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23:59, 26 March 2021

Turkmen activist Choliev’s wife claims facing material difficulties after his deportation

Myakhridjemal Khudainazarova, a student from Turkmenistan, continues her studies in Cherkessk. After her common-law husband Rozgeldy Choliev was deported from Russia, the young woman with her child has to survive only due to the material assistance she gets from her fellow compatriots. Russian border guards now deny that they refused to accept an asylum application from Rozgeldy Choliev, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports.

The Constitutional Court of Armenia. Photo by the press service of the court https://www.concourt.am/russian/

23:54, 26 March 2021

Armenian Constitutional Court finds charge against Kocharyan unconstitutional

The article of the Criminal Code of Armenia on attempting to overthrow the constitutional order contradicts two articles of the basic law of Armenia, the Constitutional Court points out. The Court’s decision comes into force from the moment it is pronounced, and the criminal proceedings against Robert Kocharyan under the above-mentioned article should be stopped, advocates of the second President of Armenia claim.

Suleiman Gezmakhmaev, Salman Gezmakhmaev. Screenshots of the videos groznytv https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMzJrKkpNnC/?igshid=pfu4x4q58hei, https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2YNihCbMH/

22:17, 26 March 2021

Instagram users: authorities attack Gezmakhmaev to divert people’s attention from extrajudicial executions

The Chechen “Grozny” TV Channel released another video reporting that Suleiman Gezmakhmaev left Chechnya after borrowing a large amount of money. The authorities of the republic describe Suleiman Gezmakhmaev as a dishonest person addicted to drugs, but in fact, they do not respond to his testimonies about the killings committed by law enforcers, Internet users note.

The FSB officers. Screenshot of the page of the FSB Special Purpose Center https://www.facebook.com/FsbCsn

22:06, 26 March 2021

FSB reports detention of extremists in Rostov-on-Don

Three members of an extremist grouping, detained in Rostov-on-Don, planned to leave offensive inscriptions on government buildings and throw incendiary devices at them, the FSB reported.

15:13, 26 March 2021

Rights defenders treat judgement to reduce fine on Ura.Ru as compromise

The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to significantly reduce the multimillion fine imposed on the Ura.Ru edition for a publication about the road accident with the participation of the Chechen prosecutor could be a compromise, since the guilt of the edition is in doubt, while claimant is an influential person, said Galina Arapova, Director of the Media Rights Protection Centre.

The Cathedral in Shushi (the Azerbaijani name is Shusha). Screenshot of Varuzhan Gegamyan's post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10223316120401531&set=a.10200709457249081

14:50, 26 March 2021

Stepanakert calls on international community to protect Armenian monuments

The historical monuments, works of art and places of worship located in territories over which Stepanakert has lost control, are being destroyed; and memorials are desecrated, said Arthur Tovmasyan, Speaker of the Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament, in an appeal to international organizations.

Arthur Osipyan, chairman of the Revolutionary Party of Artsakh. Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert. March 23, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:38, 26 March 2021

Stepanakert: after talks with authorities, opposition suspends protests

The activists who blocked the road in Stepanakert have agreed to provide the authorities with two weeks to draw up a law on confiscation of illegally acquired property. Only protests can force officials to solve forced migrants' problems, the protesters have claimed.

Said-Mukhammad Djumaev (on the right) in the courtroom. Photo by the press service of the Presnensky District Court

11:48, 26 March 2021

Chechen Djumaev's case reaches court

The criminal case about Said-Mukhammad Djumaev's skirmish with law enforcers at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny has been submitted to a Moscow court. It was decided to admit only participants in the trial to the court sessions.

Suleiman Gezmakhmaev. Screenshot of the video groznytv https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMzJrKkpNnC/?

11:21, 26 March 2021

Kadyrov people oppose gossips about Gezmakhmaev to data on extrajudicial executions

Chechen authorities have launched an information campaign against Suleiman Gezmakhmaev, since they have no real grounds to initiate a criminal case against him and cannot refute the information about extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders believe.

Salekh Magamadov (on the left) and Ismail Isaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/KavkazRealii/videos/227279865717873

23:59, 25 March 2021

Telegram chat moderators lodge to ICRF a complaint about torture in Chechnya

Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev lodged a complaint to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about their beatings and torture after the detentions in 2020 and 2021, the “Russian LGBT Network” reported.

23:55, 25 March 2021

In Stepanakert, activists demand to adopt a law on confiscation of property

At a protest action in Stepanakert, activists claimed that in order to solve the problems with accommodation of refugees, Nagorno-Karabakh should adopt a law on the confiscation of illegally acquired property. The protestors refuse to unblock a street in the city centre until the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announces the period of time, during which the bill is to be prepared.

Relatives of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev voiced threats against the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzoH5IpiWl/

23:14, 25 March 2021

Relatives of Isaev and Magamadov voice threats against “Novaya Gazeta”

Relatives of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, arrested in Chechnya, threatened human rights defenders and the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” with reprisals for publications about the alleged belonging of the brothers to the LGBT community. Residents of Chechnya recorded the video appeal under pressure from the authorities, a mother of the arrested men stated.

Houses in the dwelling settlement "Dream City" in Batumi. Photo by the press service of the Georgian Government https://www.facebook.com/GeorgianGovernment/photos/pcb.1602184726586092/1602183863252845/?type=3&amp;theater

22:24, 25 March 2021

In Batumi, IDPs demand to disclose conditions for allocation of apartments

It is for political reasons that the authorities of Adjara do not voice clear criteria for allocation of new apartments for residents of the Dream City settlement in Batumi, activists say. The regulation for allocation of apartments has not been developed, since the houses under construction are not ready for use, the Adjara Ministry of Finance reports.

Apti Alaudinov. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUkgXbQ1vOY

18:42, 25 March 2021

Analysts dispute about reasons for dismissal of Chechnya's Police boss Alaudinov

The dismissal of Apti Alaudinov from the post of the head of the Chechen Police confirms the information about his disgrace, while the new post of Kadyrov's assistant will allow keeping under control, Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, Oyub Titiev, a Chechen human rights defender, and Dmitry Oreshkin, a political analyst. Alaudinov's dismissal was a concession to Moscow after the scandal over the "Novaya Gazeta"investigation, Alexei Malashenko, political analyst, has suggested.

The arrested leaders of Ingush protests. Screenshot of the post by the user soul_3000 on Instagram

18:41, 25 March 2021

Petersburg townspeople picket in support of Ingush political prisoners

In Saint Petersburg, activists have held solo pickets in support of the arrested leaders of the Ingush protest, demanding their release. They have treated the return of Zarifa Sautieva back to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) from house arrest as "demonstrative.”

Movldi Akhmatov, a resident of Achkhoi-Martan who was deceived by the source of the "Novaya Gazeta". Screenshot of the post https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzhwgniZHo/

10:12, 25 March 2021

Social network users question sincerity of Gezmakhmaev's relatives

The statements of the relatives of Suleiman Gezmakhmaev, in which they criticized him in reports of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) for his story about extrajudicial executions in Grozny, had been staged, Instagram users have suggested.

Law enforcers near the Armenian Parliament in Bagramyan Avenue. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:08, 25 March 2021

Armenian rights defenders criticize bill on compensations for libel

The threefold increase in compensations for libel, approved by the Armenian Parliament, expands the range of tools for pressing the media for criticizing officials, human rights defenders gave stated and asked the President not to sign the bill.

Participants of a protest action. A poster showing Pashinyan says, "Land surrender." Yerevan, March 10, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:07, 25 March 2021

Cancellation of martial law is preparation for Pashinyan's resignation

After the abolition of the martial law regime, the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan is the only obstacle to early parliamentary elections in Armenia. The Premier will do this because he has insured himself with an agreement with the opposition, political analysts believe.

10:00, 25 March 2021

Rights defenders doubt prospects of objective inquiry into case of Magamadov and Isaev

The transfer of the case of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev from the district division into the regional department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Chechnya will not lead to punishment of the law enforcers involved, human rights defenders believe.

Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev (on the left). Screenshot of the page The Insider@ https://www.facebook.com/TheInsiderRussia/photos/1851919648306295

09:57, 25 March 2021

Relatives of Chechens Magamadov and Isaev released after detention

In Chechnya, law enforcers detained about 20 relatives of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev in order to find out where the parents of the young men are, the "Russian LGBT Network" has reported. At night, all the detainees were released.

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