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Victoria Ivleva, a journalist, at a picket in support of the "Memorial", Moscow, November 21, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://web.telegram.org/z/#-1382842129

12:45, 21 November 2021

Twelve people detained at Moscow actions in support of "Memorial"

Moscow policemen have put the participants of a series of pickets against political repressions and the closure of the "Memorial" into a paddy wagon.

12:41, 21 November 2021

Rights defender doubts Armenian MoD's data on POWs

Siranush Saakyan, a human rights defender, is sure that the real number of Armenian soldiers taken prisoners of war (POWs) during the November 16 hostilities is more than reported by the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

12:38, 21 November 2021

Saakashvili starts eating under doctors' supervision

Getting out of a hunger strike is very complicate; and, doctors have drafted a special diet for Saakashvili and are monitoring his health condition, said a member of the former president's health monitoring council. Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson, will monitor the quality of Saakashvili's treatment.

12:35, 21 November 2021

Azerbaijani rights defenders and activists urge to pardon Salekh Rustamov

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), journalists and activists have called on the President of Azerbaijan to release Salekh Rustamov from prison, who has been refusing to eat for 14 days already. Rustamov has problems with his memory; he is very weak, his advocate asserts.

Eldar Gasanov. Photo by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan https://minval.az/news/124026737

12:31, 21 November 2021

ECtHR demands to provide adequate medical care to Azerbaijani diplomat Gasanov

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to take interim measures in relation to Eldar Gasanov, a former Azerbaijani Prosecutor General and Ambassador to Serbia, in connection with his state of health. His defence claims it necessary to urgently hospitalize him.

Logos of the HRS "Memorial" and the "International Memorial" (both organizations are included by the Russian Ministry of Justice into the register of non-commercial organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent). Photo https://www.memo.ru/ru-ru/

12:29, 21 November 2021

GPO's claims to "Memorial" threaten human rights defence in Northern Caucasus

The closure of the "International Memorial" and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) insists on, will seriously damage the defence of human rights in Northern Caucasus. Important projects will stop, and people will lose hope for help, human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists assert.

An enclosed area with an unexploded ordnance. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:07, 20 November 2021

Sapper blows himself by a mine near Zangelan

Vagif Alizad ogly Babaev, an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), was hospitalized in critical condition after a mine blast in the Zangelan District.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrN_MbNSaw

13:01, 20 November 2021

Sanctions deal another blow to Kadyrov's favourite hobby

The Arab racehorse coach has lost his license because of his ties with Ramzan Kadyrov. This measure hit the head of Chechnya, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believes. Magomed Khamidov, another political analyst, has noted that residents of the republic treat Kadyrov's hobby for horses as a whim of a rich man.

Participants of a protest action in Yerevan. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXy-9veJhnI&t=3460s

12:49, 20 November 2021

Armenian opposition demands to arm villagers living near Azerbaijani border

The population of the villages located near deployment of Azerbaijani troops should be armed and trained. For this, legislative amendments are needed to allow villagers to possess weapons for self-defence, the participants of the "National Democratic Pole" action held in Yerevan have stated.

Magomed Dolgiev (second from the left). Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” https://memohrc.org

23:50, 19 November 2021

Ingush policeman convicted for refusing to disperse protesters

A court found Magomed Dolgiev, the former employee of the patrol-and-post police service, guilty of failure to comply with an order during a rally in Magas and pronounced a verdict of a suspended sentence.

Mikhail Saakashvili in a prison hospital. Photo: facebook/moc.gov.ge

23:14, 19 November 2021

Georgian Ombudsperson reports threat to Saakashvili’s life

The Ombudsperson of Georgia reports that the heath state of Mikhail Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike, is life threatening and demands to transfer the former president of Georgia to a civil hospital. A member of the ruling party urges to wait for the new results of the medical examination of the politician.

Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan garrison troops. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knypkdUOI54&t=19s

23:09, 19 November 2021

Shootouts worsen prospects for demarcation of border between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Armed incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan were initiated to disrupt the OSCE Minsk Group format for resolving the conflict between the two countries. Armenia can refuse the agreement on demarcation and delimitation of the border by proposing to appeal to the International Court of Justice, the Armenian political analysts note.

Armenian soldiers in the trenches. Screenshot of the video by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215jDI_CYcw

21:17, 19 November 2021

Armenia announces its death toll in hostilities on Azerbaijani border

Six Armenian military servicemen perished during the recent hostilities that broke out on the border with Azerbaijan on November 16, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Participants of the press conference. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:32, 19 November 2021

Complaints of Ingush law enforcers made grounds for persecuting "Memorial"*

Most of the complaints about the absence of due marking, which have formed the basis of the lawsuits demanding to liquidate the "International Memorial" and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", were lodged by the Ingush branch of the Russian FSB. Human rights defenders treat it as a revenge for supporting the protesters in Magas against the agreement on the realignment of the border with Chechnya.

Bachuki Kardava, screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1852569701610511&set=a.106623079538524

20:27, 19 November 2021

After reports about Saakashvili's fainting, oppositional MP goes on dry hunger strike

Bachuki Kardava, an MP from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, who has been on a hunger strike for the sixth day in support of Mikhail Saakashvili, has refused to drink water after the third president of Georgia got into the intensive care unit. Two doctors' councils and the head of the Georgian Ministry of Public Health came to the conclusion that Saakashvili needed treatment in a civilian clinic.

Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia

15:52, 19 November 2021

Saakashvili's fainting changes plan of protest actions

After the transfer of Mikhail Saakashvili into the intensive care unit, the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has cancelled the protest march and called on activists to gather for a large-scale rally on November 19. The leader of the "Georgian Dream" Party threatened the supporters of Saakashvili's transfer to a civil clinic with responsibility for possible incidents, which caused a protest of the country's Ombudsperson.

Alexander Cherkasov. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:50, 19 November 2021

Persecution of "Memorial" is a blow on civil society

The enforcement practice of the law on foreign agents has created unprecedented pressure on human rights organizations, the participants in a press conference in Moscow have stated. The liquidation of the "Memorial" will inflict great damage to human rights activities in Northern Caucasus and to the defence of Russian citizens' rights at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders believe.

Battles at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Photo by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence AZERBAIJAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE https://mod.gov.az/

23:58, 18 November 2021

Baku analysts assess results of battles at border with Armenia

Military actions that took place on November 16 at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan provided a tactical advantage for the Azerbaijani armed forces, but at the cost of heavy losses, analysts in Baku say.

Military equipment of the Azerbaijani army. Screenshot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7cSgaYN4c

23:53, 18 November 2021

Villagers of Armenia complain about actions of Azerbaijani militaries

The burning of the grass and the inability to use pastures near the Azerbaijani positions led to the ruin of cattle breeders in the border regions, and if the authorities do not provide assistance, a mass exodus from the villages will begin, Armenian villagers say.

Magomed Daudov, participants of the session of the Ingush Council of Teips. Photo by the press service of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic; screenshot of the video "An Appeal to the Chechens and the Ingush" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Fp6BnVB_o

23:49, 18 November 2021

Speaker of Chechen parliament criticizes Ingush Council of Teips

Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, accused the Ingush Council of Teips of provocation in connection with the declaration about the land at the border between the two republics and announced his willingness to meet his opponents. Magomed Daudov repeated the Ramzan Kadyrov’s threat to “take off pants” voiced against those dissatisfied with the position of the Chechen authorities.

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