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Place of armed attack in Nazran. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CON52QwK9xn

11:27, 29 April 2021

Source treats the man killed in Ingushetia as not linked with militants

The car driver shot dead by law enforcers in Nazran was not a militant, a law enforcement source has stated. Instagram users demand proofs that law enforcers had reasons to use firearms.

10:59, 29 April 2021

Instagram users complain about extortions in Chechen medical institutions

A message from a Shali woman, who complained that doctors of the local hospital are incompetent and claim money even for services that are supposed to be provided for free, was posted on the Instagram. Users sympathize with the woman and share their own negative impressions of visiting Chechen medical institutions.

08:36, 29 April 2021

Azerbaijani oppositionist Said Mamedzade sentenced to real prison term

Said Mamedzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on charges of hooliganism. His defence has disagreed with the verdict and stated its intent to appeal against it. The PFPA is sure that Mamedzade is being persecuted for political reasons.

Policeman. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok/Yuga.ru

08:18, 29 April 2021

One person killed in a shootout with law enforcers in Ingushetia

A car driver was shot dead in Nazran after he put up armed resistance to law enforcers, law enforcement sources have reported.

Akhmed Pogorov. Screenshot: http://ren.tv

23:05, 28 April 2021

HRC “Memorial”* recognizes Akhmed Pogorov as a political prisoner

The criminal proceedings against Akhmed Pogorov, like other Ingush activists, are of political reasons and aimed at stopping public criticism of the authorities. Human rights defenders demand the immediate release of the Ingush activists, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.

High-security prison. Photo: http://fsin-pismo-gid.ru/istoriya/krasnaya-zona-vzglyad-iznutri-na-poryadki-rezhim-i-zhizn-v-takoj-tyurme

22:47, 28 April 2021

Natives of Caucasus stop their hunger strike after concessions from colony administration

Ten prisoners, including three residents of Dagestan and a native of Azerbaijan, stopped their protest in one of the penal colonies of the Smolensk Region. Some of the prisoners’ demands have already been met, their relatives say today.

Salekh Magamadov (right) and Ismail Isaev. Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/KavkazRealii/videos/227279865717873

18:19, 28 April 2021

Court leaves Magamadov and Isaev in custody

Today, the Supreme Court of Chechnya has refused to grant an appeal filed by the defence against the decision to arrest Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev. Advocates from the “Russian LGBT Network” insist that the Ismail Isaev’s term of detention expired weeks before the decision on his arrest.

Parliament of Georgia. Photo courtesy of the press service of the Georgian Parliament

17:31, 28 April 2021

Disputes over pardoning law enforcers exacerbate political conflict in Georgia

The law enforcers who took part in the harsh dispersal of a rally in Tbilisi in June 2019 should be pardoned only with the consent of victims of their actions, the Georgian opposition states. During the rallies, people suffered both from the police actions and from the actions of the opposition, MPs from the ruling “Georgian Dream” Party argue.

Residents of the village of Tagavard (Nagorno-Karabakh) repairing a house damaged as a result of shelling in 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

13:45, 28 April 2021

Refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh complain about difficulties in obtaining housing

The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh are providing temporary housing to refugees from the territories that have passed over to Azerbaijan on time; however, they are protracting the provision of permanent housing, refugees have complained.

Dadivank Monastery. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

13:19, 28 April 2021

Nagorno-Karabakh's Ombudsperson complains about pilgrims' non-admission to Dadivank

The Azerbaijani party has not allowed a group of pilgrims to visit the Dadivank Christian Monastery on their way to the ordination ceremony of ministers of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has claimed.

Ingushetia-Chechnya border. Photo: Yandex map, collage made by the Caucasian Knot

12:02, 28 April 2021

Analysts welcome idea of holding talks on Ingush-Chechen border

Any negotiations on the disputed territories on the Ingush-Chechen border are better than confrontation, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in their comments on the prepared meeting of leaders of "Mekhk-Khel" with Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

Gusein Abdullaev. Photo: http://turan.az/ext/news/2021/4/free/politics_news/ru/3321.htm/001

11:23, 28 April 2021

UN experts call on Azeri authorities to release Gusein Abdullaev

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests has demanded to immediately release Gusein Abdullaev, a former Azerbaijani MP, who is serving his term in a colony.

08:34, 28 April 2021

Rights defenders achieve revision of Kardashov's disappearance case

The Chechen Supreme Court (SC) has supported the human rights defenders who demanded to reconsider the conditional sentences passed to two employees of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard), accused of exceeding their powers when detaining Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Dagestan, and ruled to send the case for a new trial.

The Syunik Region of Armenia. Photo: Ashot Arzumanyan, http://ru.wikipedia.org

08:20, 28 April 2021

Armenian Ombudsperson urges to create buffer zone near border villages

The villages in the Syunik Region of Armenia should be separated from Azerbaijani border posts by a special security zone, since a resident of one of Armenian communities was attacked, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated.

Azerbaijani border guard, December 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

22:40, 27 April 2021

President Aliev voices “last warning” for Armenia

While commenting on an incident with a shelling attack in the direction of the village of Seyidlyar, Ilham Aliev has said that Azerbaijani border guards will fire for effect in case of new shelling attacks on the border with Armenia.

Vaccine dose and syringe. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

22:07, 27 April 2021

Chechen resident reports about forced vaccination for law enforcers

In the Nadterechny District of Chechnya, the police personnel were vaccinated against coronavirus infection without finding out if some of them had any contraindications, a local resident reports.

Sirazhudin Datsiev. Photo courtesy of the press service of the HRC 'Memorial'*

18:19, 27 April 2021

Investigators re-open case on attack on human rights defender in Dagestan

The investigation into a case on beating in Makhachkala of Sirazhudin Datsiev, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, has been resumed after the defence lodged a complaint to the court about the ineffective work of the investigators, human rights defenders report today.

17:54, 27 April 2021

Ogtai Gyulyalyev faces threat of being left without nursing care

Azerbaijani human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev is recovering from surgeries he had undergone in Turkey, but still needs constant nursing care, his son says. According to the young man, the nurses caring for his father are not paid salaries and Ogtai Gyulyalyev risks being left without their care.

Clashes between law enforcers and activists at the Parliament of Georgia, June 21, 2019. Screenshot from the video posted by the Caucasian Knot

15:48, 27 April 2021

Activists urge USA not to admit amnesty for Georgian law enforcers

The United States should influence the Georgian authorities to prevent pardoning, along with political prisoners, of the law enforcers, who had taken part in the harsh dispersal of the rally, protesters in Tbilisi stated on April 26.

Piligrims at the Amaras Monastery. Photo courtesy of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence

15:26, 27 April 2021

Peacemakers escort group of pilgrims to Amaras Monastery

75 pilgrims from Stepanakert and its environs have visited the Amaras Monastery, accompanied by peacemakers, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

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