Nagorno-Karabakh after the truce: A two-year war

January 25, 2020 09:19

• Rights defenders point to domestic violence problems and LGBT people discrimination in Armenia

  After the “velvet” revolution in Armenia, cases of domestic violence and discrimination against LGBT people and people with disabilities have not been eradicated, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated. The authorities do not deny these problems, but not everything is done to solve them, Yerevan rights defenders believe.

January 25, 2020 09:15

• Gays’ murder case in Kuban reaches the court

  The prosecutor’s office has sent to the court the case to a resident of Kuban (a common name of the Krasnodar Territory by the name of the main river), accused of killing a same-sex couple of pensioners in the Seversky District.

January 25, 2020 07:27

• Social network users ridicule law enforcers’ reaction to Kadyrov’s threats

  Policemen have found no signs of an offense in Ramzan Kadyrov’s public appeals to crack down on authors of gossips about Chechnya, a Nizhny Novgorod journalist said. Facebook users have noted that they had expected no different response from law enforcers.

January 25, 2020 07:22

• Believers tell about long raids at “Tangim” Mosque

  On Friday, January 24, 2020, law enforcers began their raid at the “Tangim” Mosque in Makhachkala long before the Friday namaz (prayer); and it lasted longer than usual. Visitors to the mosque said that they are used to checks and take documents with them in advance.

January 25, 2020 07:08

• Dagestan couple accused of provocation against Chechen culture

  The Chechen Minister of Culture and Ramzan Kadyrov’s assistant have joined in condemning the spouses from Dagestan, who used Chechen music and a car in their wedding video. The minister called the video provocative.