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July 12, 2022 14:02

• Lifting of COVID restrictions made it easier to provide charity on Eid al-Adha

  The "Nadezhda" (Hope) Dagestani Fund has gathered 25 tons of meat for distribution to those in need on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Murad Kerimov, the head of the Fund, has informed, noting that the lifting of coronavirus restrictions has improved the conditions for holding charity events.

July 12, 2022 13:48

• EU allocates 4 million euros to Azerbaijan for demining

  Azerbaijan will receive additional funds from the European Union (EU) for demining the territories affected by the Karabakh conflict.

July 11, 2022 23:56

• Forced migrants from Nagorno-Karabakh call for easier allocation of housing in Armenia

  At a protest action in Yerevan, people have claimed that part of the money allocated by the Armenian government for housing certificates to forced migrants from Nagorno-Karabakh goes to banks for the selection of housing, and the remaining amounts are not enough to purchase housing.

July 11, 2022 23:50

• Complaint about searches in offices of “Memorials”* filed to ECtHR

  In a complaint filed to the European court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders have pointed out that the searches in the offices of the “International Memorial” * (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial” and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* were carried out with violations, and the office equipment was seized unreasonably.

July 11, 2022 23:48

• In Dagestan, law enforcers disrupt solo picket in support of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  The police detained Magomed Magomedov, an employee of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Draft), who went to a picket in Makhachkala in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Journalist Murad Muradov* who was filming the picket was also detained by the police.

July 11, 2022 23:46

• Ramzan Kadyrov calls information about forcing residents of Chechnya to fight in Ukraine a gossip

  Amid reports about coercion of residents of Chechnya to participate in the special military operation, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that many residents of Chechnya even quit their jobs in order to voluntarily go to Ukraine.

July 11, 2022 14:53

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 4-10, 2022

  Eid al-Adha celebration in Southern Russia; persecution of pacifists in the southern regions of Russia; decision of the ECtHR in a case on torture of a resident of Sochi; strike of workers at a metallurgical plant in Georgia; acquittal in a case against Dagestani official, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 4-10, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 11, 2022 14:49

• FSB reports detention of members of IS* unit in KChR

  The court has sent into custody 11 people detained in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organization, the FSB has reported.

July 11, 2022 14:43

• Azeri Prosecutor's Office again refuses to open case against doctors who treated Gyulyalyev

  The Nasimi District Prosecutor's Office has again refused to open a criminal case against the doctors who had treated the human rights defender, Ogtai Gyulyalyev. His family intends to continue steps in order to hold the doctors accountable.

July 11, 2022 11:55

• Details of Georgian volunteer's death in Ukraine become known

  Kakha Gogol, a volunteer from Georgia, has perished in the Lugansk Region as a result of an air strike.

July 11, 2022 11:53

• FSIN checks rights defenders' data about execution threat of convict in Rostov-on-Don

  The Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) for the Rostov Region has appointed a check against the colonel, whom human rights defenders accused of threatening to execute a convict.

July 10, 2022 11:01

• During Eid al-Adha, North-Caucasian Muslims note increase in number of mosques visitors

  After the lifting of all coronavirus restrictions, the number of mosque visitors during the Eid al-Adha holiday has greatly increased, believers from various North-Caucasian regions have stated.

July 10, 2022 10:47

• Social network users dispute about rules of conduct for tourists in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, tourists must respect the republic's customs, including wearing modest clothes, some users have pointed out in their comments to the Instagram* post containing rules of conduct for visitors to the region. Other commentators have objected that tourists can dress as they please, and besides, locals do not always follow these rules themselves.

July 10, 2022 10:30

• Victims of Beslan terror act complain about obstacles in obtaining medical care

  The son of Zaur Khanikaev, a victim of the Beslan terror act, who died while awaiting hospitalization to the North-Caucasian Medical Centre, has filed complaints with the investigating committee and the prosecutor's office. Other survivors of the Beslan school attack have also complained about obstacles in receiving the planned medical care.

July 09, 2022 17:02

• After feeling worse, Elchin Mamed stops his hunger strike in colony

  Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender, has stopped his hunger strike in the colony due to a sharp deterioration in his health, his relatives have informed.

July 09, 2022 16:33

• After his criticism of elders, Ingush teip rejects blogger Adam Aushev

  The blogger, Adam Aushev, has insulted the Ingush elders, after which the Aushev teip (family clan) abandoned him, Akhmet-Bashir Aushev, the teip elder, has informed.

July 09, 2022 16:12

• Yerevan refutes Baku's statement about shelling

  Today, the Azeri party has stated that in the evening on July 8, Armenian militaries shelled Azerbaijani soldiers' positions stationed in the Kelbadjar District.

July 09, 2022 15:47

• Opposition accuses Georgian authorities of anti-European rhetoric

  Georgian authorities have promised to lower the electoral threshold for parties at the parliamentary elections if the European Union (EU) grants the country the status of an EU candidate. Putting forward an ultimatum looks like an attempt to derail the course towards European integration, the opposition has reacted.

July 09, 2022 11:55

• Rights defenders comment on incident at Krasnodar children's centre

  The forced haircutting on a 9-year-old girl is equated to physical violence, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

July 09, 2022 11:17

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev's arrest extended by three months

  The Southern District Military Court has left Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist from the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, accused of financing terrorism, in custody until October 28.