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March 31, 2021 23:32

• Defence sees a real threat to lives of Magamadov and Isaev in SIZO

  Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, arrested in Chechnya, should be taken under increased protection after the reports that there were attempts to persuade their relatives to commit so-called “honour killings,” an advocate reports.

March 31, 2021 23:13

• Russian singer starts promoting Ramzan Kadyrov and his nephew on Instagram

  Singer and popular Instagram blogger Olga Buzova announced a car giveaway. To participate in it, a person should follow the accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov, Idris Cherkhigov, the chief of the GIBDD (road police) Department for Chechnya, and UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev.

March 31, 2021 18:52

• "Sobesednik" calls scientific testing ground in Adygea a resort for Vladimir Putin

  In Adygea, a chalet accompanied with three kilometres of ski slopes and cable cars is used as a personal winter resort for the first person of the state; the chalet was built with budget money and is being guarded by the Federal Security Service, the magazine “Sobesednik” (Interlocutor) reports.

March 31, 2021 18:33

• Five persons sentenced for transporting weapons from Karabakh to Armenia

  Today, the Armenian Prosecutor’s Office has reported that the court sentenced the people accused of illegal transportation of weapons from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, to 1-4 years of imprisonment.

March 31, 2021 18:16

• Advocate demands to protect rights of witness in Ashikov brothers’ case

  Today, in Makhachkala, armed people have taken Ibragim Gadjiev, a witness in a case against policemen Raip and Ziyavudin Ashikov, away from his house. The armed people were seconded law enforcers, Sapiyat Magomedova, an advocate in the Ashikov brothers’ case, suggested.

March 31, 2021 14:28

• Azerbaijani rights defenders urge to transfer Mamed from colony to hospital

  The verdict of the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender, Elchin Mamed, has been appealed against at the Supreme Court (SC). Rights defenders have also appealed to the Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a demand to transfer Mamed to a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service – a subordinate to the MoJ.

March 31, 2021 14:13

• ECtHR awards compensation to Tarkhan Kartoev's widow

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the death in a colony of Tarkhan Kartoev, a native of Ingushetia, convicted within the case of blowing up the "Nevsky Express", as a violation of the right to life.

March 31, 2021 11:49

• Political analysts see some trick in Pashinyan's resignation

  Nikol Pashinyan has announced his resignation, formation of an interim government and early elections in order to reproduce his power, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

March 31, 2021 11:31

• Coordinator of Navalny's Krasnodar office fined for photos with kissing girls

  A court has fined Anastasia Panchenko, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar, by 50,000 rouble fine, having seen in the photos of kissing girls posted on the Instagram propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among teenagers.

March 31, 2021 11:18

• Chechnya mentioned specially in US DoS' report on human rights in Russia

  Russian regions see violations of rights of journalists, prisoners and political activists, states the annual report of the US Department of State (DoS), published on March 30. Separately, the DoS mentioned the human rights situation in Chechnya, in particular, extrajudicial executions, torture and murders of gays, oppression of women and repressions against Kadyrov's critics in Europe.

March 31, 2021 08:38

• Rights defenders report that relatives of Magamadov and Isaev are inclined to "honour killing"

  Law enforcers are persuading relatives of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, arrested in Chechnya, to commit an "honour killing", the Russian LGBT Network has informed.

March 31, 2021 08:26

• Lawyers treat investigators' demand of Abdurakhmanov's appearance as illegal

  Information about criminal cases initiated against a citizen is sent to him by mail to any indicated address or is provided to his advocate; the law does not demand any identity proof to obtain such information, the lawyers of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* believe.

March 30, 2021 21:45

• Barakhoev and Chemurziev feel better after refusing their hunger strike

  The health state of Ingush activists Akhmed Barakhoev and Barakh Chemurziev improved a week after they had stopped their hunger strike, while Zarifa Sautieva requested the SIZO (pre-trial prison) administration to provide her with medical care, advocates reported.

March 30, 2021 21:30

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to Murtazali Gasanguseinov

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced a decision in the case “Gasanguseinov v. Russia”. According to the ECtHR’s decision, Russia must pay compensation in the amount of 120,000 euros to a father of killed Dagestani shepherds Nabi and Gasangusein Gasanguseinov.

March 30, 2021 18:43

• Resident of Siberia apologizes for his words addressed to Chechen special forces fighters

  Ivan Mikhanovsky, a resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, made public a video with his apology for his offensive words addressed to participants in the joint military exercises of the National Guard of Russia and the Chechen SOBR (Special Rapid-Response Unit).

March 30, 2021 18:10

• Abkhaz young woman publicly apologizes for her video posted on social media site

  A 19-year-old young woman has apologized for her video with the phrase reading: “Abkhazia is Georgia,” posted on a social media platform, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia reports in its video.

March 30, 2021 13:26

• Grozny law enforcers scold on air pupils and their parents

  Law enforcers have publicly reprimanded teenagers in Grozny and their parents for using toxic substance by schoolchildren; it follows from the video shown by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company). Some Instagram users doubted the police's version.

March 30, 2021 13:09

• Georgian opposition treats Garibashvili's words about early elections as ultimatum

  By its categorical refusal to discuss the opponents' key demands, the ruling party disrupts the dialogue with the opposition, the "Lelo for Georgia" Party said after the words of Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, that the country's authorities do not intend holding early parliamentary elections.

March 30, 2021 11:18

• Vehicle with dead bodies attacked in Nagorno-Karabakh

  A vehicle carrying the bodies of dead Armenian servicemen was attacked. Over the past week, this is the second incident of attack on Armenian cars.

March 30, 2021 11:02

• Rights defenders treat demand to Tumso to come to Chechnya as invitation for execution

  In response to a request to inform him about criminal cases in Chechnya, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, received a demand to personally appear before the investigator. Given the declared blood feud and the history of blogger's persecutions, the investigator's demand is an invitation to execution, human rights defenders believe.