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April 14, 2021 22:08

• Exposition of Baku Trophy Park provokes indignation in Armenia and Karabakh

  Amid the Armenia’s attempts to return prisoners of war (POWs), the decision to display helmets of killed Armenian soldiers and dummies of military personnel in the War Trophy Park has become a manifestation of the Azerbaijani authorities’ cynicism, note Armenian MPs and the Ombudsmen of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

April 14, 2021 19:01

• Social media users criticize Kadyrov’s words about Navalny and Koran

  Internet users expressed their doubts that the leader of Chechnya was authorised to speak on behalf of all Muslims when he stated that Alexei Navalny had no right to read the Koran.

April 14, 2021 18:04

• Three employees of Navalny’s office detained in Krasnodar

  The police detained Anastasia Panchenko, a coordinator of the Alexei Navalny’s office in Krasnodar, and two office employees on the outskirts of the city, as they drove to Gelendzhik to prepare a video report.

April 14, 2021 15:02

• Setting barriers triggers protest of opponents of Namakhvan HPP construction

  Opponents of the construction of the Namakhvani hydroelectric power plant (HPP) have gathered for a protest action on the road to the village of Namakhvani, where law enforcers had installed metal barriers to prevent them from marching further. Six people were detained at night after opponents' clashes with policemen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

April 14, 2021 14:16

• Kadyrov criticizes Navalny for mentioning Koran

  Alexei Navalny has no right to mention and read the Koran, Ramzan Kadyrov said after learning about the oppositionist's request to provide him with the Koran for reading, and on behalf of all Russian Muslims urged the colony staff not to fulfil the prisoner's request.

April 14, 2021 13:37

• Doctors report jump in coronavirus infections in Georgia

  For the first time since January 2021, the number of people infected with coronavirus in Georgia for the past 24 hours has exceeded a thousand people, said Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health.

April 14, 2021 11:18

• OMCT claims human rights violations in "Terter case"

  In Azerbaijan, 78 persons were detained and sentenced to terms from 12 to 20 years in prison under the so-called "Terter case", the World Organisation Against Torture (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture - OMCT) has reported. The detainees were tortured; there are 11 confirmed deaths from torture, human rights defenders have claimed.

April 14, 2021 11:06

• POWs' relatives refuse to unblock administration of Shirak Region

  The relatives of the prisoners of war (POWs), who block the entrance to the administration of the Shirak Region, demand from the authorities to announce the actions taken to free their relatives from captivity. The efforts to return POWs from Azerbaijan are not advertised, so as not to harm the POWs themselves, Nina Karapetyants, a human rights defender, and Naira Zograbyan, an MP, have noted.

April 14, 2021 08:31

• In dispute over construction of mosque in Batumi, court sides with Muslims

  The Georgian Court of Appeal (CoA) has approved the construction of a mosque in Batumi, having found the Mayoralty's refusal to sanction the construction as discrimination against believers.

April 14, 2021 08:17

• Activists find Navalny's office employees who disappeared in Makhachkala

  Eduard Ataev, the head of Navalny's office in Makhachkala, who disappeared on April 12, is serving 10 days of his administrative arrest in Khasavyurt. Murad Manapov, his assistant, was arrested for three days and is in a special detention centre, Ruslan Ablyakimov, an activist, has informed. A policeman came to Manapov's home and took away his passport, but said nothing about his whereabouts, his wife said.

April 13, 2021 22:27

• OPHRD launches a campaign in defence of Elchin Mamed

  The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to immediately release journalist Elchin Mamed and provide him with adequate medical care and treatment. A mother of the imprisoned journalist called his health state severe.

April 13, 2021 22:07

• Advocate finds out whereabouts of Magomed Gadaev

  Magomed Gadaev, deported from France and handed over to Chechen law enforcers in Novy Urengoy, is being kept at a police department of Urus-Martan, but no advocates have been yet allowed to visit him, the “Caucasian Knot” has been informed by Tatiana Lokshina, the associate director for Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia division.

April 13, 2021 21:54

• POWs’ relatives block administration building in Shirak Region

  Relatives of prisoners of war (POWs) and of soldiers missed in action blocked the entrance to the administration of the Shirak Region. They demand a meeting with the Prime Minister of Armenia. The problem of POWs remains unresolved despite several meetings with the authorities, the protestors claim.

April 13, 2021 18:44

• Advocate: Artsuev’s relatives refuse help for fear of deportation

  Relatives of Lezi Artsuev, a native of Chechnya, deported from France to Russia, refused the help of an advocate after it turned out that Lezi Artsuev had been taken to Gudermes, his former defender reported. The advocate associates the decision of the Lezi Artsuev’s relatives with their fear of being deported as well.

April 13, 2021 18:28

• Beginning of Ramadan highlights ban on sale of alcohol in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, the ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks during the month of Ramadan infringes on the rights of residents, some local residents note on Facebook. However, their opponents consider the ban justified.

April 13, 2021 13:24

• Greenpeace criticizes plans to build "Dolina Vasta" resort in Sochi

  The construction of the new "Dolina Vasta" (Vasta Valley) ski resort in Sochi is illegal, the Russian branch of the environmental Greenpeace has stated. The construction of a new ski resort on the lands of the Sochi National Park will lead to the destruction of natural complexes, ecologists assert.

April 13, 2021 13:03

• Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in his support

  At their solo pickets held in Makhachkala, Magomed Magomedov and Magdi Kamalov, the deputy editor-in-chief and the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly edition, accordingly, demanded to set the journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev free and put an end to the practice of unjustified arrests.

April 13, 2021 11:14

• Chechen Diaspora accuses French authorities of Gadaev's illegal deportation

  The deportation of the Chechen-born Magomed Gadaev to Russia is illegal; his life is in danger, the Assembly of Chechens in Europe has stated blaming Gerald Darmanin, the French Interior Minister, for Gadaev's fate.

April 13, 2021 10:55

• Muslims of Southern Russia welcome Ramadan

  In the evening on April 12, believers in Southern Russia held collective prayers in mosques in honour of the onset of the holy month of Ramadan.

April 13, 2021 08:34

• "Such are the matters": women in Ingushetia are defenceless against domestic violence

  In Ingushetia, it is shameful to be a divorced woman, and it is not customary to complain about domestic violence, while the teip (family-clannish) structure of the society keeps victims from going to the police and seeking psychological support, the founder of the "ING-Attention" fem group asserts.