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11:45, 20 May 2020

Said Mamedzade has been arrested on charges of hooliganism. The accusation is fabricated; Mamedzade is persecuted for political reasons, the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has stated.

11:39, 20 May 2020

Ramadan prompts KBR residents to actively help those in need

On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the charitable foundations "Kavkaz-Nur" and "Circassian Renaissance" are raise funds for the needy and returnees. According to activists, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, there were more enthusiasts willing to help.

11:36, 20 May 2020

Social network users demand to punish Ingush resident for consent of his daughter's circumcision

The mother of the nine-year-old girl who was circumcised in Ingushetia has turned for help to the republic's ombudsperson. In the opinion of social network users, the girl's rights were violated, while the father deserves the most severe punishment.

11:31, 20 May 2020

First group of Azerbaijanis leaves Dagestan

120 Azerbaijani citizens who could not leave Dagestan after the border was closed due to coronavirus managed to leave for their homeland.

War in Syria. Photo: SANA/Handout via REUTERS

23:54, 19 May 2020

Syrian militants seek sign of Russian secret services' involvement in killing of "Imarat Kavkaz" leader

Syrian militants suspect that the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" (Caucasus Emirate), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, was killed by a person who might cooperate with the Russian secret services. The murdered "Imarat Kavkaz" leader had little influence on militants in Russia, Islamic experts believe.

Soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia http://mil.am/hy/news/7837

23:48, 19 May 2020

Azerbaijan registers shelling attacks in two border villages

Units of the armed forces of Armenia used large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles and violated the ceasefire regime 24 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

Fencing around a secure facility. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:25, 19 May 2020

Azerbaijani opposition declares hunger strike in prison, his brother reports

On May 17, Azerbaijani oppositionist Babek Gasanov went on hunger strike in protest against pressure on him and other prisoners, his brother Djavid Gasanli reported. The Public Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service denied the above information.

Khabib Nurmagomedov. Screenshot of the post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B__ZPvtF0yP/

18:17, 19 May 2020

Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov tells about his father's grave condition

Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and coach of the Dagestani mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia; he has undergone a heart surgery and remains in very grave health condition.

A prayer. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:14, 19 May 2020

Four days declared off in Chechnya because of Eid al-Fitr

Chechen authorities have announced May 23-26 to be says-off. There will be no collective namaz (prayer) in mosques on Eid al-Fitr, the Muftiate has stated.

18:10, 19 May 2020

State Duma reacts to Kadyrov's appeal to fire doctors of Gudermes CDH

The medics' dismissal issues must be resolved according to the law, Leonid Ogul, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Health Care, has stated in his comment to the appeal of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to dismiss the doctors of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) after their complaints about the shortage of protective means. However, according to hospital medics, only one radiologist has been fired so far, while the rest of the staff has escaped sanctions.

A praying man. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:51, 19 May 2020

Mass events on Eid al-Fitr cancelled for KBR residents

The Muftiate of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has urged Muslims to celebrate Eid al-Fitr (Uraza Bayram) with their families, and not to visit cemeteries and other people in the conditions of the restrictions imposed because of the epidemic.

Jornalist Afghan Sadygov. Photo by the press service of Radio Svoboda RFE/RL

13:48, 19 May 2020

Defence appeals against arrest of website "Azel.tv" editor

There is no need to keep Afghan Sadygov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani website "Azel.tv" in custody for the period of investigation, his advocate believes. His wife treats the case against Afghan as a provocation.

11:23, 19 May 2020

Putin joins solving problem of Azerbaijanis on Dagestani border

Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed the situation in border districts of Dagestan, where more than 700 people cannot return to their homeland amid the coronavirus epidemic.

11:17, 19 May 2020

Azerbaijan: PFPA activist accused of financing terrorism

Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has been accused of financing terrorism. The PFPA treats the criminal case as a "gross falsification with the aim of political revenge."

The Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/az/news/naxcivan-qarnizonu-qosunlarinda-telim-metodiki-toplanti-kecirilib-video-30953.html

22:32, 18 May 2020

Azerbaijan claims machine-gun and sniper shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles and large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

A resident of the Sovkhoznoye village. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:30, 18 May 2020

In Kabardino-Balkaria, villagers complain about officials' indifference

In Kabardino-Balkaria, officials ignore complaints from residents of the Sovkhoznoye village about harsh living conditions, high unemployment, and absence of possibilities for leasing of land plots. This was claimed by the villagers in their appeal to Yuri Chaika, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

Afghan Sadygov. Photo: https://turan.az/ext/news/2020/5/free/politics%20news/ru/124053.htm

16:08, 18 May 2020

Head of "Azel.tv" denies extortion charge

Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani edition "Azel.tv", accused of extortion, has been arrested for four months. He himself treats the accusation as slander.

Ramzan Kadyrov shows the message about the death of the medic of the Gudermes Central District Hospital at the meeting of the Operations Group. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfMDCHmm9I4&feature=emb_title

15:49, 18 May 2020

Kadyrov demands to punish protesters from Gudermes CDH

The head of Chechnya has ordered to bring the medics of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH), who had complained about the working conditions, to responsibility. The same concerned their relatives, while the author of the message about a doctor's death was blamed as a provocateur, and Kadyrov demanded fire him.

Residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya cutting the grass during the subbotnik. Screenshot of the post on the Instagram of Valid Abdureshidov, the head of the Mayoralty of Urus-Martan https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQsfYjgc9d/

15:40, 18 May 2020

Chechen residents complain about coercion to participate in subbotnik

Employees of budget-funded organizations were forced to participate in garbage collection and tree whitewashing, despite the restrictions introduced to COVID-19, residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya have informed. The self-isolation regime "passes with benefit," said the head of the district.

An LGBT action in Tbilisi, 2017. Photo: Reuters, David Mdzinarishvili

11:14, 18 May 2020

Rights defenders urge Georgian authorities to solve the problems of LGBT community

On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Bifobia, the People's Defender (Ombudsperson) of Georgia, Nino Lomzhariya, and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have treated the position of LGBT people in the country as depressing, and called on the authorities to support them.

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