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Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: press service of the head of Chechnya, https://vk.com/ramzan?z=photo279938622_457288113/photos279938622

12:28, 24 December 2021

Turkish media point to Kadyrov's tactlessness

In their publications about Ramzan Kadyrov's statement addressed to Recep Erdogan regarding the opening of the Dudaev Park, Turkish media have emphasized the tactless tone of the head of Chechnya.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mWxQGxRM_8

10:01, 24 December 2021

Tumso rejects Kadyrov people's ultimatum

Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger, has refused to stop criticizing Chechen authorities, despite repression threats against his kidnapped relatives.

Supporters of the HRC 'Memorial' at the Moscow Court, December 23, 2021. Photo: press service of the HRC 'Memorial'

08:42, 24 December 2021

Court refusal to question defence-invited witnesses from the Caucasus angers "Memorial"* supporters

The refusal to interrogate within the "Memorial"* case those who founded this organization and is working therein, as well as the witnesses from Northern Caucasus declared by the defence, indicates the court's unwillingness to impartially delve into the essence of the case, human rights defenders have commented on the outcomes of the next court session.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: https://www.bbc.com/russian/media-48726736

08:25, 24 December 2021

Journalists ignore Tumso's request to ask Putin about kidnappings in Chechnya

Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen blogger, had asked journalists to ask Russian President, Vladimir Putin, at his annual press conference held on December 23, about kidnappings of relatives, but this issue was not raised there.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov (left) and Minkail Malizayev, bloggers who reported the kidnapping of their relatives in Chechnya. Screenshot: YouTube TV Caucasus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnL7tcElXpU

00:04, 24 December 2021

Human rights defenders analyze context of kidnapping of relatives of blogger Tumso and other critics of Ramzan Kadyrov

Kidnapping of relatives of blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and other critics of the Chechen authorities was committed against the background of the trials against the “Memorials”* NGOs, when the main attention of Russian and foreign human rights defenders is focused on those trials and somewhat distracted from Chechnya, human rights defenders note. They call the kidnapping of relatives a historically alien practice in the Caucasus.

Journalists interview participants in the trial of the Human Rights Center 'Memorial'* in the Moscow City Court. December 23, 2021 Photo: press service of the HRC 'Memorial'

23:46, 23 December 2021

At trial, “Memorial”* reminds of importance of its activities in Northern Caucasus

Today, in a case on the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial’*, the defence reminded the court that people affected by construction of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant (HPP) and migrants from Chechnya to Ingushetia received support from “Memorial”* in defending their rights in court.

Murtazali Gasanguseinov. Screenshot of the video posted by the Caucasian Knot at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_MNnpzcd6I

19:49, 23 December 2021

Murtazali Gasanguseinov considers lawsuit against “Memorial”* not fair

Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of Dagestani shepherds Nabi and Gasangusein Gasanguseinov, who were killed in 2016, arrived in Moscow to attend the today’s court hearing on a lawsuit to liquidate the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*. According to Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the “stigma of terrorists” was removed from his killed sons thanks to the HRC “Memorial”*.

The opening of Dudaev Park in the city of Korfez (Turkey). Screenshot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0x16Snj2a0

17:58, 23 December 2021

Muftiate of Chechnya reproaches President Erdoğan for violating Islamic traditions by Dudayev park

According to the Spiritual Administration of Chechnya, the opening in Turkey of a park named after Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first president of Ichkeria, is at odds with the Muslim traditions that condemn terrorism.

Protesters in Tbilisi. Screenshot: https://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/217854

14:13, 23 December 2021

Nightclub owners threaten Georgian authorities with large-scale protests

In the evening on December 22, several dozen nightclub employees held a protest action in Tbilisi, during which they demanded not to extend the restrictions imposed due to coronavirus. They stressed that should the authorities fail to meet their demands, they will be forced to hold larger-scale protests, the "Rustavi-2" TV Company has reported on its website today.

Bagautdin Myakiev and Isropil Nalgiev. Screenshot: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1089815255117340&id=100022666279505&sfnsn=scwspmo; https://t.me/ingushskoedelo/522/. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot

13:53, 23 December 2021

Ingush activists urge court to side with "Memorial"*

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has repeatedly helped Ingush activists and other residents of Russia and was often the only organization that claimed violations of their rights, the activists, Bagautdin Myakiev and Isropil Nalgiev, have pointed out in their video messages. They called on the court to reject the lawsuit of the prosecutor's office demanding to liquidate the HRC "Memorial"*.

Inside a tent set for hunger-strikers in support of Mikhail Saakashvili. Screensot: Sputnik Georgia www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaEiNChBvmc

13:43, 23 December 2021

Saakashvili's supporters gather in Tbilisi for mass hunger strike

Several dozen people from Georgian regions have joined the hunger strike, held in Tbilisi by the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party with a demand to release Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia.

Minkail Malizaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3dVFHaPFug

11:19, 23 December 2021

Blogger Malizaev reports kidnapping his relatives in Chechnya

Minkail Malizaev, a blogger criticizing Chechen authorities, has announced the kidnapping of his paternal and maternal relatives in Chechnya. Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who had also reported about kidnapping of his relatives, has posted a message that a similar fate had befallen relatives of Mansur Sadulaev, the founder of the "Vayfond" Association.

The opening of Dudaev Park in the city of Korfez (Turkey). Screenshot: CIC Turkiye Fahri Konsoloslugu www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0x16Snj2a0

11:06, 23 December 2021

Political analysts deny threat to Russian-Turkish relations because of Dudaev Park

The Russian-Turkish relations are full of contradictions, but neither the opening of the Djokhar Dudaev Park nor Ramzan Kadyrov's indignation over the fact can aggravate them, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The boarding school for orphans in the town of Ninotsminda. Photo: https://newstbilisi.info/180547-phr-v-oon-obyazali-vlasti-gruzii-provesti-monitoring-detskogo-doma-v-ninocminda.html

08:55, 23 December 2021

Georgia's Ombudsperson reports situation improvement in Saint Nino orphanage under social workers' control

The situation with the observance of the rights of pupils of the boarding school for orphans in the town of Ninotsminda has improved significantly after a social workers' round-the-clock watch was organized there, Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgia's Ombudsperson, has informed.

The Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot

08:27, 23 December 2021

Resident of Chechnya convicted of trying to join militants

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Ali Yakhyaev, a native of Chechnya, to five years in a high security colony, having found him guilty of trying to go to Syria in order to join a terrorist organization there.

Banner with Polad Aslanov's portrait. Screenshot: https://www.amerikaninsesi.org

23:01, 22 December 2021

Journalist Polad Aslanov complains about absence of quality medical care

Polad Aslanov, an Azerbaijani journalist in prison, complained about the absence of proper conditions for providing him with quality medical care.

Police cars, Abkhazia. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia

22:32, 22 December 2021

Torture of detainees in Abkhazia goes unpunished

In Abkhazia, it is periodically reported about torture of suspects, but guilty persons were never punished in any of those cases. Most cases of torture are hushed up, because, according to the Abkhazian mentality, “it’s a shame to be a victim.”

Police officers near participant of the picket in defense of "Memorials"; Screenshot: https://twitter.com/sobollubov/status/1470669370913349633?lang=ar

22:17, 22 December 2021

Petition in defence of “Memorials”* gains over 128,000 signatures

On the eve of the hearing of the Moscow City Court on the lawsuit to liquidate the human rights organization, a petition demanding not to allow the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the International Historical, Educational, Charity and Human Rights Society “Memorial”* (International Memorial) gained 128,625 signatures.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgqHaGJesjE

19:22, 22 December 2021

Tumso Abdurakhmanov reports about kidnapping of his relatives in Chechnya

Relatives on the sides of the father and the mother of opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, living in Chechnya, have been kidnapped tonight. The blogger associates the kidnapping to his brother’s criticism of Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament.

Journalist Eva Merkachyova was excluded from the Public Council under the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h_2y9NuEFE

18:28, 22 December 2021

Composition of Public Council under FSIN changed after discussion of torture of Caucasian natives

Journalist Eva Merkachyova and human rights defender Anna Karetnikova were excluded from the Public Council under the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). While being members of the Council, they defended the rights of prisoners, and at a meeting of the Human Rights Council with Vladimir Putin, Eva Merkachyova highlighted the problem of torture of natives of the Caucasus.

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