Human rights

July 15, 2020 17:28

• Social network users treat apologies of detained Chechens' fathers as humiliating

  The public apologies of fathers of the Chechen residents detained for violating traffic rules have humiliated older men, Instagram users have noted.

July 14, 2020 23:50

• Chechen native apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov for beating of Moscow blogger

  Chechen blogger Zelimkhan Zelimkhanov apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov, State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov, and Moscow blogger Svyatoslav Kovalenko for an incident with beating of the latter. The authorities of Chechnya have promised that Zelimkhan Zelimkhanov "will be severely punished."

July 14, 2020 20:04

• Defence claims violations in case against Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu

  The preliminary investigation into a case against oppositionist Tofig Yagublu has been completed. The politician pleads not guilty, and his advocate claimed procedural violations in the case.

July 14, 2020 10:57

• Court bans the "Ingush Committee of National Unity"

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld the lawsuit of the Prosecutor's Office to ban the work of the "Ingush Committee of National Unity" (ICNU), comprised of the leaders of the last year's protest against the border agreement with Chechnya. This was reported on the Facebook by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

July 14, 2020 10:51

• Week of July 6-12 passed with no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of July 6-12, 2020, there were no reports of those killed and wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the analysis made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on information from open sources.

July 13, 2020 14:54

• Chechen law enforcer equates smokers to terrorists

  The residents of Chechnya-cigarette-smokers should be attracted to public works, a local police officer has announced. By comparing smokers to drug addicts and terrorists, he threatened them with public rebukes and forced cleaning of mosques.

July 13, 2020 11:29

• Sources report searches of relatives of murdered Ingush rights defender

  In Ingushetia, law enforcers are conducting searches of the homes of Musa Aushev and his nephews, who are relatives of the rights defender, Maksharip Aushev, killed in 2009.

July 12, 2020 11:39

• Georgy Guev's fellow countrymen rally in his support in Vladikavkaz

  Residents of Vladikavkaz, who were denied a motor rally in support of Georgy Guev, a native of North Ossetia, accused of financing terrorism, made a photo with posters "I/We Guev Georgy".

July 12, 2020 11:11

• Azerbaijani journalist goes on hunger strike in SIZO

  Azerbaijan has completed a preliminary inquiry into the criminal case opened against Afghan Sadygov, the head of the "Azel.tv" website. He has gone on a hunger strike, insisting on his innocence, his wife has stated.

July 11, 2020 17:19

• Khasavyurt medics claim incomplete coronavirus statistics

  The bosses of the Khasavyurt ambulance station refuse to pay surcharges to medics, taking advantage of the fact that due to lack of tests, not all the infected persons were diagnosed the coronavirus, health workers claim.

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