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April 05, 2021 17:32

• Sister of Mozdok resident beaten by law enforcer complained about threats

  A woman from the resident of Mozdok, a city in North Ossetia-Alania, who has been seeking for the third year the initiation of a criminal case against the law enforcer who had beaten up her brother, has complained about threats received from law enforcers.

April 05, 2021 17:16

• "Novaya Gazeta" reports threats to "Artdocfest" organizers because of film about Chechen gay

  The Chechnya's representative has demanded from the organizers of the festival of documentary films "Artdocfest" to remove the film about a Chechen gay from screening under a threat of "serious consequences," the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper has reported.

April 05, 2021 11:27

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities update list of perished militaries

  The list of military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh's Defence Army who perished during the last autumn conflict escalation has been complemented with 54 more names, making the total number thereof reaching 2808.

April 05, 2021 11:24

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities announce measures to support refugees

  The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have announced their readiness to support the refugees who want to do business and compensate for the loss of property as a result of the autumn conflict escalation. In Karabakh, they continue building houses for refugees, paying benefits, including to the disabled and families of those who perished, benefits for children have been increased.

April 05, 2021 11:18

• Incident with horsemen from Chechnya triggers reproaches against Dagestani law enforcers

  In the Novolaksky District, policemen have stopped the participants of the equestrian march from Chechnya, who had intended to visit the grave of the commander Baisangur Benoevsky, the video clips posted in social networks report. The incident occurred in the disputed lands of the former Aukhov District, Instagram users have noted, treating the law enforcers' zeal as excessive.

April 05, 2021 11:16

• Catholics of Caucasus and Southern Russia welcome second Easter amid pandemic

  Catholic communities of Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus have changed the format of Easter services and abandoned the traditional mass celebrations in order to take precautions against coronavirus spread danger.

April 04, 2021 12:21

• Five thousand come to rally against curfew in Georgia

  The curfew is inefficient as a measure against coronavirus spread; and the fines imposed for appearing in the street at night are excessively high, the rally outside the Georgian Parliament has stated.

April 04, 2021 11:38

• Construction works of Namakhvan HPP resumed under police protection

  The preparatory works for the construction of the Namakhvan cascade of hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) have resumed today despite Georgian authorities' promises. The police did not allow protesters to enter the construction site.

April 04, 2021 10:46

• Volgograd activists demand to provide Navalny with medical care

  Oppositionist Alexei Navalny is kept in colony in torturous conditions, Volgograd solo picketers assert.

April 03, 2021 17:13

• Son reports worsening health condition of Azerbaijani oppositionist Salaev

  The health condition of Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Salyan district branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has deteriorated sharply in the colony; however, he receives no medical care, his son has informed.

April 03, 2021 16:18

• Peacemakers escort column with humanitarian aid to Martuni District

  The essentials, medical equipment and a set of textbooks and literature for the local school have been brought with peacemakers' help to the Tagavard village of the Martuni District, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

April 03, 2021 15:34

• Doctors and rights defenders decide to convince the Armenian residents of vaccination safety

  Overcoming the COVID-19 epidemic is possible only with the help of vaccinations; and for this, we should convince the population of the vaccine safety, Armenian experts assert.

April 03, 2021 15:05

• Polad Aslanov's defence appeals against verdict at Supreme Court

  The defence insists on Polad Aslanov's innocence, since no reliable proofs of his espionage for Iran, the advocate has noted.

April 03, 2021 12:37

• TV story about wearing masks in Chechnya turns into complaint to Russian watchdog

  Valery Rashkin, a State Duma MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, has demanded to check the veracity of the story from the programme "Healthy Life" by Elena Malysheva from Chechnya, which spoke about the absence of the effect of mask-wearing on the coronavirus infection frequency, and about the advantages of cancelling the mask regime.

April 03, 2021 12:05

• Muftiate and Batumi Mayoralty argue about prayer rooms for Muslims

  There are enough places in Batumi, where Muslims can pray, an official from the city Mayoralty stated in court, justifying the Mayoralty's refusal to sanction the construction of a new mosque. About 2000 believers have to pray outdoors due to a deficit of room in mosques, the Adjara Muftiate has objected.

April 03, 2021 11:44

• Rights defenders list law violations in Ibragim Gadjiev's persecutions

  Law enforcers have blocked Ibragim Gadjiev in a car outside the courthouse in Makhachkala with no legal grounds, detained him again and didn't let his advocate and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) to enter the police station, Sapiyat Magomedova, an advocate, Uma Askerkhanova, a POC member, have stated.

April 03, 2021 09:03

• Relatives report kidnapping of native of Chechnya after deportation from Germany

  People in civilian clothes took away Nurmagomed Mamuev, a native of the Urus-Martan District, who had been deported from Berlin, to some unknown place, his wife said. She turned to human rights defenders asking to help in finding him, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has reported.

April 03, 2021 08:48

• Fifteen activists detained at office of "Georgian Dream" Party

  The detention of activists outside the office of the Georgian ruling party began after Giya Volsky, a member of the "Georgian Dream" Party, made an obscene gesture towards the protesters.

April 03, 2021 08:33

• Russian rights defenders find commonalities of wars in Syria and Chechnya

  In Syria, Russian armed forces are using the methods earlier tested in Chechnya, including indiscriminate bombing and cleansings, Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, Director of the Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, has stated.

April 02, 2021 23:58

• Police refuse to let advocates visit Gadjiev

  Ibragim Gadjiev, a witness in a case against police officers Raip and Ziyavudin Ashikov, was brought to a police station in Makhachkala. Law enforcers refused to let advocates visit him.