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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

April 13, 2021 08:17

  • Participants of a protest action on the road leading to the construction area of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant, March 4, 2021. Screenshot: JAMnews Clashes with police break out in Namakhvani

    Policemen have set up a cordon and would not let protesters against the construction of the hydroelectric power plant (HPP) near the village of Namakhvani, who tried to break through the cordon. One of the women-defenders of the Rioni River Gorge lost consciousness in the clash.

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  • Hostages are taken in a clothing store in Vladikavkaz, April 12, 2021. Photo by Toma Agkatseva for the Caucasian Knot Police rescue hostages in Vladikavkaz

    Today, hostages have been taken in a clothing store in Vladikavkaz. The police detained a suspect, who threatened with an explosion, and the hostages were not injured, sources from the law enforcement bodies report.

April 12, 2021 21:15

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  • Human rights defenders appeal against refusal to investigate extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

    The details of the extrajudicial killings in Chechnya made public by Suleiman Gezmakhmaev give grounds to cancel the decision to refuse to institute a criminal case on the killings of 27 people, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* announces today. The human rights defenders request the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to study the testimony of the former Chechen law enforcer and question his colleagues.

April 12, 2021 18:30

  • Police at the government building in Yerevan, March 2021. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBqr47t8UU POWs’ parents demand a meeting with Pashinyan

    Relatives of the prisoners of war (POWs) and soldiers missed in action during the autumn war in the Nagorno-Karabakh gathered in front of the building of the government and the residence of the President of Armenia. Participants of the protest action near the government building are seeking a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the presence of the media.

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  • Defence claims fabrication of case against Dagestani resident through use of torture

    A court in Dagestan began considering a criminal case against Murad Mirzakhanov, a resident of Makhachkala, accused of keeping weapons and drugs. His defence and relatives assert that the illegal objects found on him had been planted; and psychological and physical violence was used against Mirzakhanov, as a result of which he has incriminated himself.

April 11, 2021 11:44

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  • Participants of the action held on the occasion of the massacre in Maraga. April 10, 2021. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot" Karabakh residents commemorate victims of Maraga tragedy

    Participants of the action in Stepanakert held on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the massacre of residents of the village of Maraga have called on the international community to assess the actions of Azerbaijani militaries. Former Maraga villagers told that as a result of the conflict escalation in 2020, they again became forced migrants.

April 11, 2021 11:37

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  • The Fizuli District of Azerbaijan. Screenshot of the video by the "Azərbaycan Respublikası Müdafiə Nazirliyi" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGkBHjNXyZY Two residents of Azerbaijan detained for violating ban on visiting Karabakh

    The residents of Azerbaijan, Zamir Akhmedov and Zamig Farzaliev, have penetrated into the territory of the Fizuli District to collect non-ferrous scrap metals. While trying to escape from law enforcers in a car, the driver ran into a policeman and two militaries, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

April 11, 2021 02:18

  • Rights defenders criticize custody conditions in Azerbaijani jails

    Many Azerbaijani prisons are overcrowded; most of them fail to meet modern standards; the food is bad; and inmates have to pay for everything that is due to them by the law. The use of torture against convicts also remains an urgent problem, human rights defenders assert.

April 11, 2021 02:16

  • Igor Kalyapin and Magomed Gadaev. Photo from Kalyapin's page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4002968613099605&set=pcb.4002797959783337 Chechen refugee Magomed Gadaev released

    Magomed Gadaev, a refugee from Chechnya deported from France, who was kept at the airport after arriving in Moscow, was set free. This was announced by Igor Kalyapin, the chairman of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

April 10, 2021 12:39

  • A still of the documentary "Border", YouTube channel of the Artdocfest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVjOvRGS_4 Chechen spectators assess positively film about protests in Ingushetia

    The viewpoint of Chechen people is not presented in the documentary "Border" by Maryana Kalmykova about the protests of Ingush residents against the border agreement with Chechnya. Khava Khazbieva, the film producer, has explained that the authors tried to show the depth of people's experiences and what has changed in their lives.

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