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January 17, 2020 21:20

• Tour operators express scepticism about idea of dress code for guests of Chechnya

  The recommendations of the Chechen Ministry of Tourism on choosing appropriate clothes when visiting the republic were voiced amid a small interest of tourists in the region, note agents of the travel agencies. Dress code tips for Chechen guests are appropriate, but violating those dress code rules will not create problems for tourists, human rights defenders suggest.

January 17, 2020 18:39

• Chechen residents claim rude behaviour of gas service workers during raids

  In Chechnya, during raids, gas service workers enter yards of people's houses without asking for permission and threaten to cut them off the service, local residents report. Instagram users explained the gas debts by the poor situation of Chechen residents.

January 17, 2020 18:10

• Residents of Georgia voice decrease in confidence in authorities

  According to a survey published by the National Democratic Institute, more than half of Georgian residents consider the activities of the country's authorities as ineffective. The decline in the confidence in the authorities is caused by the deterioration in the economic situation of people, explain political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 17, 2020 13:52

• Yunis Safarov claims violation of his right to be visited at SIZO

  Yunis Safarov, a defendant in the case on an attempted assassination of the Ganja Mayor, demanded from the court to ensure the publicity of the trial and also claimed a violation of his rights to visits of relatives and phone calls at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

January 17, 2020 13:39

• Ingush residents share their impressions of checkpoints on border with Chechnya

  In the past year, the number of checkpoints on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia has increased. So far, law enforcers are calm and do not cause unnecessary problems to residents of Ingushetia who travel to the neighbouring republic, residents of the Sunzha District said.

January 17, 2020 11:45

• Georgia: person accused of assaulting border guard arrested

  The court has placed Giorgi Ichukaidze, accused of taking a Georgian border guard hostage on the border with Azerbaijan, behind bars. The man explained that he was not going to attack the border guard, but only wanted to drive Azerbaijani law enforcers away from the David Gareja Monastery Complex.

January 17, 2020 11:30

• Charging Ingush activists with extremism outrages rights defenders

  Akhmed Barakhoev is charged with creating an extremist community, while investigators have accused Barakh Chemurziev and Ismail Nalgiev of taking part in this community. Human rights defenders urge to stop criminally prosecuting them.

January 17, 2020 08:28

• Azerbaijani activists announce Ismailova’s escape from home

  Sevgiya Ismailova, an eighteen-year-old Russian citizen, has escaped from her relatives in Azerbaijan, who held her by force; now, she is under the care of local activists. The girl’s mother denies violence against her.

January 17, 2020 08:17

• Half of those punished for rallies in Kalmykia are pensioners

  Nine out of twenty activists found guilty of taking part in non-sanctioned protest actions held in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, are pensioners, who stated that they are unable to pay the awarded fines.

January 16, 2020 21:39

• Soldier seriously wounded in Karabakh conflict zone

  Armenian contract soldier Arthur Mezhlumyan was wounded at a combat post and was hospitalized in sever condition.

January 16, 2020 21:27

• Rezvan Ozdoev pleads not guilty to assaulting law enforcer

  At a court hearing in Zheleznovodsk, Ingush activist Rezvan Ozdoev pleaded not guilty to assaulting a fighter of the National Guard of Russia during a rally in March 2019. The defence demanded to question a victim whose name was not disclosed.

January 16, 2020 18:21

• Chechen policemen force law breakers to sweep streets

  Law enforcers forced residents of the Kurchaloi District, punished for driving in a state of alcoholic intoxication, to clean the mosque territory. One of the chiefs of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) called such violators "terrorists" and promised to seize their cars.

January 16, 2020 17:56

• OSCE mission registers no shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  OSCE mission members reported on the calm situation in the Karabakh conflict zone amid a statement about machine gun attacks claimed by Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani side has failed to fulfil the obligation to conduct monitoring, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

January 16, 2020 14:49

• Chechen Internet users discuss Ramzan Kadyrov's disease

  Instagram users argued about the reasons for the Ramzan Kadyrov's decision to appoint a successor amid the absence of the timely official explanations.

January 16, 2020 14:35

• In Baku, police stop protest rally held by parents of defendants in "Ganja case"

  On January 15, in the capital of Azerbaijan, a protest rally was held in front of the Supreme Court (SC) building. In the course of the rally, relatives of the defendants in the "Ganja case" demanded the release of the arrested persons and blocked a road. The police pushed the protesters back.

January 16, 2020 11:11

• Two Ingush residents detained under Eldjarkiev’s murder case

  Under the murder case of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush “E Centre”, law enforcers detained two residents of the republic, sources have reported.

January 16, 2020 10:59

• British rights defenders urge Azerbaijan to lift ban on Ismayilova’s travels abroad

  Azerbaijani authorities must lift the ban on foreign travels of investigative journalist, Khadija Ismayilova, who has been awarded several international rewards. Three British human rights organizations made such an appeal on January 15.

January 16, 2020 10:46

• Rights defenders tell details of searches that Chechens faced in Germany

  In Germany, law enforcers blew up the door to the apartment where migrants from Chechnya live, and didn’t allow a mother to be with her small kids during the search, although there were no claims to the detainees, human rights defenders have reported.

January 16, 2020 08:40

• Complaint about torture of convicted Kurchaloi residents sent to ECtHR

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the interests of fourteen Chechen residents convicted to long sentences for terrorism. Rights defenders assert that law enforcers had forced the convicts to confess by torture and threats.

January 16, 2020 08:30

• Manvel Grigoryan released from arrest

  The court took into account the findings of the medical board on the state of health of Manvel Grigoryan, a former MP, and set him free under recognizance not to leave.