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Chechen athletes at a meeting with representatives of the authorities. Image made from video posted by the Telegram channel of the Minister for National Policy of Chechnya Akhmed Dudayev https://t.me/akhmeddudaev/814

11:54, 29 August 2022

Officials oblige Chechen athletes to coordinate their behaviour with authorities

Chechen athletes should agree their behaviour when outside the republic with authorities, local officials have announced, explaining this by the concern for the image of the Chechen people.

Tourists in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/ChulLhkDegP/

12:02, 28 August 2022

Social network users dispute on the right to shame tourists in Chechnya

The remarks of passers-by to tourists about their appearance in Chechnya are quite appropriate, users of the Chechen public wrote after a video of men walking down the street in shorts. Hotels and the Ministry of Tourism should control tourists' behaviour, others have objected.

Chechen law enforcers. Screenshot of the video published on Instagram** of the Grozny TV Channel https://www.instagram.com/p/ChrFDGIDtay

11:59, 28 August 2022

Threats to deprive social care used as recruiting method in Chechnya

Officials will take Ramzan Kadyrov's words about depriving the families of those who refused to go to serve in law enforcement bodies as a guide to action; such methods of pressure indicate a shortage of people who want to get enrolled in new structures, Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev, human rights defenders, have pointed out.

Ramazan Dugiev. Screenshot of the post https://t.me/fortangaorg/11948

11:57, 28 August 2022

Ingush sign interpreter Dugiev convicted conditionally within Magas rally case

Ramazan Dugiev, an Ingush sign language interpreter, has been sentenced to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment for alleged using violence against law enforcers during 2019 protests in Magas.

Philip T. Reeker. Photo by the press service of the U.S. Department of State, http://macedonia.usembassy.gov/bio.html

23:58, 27 August 2022

Yerevan political analysts treat Reeker's appointment as sign of US activation in the region

The appointment of Philip T. Reeker as senior adviser on negotiations in the Caucasus has shown that the USA treats the OSCE Minsk Group as a relevant format for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Armenian political analysts believe.

Handcuffs. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

23:54, 27 August 2022

NGO claims practice of politically motivated arrests in Azerbaijan

Politically motivated arrests are widespread in Azerbaijan; they are applied voluntarily in violation of national laws and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the NGO "Institute for Democratic Initiatives" (IDI) has stated.

The Rustavi Prison. Photo: newsgeorgia.ge

16:30, 27 August 2022

Rustavi inmates put forward condition for ending hunger strike

The hunger strike will not stop until the leadership of the Rustavi Prison is replaced, the prisoners, who continue the action because of absence of medical care and ban on relatives' visits.

16:26, 27 August 2022

Policeman suspected of attacking human rights defender Kalyapin

A police major is suspected of attacking Igor Kalyapin, the founder of the "Committee against Torture"*; the policeman has been fired, the Human Rights Council (HRC) has informed.

Zarema Musaeva. Photo: https://www.hrw.org/ru/news/2022/01/24/380999

15:33, 27 August 2022

Rights activists recognize Zarema Musaeva as political prisoner

The human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners" has announced Zarema Musaeva to be a political prisoner; the woman is being tried in Chechnya under the articles of an assault on a law enforcer and a fraud.

15:27, 27 August 2022

Three Saakashvili supporters released on bail

A court in Tbilisi has released on bail three oppositionists detained during a rally in support of ex-President of Georgia Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili. One of them said he was not going to pay the bail.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru

15:18, 27 August 2022

Kadyrov links protraction of special operation with Putin

Ramzan Kadyrov has called on the President of Russia to let Chechen fighters to complete the special military operation in Ukraine. According to him version, the Chechen units are ready to "go to Europe."

Anar Aliev. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/Azad.Soz.Az/photos/a.774593485897132/5502827223073711/

23:52, 26 August 2022

Spouse of an Azerbaijani activist calls her ban on leaving country an act of blackmail

The defence challenged the ban on leaving the country imposed on Anara Alieva, a spouse of an arrested activist. According to the woman, by banning her departure, investigators want to get evidence against her husband.

Law enforcers. Photo: https://chernovik.net/news/delo-vmesto-peregovorov

19:35, 26 August 2022

Forensic expert from Buynaksk claims being subjected to pressure by law enforcers

The security forces began to put pressure on forensic expert Gadji Magomedov, who did not agree to turn a blind eye to the signs of beatings on a body of a detainee and included them in his report.

19:32, 26 August 2022

Kadyrov's reaction to SBU accusations underlined his confidence in his impunity

Ramzan Kadyrov is suspected of preparing and participating in the special military operation in Ukraine, of justifying the actions of the Russian troops, and also of intending to change the borders of Ukraine. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine in its Telegram channel.

Azeri President, Ilham Aliev, has announced that the Azerbaijani Army has entered the town of Lachin and took control over the villages of Zabukh and Sus. Screenshot of the post on Twitter https://twitter.com/presidentaz

19:23, 26 August 2022

Aliev announces army deployment in Lachin

The Azerbaijani Army has entered the town of Lachin and took control over the villages of Zabukh and Sus, Azeri President, Ilham Aliev, has announced.

Guram Svanidze. Photo: https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/v-tbilisi-skonchalsja-zakljuchennyj-guram-svanidze-ranenyj-v-psihiatricheskoj-bolnice/

19:18, 26 August 2022

Prisoner dies after shooting at Tbilisi psychiatric clinic

Guram Svanidze, a prisoner from the Gldani Prison (in Tbilisi), who was wounded during a shootout at a psychiatric clinic, has died from his wounds at hospital.

Djokhar Tsarnaev. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/

19:15, 26 August 2022

Execution of Djokhar Tsarnaev postponed

The execution of the death sentence of Djokhar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted of a terror act in Boston, has been postponed until his complaint is considered, his advocate has informed.

The construction of an alternative road to the Lachin (the Armenian name is Berdzor) Corridor, the only land route connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:50, 26 August 2022

Azerbaijan announces opening of road bypassing Lachin within a week

Armenia has failed to finish its section of the road alternative to the Lachin Corridor, but Azerbaijan undertook it at the request of the Armenian community of Karabakh. This was announced by the Azeri State Highway Agency (ASHA) that promised to open the new road for traffic within the next week.

A resident of Novorossiysk who posted videos on social media with statements discrediting the Russian Army. Screenshot of the video by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs https://23.мвд.рф/news/item/32018710

11:34, 26 August 2022

Resident of Novorossiysk detained on suspicion of discrediting army

In the city of Novorossiysk, a local resident was detained for posting a video in the social network with statements discrediting the Russian Army.

An investigator. Photo by the Investigative Committee of the Volgograd Region

11:30, 26 August 2022

Mother of schoolboy beaten by Volgograd law enforcers demands to transfer case to Moscow

The 14-year-old schoolboy who was beaten up by Volgograd policemen was recognized as a victim. According to the family's advocate, there were many controversial and strange points in the case.

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