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14:59, 6 June 2022
Persecution of pacifists in Southern Russia; protests in Armenia with a large number of victims; suspension of preparations for a referendum on the integration of South Ossetia with Russia; strike of employees at the “Borjomi” plants in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 30-June 5, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
- Armenia
- Dagestan
- Georgia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmykia
- Krasnodar Territory
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- South Ossetia
- Volgograd Region
- Armenia protests
- Crime
- Echo of Ukrainian events in Caucasus
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14:11, 4 June 2022
Razi Alyshov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has his charges toughened; now, he faces up to 12 years in prison under an article on large-scale drug dealing. The activist claims that he was forced to confess under torture.
23:58, 3 June 2022
A court sentenced Turpal-Ali Dzeitov, a resident of Ingushetia, to 14 years of imprisonment on the charge of participating in the activities of terrorist organizations and recruiting people for them.
23:53, 3 June 2022
Pardoning a number of political prisoners was a small concession to Western demands for respect for human rights in Azerbaijan, but a new wave of political repression has begun in the country, and European institutions should intervene, the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) states.
23:52, 2 June 2022
Zabit Badalov, an activist of the opposition “Musavat” Party, was arrested for eight days on the charge of failing to pay a bank debt. The arrest of Zabit Badalov is illegal, and before he was summoned to court, the law enforcement bodies had demanded from him to stop his political activities, party colleagues of Zabit Badalov say.
23:49, 2 June 2022
Among the possible targets of a group led by Chechen native Khamzat Dokuev, who was detained in Turkey in March 2021, were former officials Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) arrested in absentia in a case on illegal timber sales, the newspaper “Sabah” reports.
02:50, 2 June 2022
In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a criminal case has been initiated into the kidnapping in September 2014 of Aslan Khagundokov, a local resident, who is serving his sentence for killing a Rostov businessman.
16:02, 1 June 2022
A criminal case on a false denunciation has been opened against Alexei Vlasenko, a Sochi resident, who had accused law enforcers of torturing him; a decision was made to detain him, the "Gulagu.net" project has reported.
23:53, 31 May 2022
At a protest action near the German Embassy in Baku, relatives of those who were deported to Azerbaijan and later arrested called on the German government not to remain indifferent to the fate of those people. The police pushed the protesters away from the diplomatic mission building.
23:45, 31 May 2022
Razi Alyshov, a member of the Ganja city branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was accused of drug dealing. The court has arrested him for two months. His party colleagues are convinced that he is being persecuted for political reasons.
23:42, 31 May 2022
Persecution of participants in pacifist actions in Southern Russia; protests in Armenia demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan; decisions of courts in Nalchik and Vladikavkaz on the lawsuits filed by fighters of the National Guard of Russia dismissed from service; pardoning of prisoners in Azerbaijan; adoption of the Russian law on dual citizenship with South Ossetia; creation of border delimitation commissions in Armenia and Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 23-29, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
- Adygea
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmykia
- Krasnodar Territory
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- North Caucasus
- North Ossetia-Alania
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- South Ossetia
- Stavropol Region
- Conflicts
- Crime
- Echo of Ukrainian events in Caucasus
- Human rights
- Politics
- Society
10:48, 31 May 2022
Unlawful actions of the Armenian police at opposition protests have become the basis for 25 criminal cases, in which 16 people are involved as victims. However, there are no suspects in those cases, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia reports.
14:26, 30 May 2022
Several dozen men have beaten up and threw stones at five transgender women in Tbilisi, the victims have complained.
11:16, 29 May 2022
The long-term hunger strikes held in prison had a negative impact on the health of the former Azerbaijani political prisoners Salekh Rustamov and Afghan Sadygov, who were released on May 28 under the pardon decree.
16:29, 28 May 2022
Two employees of the Nazran line division for transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) are suspected of extortion and receiving a bribe from a suspect in drug storing. The policemen are behind bars.