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November 25, 2021 08:51

• Website of Chechen opposition movement 1ADAT blocked by court decision

  The "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) has restricted access to the website of the 1ADAT movement, which harshly criticizes Chechen authorities. Activists of the movement intend to challenge the court ruling to block its Internet resources.

November 25, 2021 08:36

• Initiative of Chechen Parliament on criminals' nationalities sparks rights defenders' dispute

  The frequent mentioning of criminals' nationalities in media has no sense, and only incites people's hatred, Svetlana Gannushkina believes. Nationality affects a person's character and behaviour, Alexei Simonov is sure.

November 24, 2021 23:01

• An Armenian soldier’s body found near border with Azerbaijan

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported about the death of conscript soldier Suren Avetisyan. The body of a 20-year-old soldier with a head wound was found at a combat post near the border with Azerbaijan.

November 24, 2021 22:24

• Delimkhanov’s announcement of blood feud against an Ingush activist comes into conflict with traditions

  In accordance with the customs, blood feud is a response to a murder, but State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov announced blood feud against Ibragim Lyanov, the president of the European Ingush Association, for political reasons, note experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

November 24, 2021 19:08

• Petition in support of “Memorials”* gains more than 90,000 signatures

  Within two days, the petition with the demand to prevent the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the “International Memorial”* got more than 6000 signatures .In total, 90,303 people have already signed the petition.

November 24, 2021 18:46

• Kadyrov cordons off Chechnya’s borders amid controversy over Fortanga River channel

  All law enforcement units of Chechnya have been moved to the borders of the republic after a failed meeting of Magomed Daudov with representatives of the Ingush Council of Teips near the Fortanga River. The three-day exercises demonstrate the Chechnya’s readiness for war amid an unstable situation in the world, Ramzan Kadyrov notes.

November 24, 2021 15:18

• Two participants of disobedience action detained in Yerevan

  This morning, for 15 minutes, activists of the "Liberation Movement" paralyzed the work of the Yerevan metro in protest against the border delimitation with Azerbaijan. Two protesters were taken to police stations.

November 24, 2021 14:58

• Adler activist detained for collecting signatures against QR codes

  In the city of Adler, law enforcers have detained Vladislav Zhironkin, an activist of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), who was collecting residents' signatures against the QR-code system; a protocol was drawn up against him on violating the rules for holding public actions, the local CPRF branch has informed.

November 24, 2021 14:43

• Six violators of ban on visiting Nagorno-Karabakh detained in Azerbaijan

  A court in the Agdam District has arrested five local residents for 25 days each for attempting to enter without a permit the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under Azerbaijan's control. The sixth member of the group was fined.

November 24, 2021 11:32

• Opposition demands from Pashinyan to disclose border delimitation plans

  On November 23, in Republic Square in Yerevan, the extra-parliamentary opposition held a rally of the "Liberation Movement" against the document on the border delimitation with Azerbaijan, which the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, plans to sign.

November 24, 2021 11:18

• Tbilisi: several hundred come to celebrate anniversary of "Rose Revolution"

  The participants of the action in honour of the 18th anniversary of the "Rose Revolution" have lined up in a human chain in central Tbilisi. They called for the release of former Georgian President Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili and holding early elections.

November 24, 2021 09:00

• Apti Visaev's wife point to inconsistencies in terror act plotting case

  Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, arrested on charges of aiding militants, could not plan a terror act in Norilsk on the Victory Day, since all the mass events were cancelled due to the pandemic, Aisha Mutaeva, his wife, has stated.

November 24, 2021 08:48

• Zarifa Sautieva tells about law enforcers' pressure and awful custody conditions at SIZO

  After detention, law enforcers hinted about torture, seeking the necessary testimonies, Zarifa Sautieva said in her last plea at the Essentuki City Court, stressing that she had committed nothing illegal. She also treated the custody conditions at the Pyatigorsk SIZO (pre-trial prison) as awful.

November 24, 2021 08:35

• ECtHR awards compensation to Chechen woman for separation from children

  Russian authorities have violated the rights of Luiza Tapaeva, a resident of Chechnya, by leaving her children under the care of the father of her deceased husband; therefore, they must pay her over EUR 16,000 in compensation for moral harm, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

November 23, 2021 22:06

• Resident of Nagorno-Karabakh detained by Azerbaijani militaries

  This morning, a resident of the Ashan village in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh has got lost in the border area and been detained by Azerbaijani militaries, and Russian peacekeepers are negotiating his return, the National Security Service of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

November 23, 2021 21:51

• Daudov’s trip to border with Ingushetia becomes his PR campaign

  By his trip to the border with Ingushetia to meet representatives of the Ingush teips, Magomed Daudov tried to strengthen his image in the eyes of his fellow countrymen, suggest Caucasian experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

November 23, 2021 21:36

• Bagaudin Khautiev calls case against Ingush activists a falsification

  In his final speech delivered at the Yessentuki City Court, activist Bagaudin Khautiev has pointed out that the case on an extremist community is a falsification and provocation against the Ingush people. According to Bagaudin Khautiev, all the guilt of the defendants is that they simply went out to defend their rights and interests.

November 23, 2021 18:03

• At trial, prosecutor finds it difficult to explain check of HRC “Memorial”*

  At the preliminary hearing on the claim of the Prosecutor’s Office for the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, a plaintiff’s representative appeared to be unable to explain on what basis the HRC was subjected to a prosecutors’ check.

November 23, 2021 17:51

• Action in support of Salekh Rustamov results in detention of a Baku activist

  On November 22, Tofig Mamedov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was detained in Baku when he hung up posters reading: “Freedom for political prisoners!” and “Police, resign!” Tofig Mamedov did the above to express support for activist Salekh Rustamov.

November 23, 2021 15:03

• Residents of Volgograd Region demand to punish officials who closed the oncology dispensary in Kamyshin

  A video appeal to the Public Prosecutor General and the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) was recorded by residents of the Volgograd Region, who believe that regional officials should be punished under the criminal legislation for closing the oncology dispensary.