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23:57, 15 March 2025

Yerevan protesters demand UN intervention in fate of prisoners kept in Baku

In order to defend their own principles, the UN must study the custody conditions of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) kept in Baku and assess their trial, activists in Yerevan have stated.

Mziya Amaglobeli speaks in a court via videoconferencing. Screenshot of a photo posted by the “Netgazeti” on March 13, 2025 https://ru.netgazeti.ge/67603/

23:18, 15 March 2025

Georgian journalist Amaglobeli treats her administrative case as fabricated

At trial on an administrative case, Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications, denied any guilt in insulting police inspectors.

22:39, 15 March 2025

Defence voices out details of Dagestani Magomed Magomedov’s torture case

The inquiry into the violence against Magomed Magomedov raises questions from the public in Dagestan, while advocates are preparing to fight the investigators’ refusal to open a case against the law enforcers involved, despite the traumas fixed on his body by the examination.

Protesters near the Georgian parliament. Screenshot of a photo posted by the Interpressnews on February 27, 2025 https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/167015-protest-u-parlamenta-prodolzhaetsia-prospekt-rustaveli-perekryt

21:40, 15 March 2025

Rights defenders treat proofs in Georgian oppositionists’ case as artificial

The supporters of Georgia’s European integration, accused of involvement in violence at protest actions held in Tbilisi, are not charged with the actions described by the suffered law enforcers. The aim of the trial is to intimidate the civil society so that people are afraid to take part in protests, human rights defenders believe.

Participants in a protest action held in front of the Swiss Embassy in Yerevan. Screenshot of a photo posted by NewsAm on March 13, 2025 https://news.am/rus/news/871423.html

23:56, 14 March 2025

Nagorno-Karabakh refugees ask Switzerland for help in returning to their homeland

At a protest action held in front of the Swiss Embassy in Yerevan, refugees have expressed their hope that the Switzerland’s mediation can help Nagorno-Karabakh people return to their homeland.

Banner of the #FreeAbzasJournalists campaign, organized by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ). Photo: https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/08/19/azerbaidjan-23-journalists-in-jail-ahead-of-cop29/

22:55, 14 March 2025

“Abzas Media” journalists achieve humanization of waiting conditions in court

The journalists arrested in the case against the “Abzas Media” online publication resumed participation in the trial after a three-week break, since their demands regarding the conditions of transportation and detention in court were met.

Ilya Yuzhakov. Screenshot of a video posted on the "Operativnie Svodki" Telegram channel

22:48, 14 March 2025

Tuapse resident sentenced to forced labour for fakes about Russian Army

The court has sentenced Ilya Yuzhakov, a resident of the city of Tuapse, to three years of forced labour, finding him guilty of distributing fakes about the Russian Army. After the detention, law enforcers had forced Yuzhakov to record a video with “repentance".

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: CherryX per Wikimedia Commons https://ru.wikipedia.org/

20:40, 14 March 2025

ECtHR recognizes violation of media employees’ rights by Azerbaijan

The European Court of Human Rights has found that the rights of Faig Amirov, the former financial director of the “Azadlig” opposition newspaper, and Aytadj Tapdyg, a “Meydan TV” journalist, have been violated. The European Court has obliged the authorities of Azerbaijan to pay the journalists 14,500 euros in compensation.

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23:57, 13 March 2025

Defence denied of investigation into torture of Dagestani native Magomedov

Investigators refused to institute a criminal case against law enforcers for the torture of Dagestani native Magomed Magomedov.

Police officers. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru

23:15, 13 March 2025

Kabardino-Balkarian resident sentenced to suspended imprisonment for post on social media about SMO

The law enforcement bodies considered that a resident of Nalchik was distributing on a social networking service the calls for extremist activities in connection with the special military operation (SMO).

Nadezhda Kevorkova in handcuffs is lead to a courtroom. Screenshot of a video posted by the RusNews on March 12, 2025, https://t.me/rusnews/68047

22:57, 13 March 2025

Court fines journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova

A Moscow court has found journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova guilty of justifying terrorism and sentenced her to a fine of 600,000 roubles.

Vadim Kharchenko. Photo: https://protokol.band/2024/01/29/3463/

22:50, 13 March 2025

Blogger Kharchenko* sentenced to seven years in colony

A court in Gelendjik has found blogger Vadim Kharchenko* guilty of repeated discrediting the Russian Army, slander, insulting believers’ feelings, and calls for extremism, and sentenced him to seven years in penal colony. This was reported by the United Press Service of the Courts of the Krasnodar Territory in its Telegram channel.

The flags of Azerbaijan and European Union. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"

21:48, 13 March 2025

EU and rights defenders criticize verdict to Azerbaijani activist Yagublu

Tofig Yagublu was convicted of criticizing corruption and human rights violations in Azerbaijan and should be released, like other arrested opposition figures and journalists, representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Amnesty International (AI) have stated.

Handcuffs. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:19, 12 March 2025

Rights defenders declare believer from Novorossiysk as political prisoner

The criminal case initiated against Dmitry Mladov, a Jehovah's Witness* from Novorossiysk, violates the right to the freedom of religion, human rights defenders have stated, demanding his release from custody.

Military servicemen in a court. Picture made in Copilot by the "Caucasian Knot"

22:58, 12 March 2025

Lawyers assess chances of Karaushi brothers’ sentence mitigation

Human rights organizations have commented on the possibility of mitigating the five-year prison term passed by the Nalchik Garrison Military Court for the Karaushi brothers, who were accused of evading their military service.

The site of a counterterrorist operation. March 5, 2025. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/

22:17, 12 March 2025

During the week of March 3-9, 2025, four people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

Four suspected militants were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March 3 to March 9, 2025. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Participants in the conflict around the Wildberries Company, screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel "Ostorozhno, Novosti"

21:38, 12 March 2025

Relatives of Chechen natives accused in “Wildberries” shooting case plead them being not guilty

Relatives of Chechen natives accused in the case on shooting in front of the “Wildberries” Company’s office in Moscow, as a result of which two natives of Ingushetia were killed, have claimed that those arrested are not guilty.

The blocking of the Telegram. Picture made in Copilot by the "Caucasian Knot"

21:32, 12 March 2025

Telegram blocking announcement surprises residents of Dagestan and Chechnya

Authorities have only now acknowledged the blocking of the Telegram in Dagestan and Chechnya, although there has been no access to the messenger in these republics and in Ingushetia for several months, local residents have noted.

23:56, 11 March 2025

In Nalchik, twin brothers sentenced to colony for evading military service

The twin brothers had signed a contract on the same day and served in the same detachment of the same military unit; they failed to show up for service from vacation without good reason during the mobilization period and were sentenced to five years in a penal colony each.

A gavel. Picture made in Copilot by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:51, 11 March 2025

Dagestani convict’s court victory encourages rights defenders

The court ruling to recognize a rights violation of Vitaly Silaev, a prisoner from Dagestan, at the Norilsk penal colony, has gone beyond the common judicial practice and instils hope that colony staff will take Muslim prisoners’ rights more seriously, human rights defenders believe.

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