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11:13, 18 January 2022
None of the military servicemen, who were taken prisoners of war (POWs) by Azerbaijan on November 16, 2021, was recognized as a victim; six of them, including three officers, have been arrested on charges of violating the order of service.
10:53, 18 January 2022
The decision in the case of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, a Chechen human rights defender, has been declared final by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR); the Grand Chamber thereof has rejected the revision request.
08:14, 18 January 2022
All the relatives of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, kidnapped in Chechnya in December, are back at large, according to the blogger. The "Vayfond" Association has unconfirmed information about the release of the relatives of Mansur Sadulaev, its founder.
22:55, 17 January 2022
Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov has been continuing his hunger strike for 12 days already, His health state deteriorated, and his weight has fallen to 40 kilograms, said Gyulmira Aslanova, a spouse of the activist.
16:57, 17 January 2022
Kadyrov’s ultimatum to the Ingush people; short-term aggravation of the situation near the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; decisions of the European Court on the complaints filed by victims of the terror act in Beslan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 10-17, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Krasnodar Territory
- North Ossetia-Alania
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Conflicts
- Crime
- Human rights
- Incidents
- Interethnic relations
- Kadyrov's territorial claims spark protests
- Karabakh: a Good War Or a Bad Peace
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14:29, 17 January 2022
The wife of the convicted journalist, Polad Aslanov, went out to a picket near the building of the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), demanding a meeting with the GPO head. Law enforcers pushed the picketer away from the entrance to the building.
18:34, 16 January 2022
Politicians and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan have condemned the conviction of Ali Aliev, the leader of the "Citizens and Development" Party, on charges of defamation. They treat the case as a "political order" and demanded the release of the oppositionist.
23:50, 14 January 2022
Five residents of Kabardino-Balkaria were involved in the activities of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”).
16:12, 14 January 2022
In Azerbaijan, Ibishbeili Fikret Faramaz oglu, the head of the jamaz.info website, has been fined by 500 manats (USD 300), at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), for publishing the information that should not be distributed on the Internet.
16:08, 14 January 2022
A court in Baku has sentenced Ali Aliev, the chairman of the oppositional "Citizens and Development" Party, to five months in prison after finding him guilty of defamation under a lawsuit filed by Emil Djafarov, a border guard. The defence treats the verdict as a political order.
23:53, 13 January 2022
The trial against oppositionist Shakhin Gadjiev, accused of drug trafficking, began in the Ganja City Court on Grave Crimes. Shakhin Gadjiev pleaded not guilty and complained about torture.
19:21, 13 January 2022
The military servicemen, who mocked at the monument in a military unit in the Krasnodar Territory, did not realize what they were doing, Muslim Magomadov, a member of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, has stated and apologized for them.
00:48, 13 January 2022
Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, who continues his hunger strike in prison, is being subjected to moral and psychological pressure, his spouse says. International journalistic organizations call for the release of the imprisoned journalist.
18:28, 12 January 2022
The defence believes that the court has toughened the prison sentence for the Azerbaijani blogger, Aslan Gurbanov, based on applied disciplinary sanctions used to him under subjective conclusions of the colony administration. Until the judgement of the court of appeal, they have no right to transfer Gurbanov from the colony into prison, his advocate has explained.
14:38, 12 January 2022
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on cases of several residents of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan, who complained of cruel treatment, torture, illegal detentions by law enforcers, and absence of efficient inquiry into these violations.