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January 29, 2022 11:24

• Report about visit to Musaeva raises questions to Chechen Ombudsperson

  Chechen Ombudsperson Mansur Soltaev posted on the Internet a video report about his visit to Zarema Musaeva kept in a special detention centre. The Ombudsperson emphasizes that the woman is under medical supervision and provided with medicines she needs.

January 28, 2022 18:53

• Azerbaijan reports about a shelling attack from Armenia

  The Armenian armed forces shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani army near the border with the Tovuz District, and there are no losses from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

January 28, 2022 18:45

• Armenian political analysts exclude sending CSTO troops to Ukraine

  The CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Treaty does not assume any dispatch of Armenian soldiers to help Russia in the event of its conflict with Ukraine; moreover, Armenia's attention is now focused on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Armenian political analysts have pointed out.

January 28, 2022 18:42

• Advocate lists law enforcers' tricks in Musaeva's case

  Law enforcers would not let the defence to visit the mother of Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)*; they present false information about her whereabouts, while the court ignores requests for the provision of case materials, Alexander Nemov, an advocate, has informed.

January 28, 2022 18:32

• Economists treat Kadyrov's statement on Chechnya's budget as confusing

  By voicing out the data on the federal financing of Chechnya, its leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has correctly indicated only the volume of inter-budgetary transfers, Natalia Zubarevich, an economist, has explained.

January 28, 2022 18:22

• PACE calls on authorities of South-Caucasian countries to defend rights of LGBT people

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed its concern about the legal insecurity and harassment of people of non-traditional sexual orientation in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

January 28, 2022 18:01

• Yerevan protesters demand to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh

  Forced migrants have held a rally in Yerevan, demanding from the Armenian authorities to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state and grant them the refugee status.

January 28, 2022 17:42

• "Civil Initiative" reports kidnapping of activist Adam Khamchiev in Magas

  Law enforcers have kidnapped Adam Khamchiev, a blogger and a member of the "Civil Initiative" Party, from his flat in the city of Magas, his fellow party members have reported.

January 28, 2022 16:55

• Mijatović urged Aliev not to sign new media law

  Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has sent a letter to the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, urging him not to sign the law "On Media" recently adopted by the parliament and return it for revision. According to Ms Mijatović, the new law is contrary to the principles of the freedom and independence of the media.

January 28, 2022 11:36

• After threats, Grozny woman apologizes for words about men

  A video with insults against men who failed to help girls in Grozny in carrying heavy boxes sparked a negative reaction of Instagram users. Soon the author of the video has apologized, saying that she had received threats.

January 28, 2022 00:51

• Blackmail of blogger Khalitov emphasizes coordination of campaign against critics of Chechen authorities

  Threats and blackmail were an attempt to force blogger Khasan Khalitov to stop criticizing the Chechen authorities, since the goal was not achieved through the kidnapping of his relatives, human rights defenders explained. They suggested that officials from the Chechen authorities were involved in the kidnappings and blackmail of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s opponents.

January 28, 2022 00:45

• PACE urges Russian authorities to protect LGBT people in Chechnya

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on the protection of the rights of LGBT people in Europe, with the focus on persecution based on sexual orientation in Chechnya. The PACE requested the authorities of Russia to protect the victims and punish the perpetrators.

January 28, 2022 00:42

• Case against gays Magamadov and Isaev left in Chechnya for consideration

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya refused to consider arguments presented by advocates of brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev concerning the need to transfer their case for consideration to another region of Russia.

January 27, 2022 23:58

• “Memorial”* nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  Members of the Estonian parliament nominated the “Memorial”* as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.

January 27, 2022 23:52

• Azerbaijani activists support campaign for human rights in Europe

  On January 26, in Strasbourg, fourteen organizations, including NGOs from Azerbaijan, announced the Campaign to Uphold Rights in Europe (CURE).

January 27, 2022 23:48

• Court mitigates sentence of Malika Djikaeva, convicted in Chechnya in a drug case

  In Pyatigorsk, a court reduced the sentence of Malika Djikaeva, who was convicted in Chechnya in a drug case, from three to two years of imprisonment. Malika Djikaeva is to be released in March.

January 27, 2022 18:21

• Khasan Khalitov tells about oppression of his relatives in Chechnya

  The relatives of the blogger, Khasan Khalitov, who live in Chechnya are restricted in their freedom of travel; his father was fired from his job; and his sister was forced to close her business, the blogger has informed.

January 27, 2022 18:18

• Izberbash resident suspected of links with extremists

  A 38-year-old resident of the city of Izberbash have joined an international religious association, where he studied extremist ideology, investigators assert.

January 27, 2022 18:14

• Zarema Musaeva's daughter tells about violence against her mother and flight abroad

  At detention, Zarema Musaeva was beaten up by law enforcers; and her husband, Saidi Yangulbaev, was subjected to a lengthy interrogation at the airport as he was leaving the country, Aliya Yangulbaeva, the daughter of the abducted woman, has reported.

January 27, 2022 18:04

• Complaint of Rustam Kuchmenov, KBR resident, sent to ECtHR

  The "Committee against Torture" (CaT)* has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the interests of Rustam Kuchmenov, a citizen of Nalchik, who accuses law enforcers of torturing him.