’s opponents

  Today, members of the ARF “Dashnaktsutyun” have held a protest in front of the building of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia. The activists demand to stop persecution of Nikol Pashinyan’s opponents detained in Syunik region and those who expressed their support for them.

April 29, 2021 23:58

• ICRF’s Department for Chechnya promises state protection to Magamadov and Isaev

  Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, moderators of a Telegram chat, who are under arrest in Chechnya, will receive state protection in connection with the threat of “honour killings.” The state has recognized the reality of the threat to the arrested brothers’ lives, advocate Alexander Nemov emphasizes.

April 29, 2021 23:46

• Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria: anti-leaders on living standards of elderly people

  Authors of the study “Old Age in Russia” mentioned Chechnya among the six regions with the most acute problems among the elderly people. In terms of the number of the elderly people with incomes below the minimum subsistence level, Chechnya is ahead of Kabardino-Balkaria.

April 29, 2021 19:19

• Social media users criticize Kadyrov’s report on reducing unemployment

  After the Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement that the unemployment rate in the region has almost halved since late 2020, Instagram users point out there is no real decline in the unemployment rate in Chechnya.