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23:27, 22 September 2021
The investigation into a case against Akhmed Pogorov, the co-chair of the World Congress of the Ingush People, has been unjustifiably prolonged, and the arguments presented by investigators in favour of the activist’s arrest are not grounded, advocate Magomed Gagiev claims. The court extended the arrest of Akhmed Pogorov for three months.
19:29, 22 September 2021
The Rostov-on-Don Military Court has sentenced Shamil Abdulmedjidov, a resident of Dagestan, to 12 years in a high security colony, having found him guilty of taking the oath to the "Islamic State" (IS)*. Abdulmedjidov refused to plead guilty.
11:51, 22 September 2021
Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is serving his prison term for insulting a policeman, has told his son about his transfer from the colony, where he was placed into a dungeon for refusing to apply about leaving the PFPA, to the SIZO (pre-trial prison). According to Alizamin Salaev, while in the dungeon (punishment cell), he went on a hunger strike because of torture.
16:11, 20 September 2021
Elections of the leaders in Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia, and North Ossetia; elections of members to the State Duma of Russia and members of various levels of power in Southern Russia; ECtHR’s decision on a complaint from Azerbaijani oppositionist Tural Abbasly; arrest of a Lieutenant Colonel of the Armenian army in a case on capture of 64 soldiers, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 13-19, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
- Armenia
- Astrakhan Region
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Kalmykia
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Krasnodar Territory
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- North Ossetia-Alania
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Conflicts
- Crime
- Human rights
- Incidents
- Karabakh: a Good War Or a Bad Peace
- Politics
- Society
19:09, 17 September 2021
Two girls who lived with their father after the divorce of their parents were taken to a hospital with signs of beatings, and a criminal case was instituted on torture of minors, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.
14:11, 17 September 2021
Armenia has asked the UN International Court of Justice to oblige Azerbaijan to stop torture and killings of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and compensate for human rights violations.
18:09, 16 September 2021
Rostov journalist Igor Khoroshilov is under investigation, since top-ranking officials consider him involved in critical posts on Telegram channels, journalist’s advocate Yevgeny Berkovich believes.
13:10, 16 September 2021
Advocates interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” see practically no chances for an amnesty for arrested and convicted participants of a protest action against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz in April 2020.
08:41, 16 September 2021
Policemen have exceeded their powers by using violence when detaining and interrogating a Russian tourist, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia has stated.
17:26, 15 September 2021
The Baku Court of Appeal refused to grant a complaint filed by Niyameddin Aslanzade about his administrative arrest. Niyameddin Aslanzade was taken into custody as a warning to his brother, Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, not to complain about the violation of the rights of prisoners, a spouse of Polad Aslanov suggests.
17:15, 15 September 2021
Anri Ateiba, a resident of Abkhazia, died in a hospital a month after a suicide attempt in a temporary detention facility, the Prosecutor’s Office reported. Relatives of the deceased young man believe that law enforcers were involved in his death.
15:04, 15 September 2021
A soldier is suspected of killing his colleague and wounding another while on duty at a combat position, and he is detained, the Investigative Committee of Armenia reports.
14:21, 15 September 2021
Relatives appealed to the Russian President with a request to pardon 38 arrested and convicted participants of protests against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz in April 2020.
19:15, 14 September 2021
Andzor Kudaev, an entrepreneur from Kabardino-Balkaria, stated that he was subjected to torture and threats and was forced to confess to possessing weapons illegally and aiding and abetting a terrorist organization, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.
19:01, 14 September 2021
The accusation of a member of the “Georgian Dream” Party in the murder of Australian teacher Shanae Brooke will not have an impact on the electorate of the ruling party and the results of the upcoming elections, Georgian political analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” note.