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11:24, 11 September 2020
In Georgia, the advocate of the family of Tamar Bachaliashvili, a perished programmer, has released satellite photos as proofs of the fact that during the search for the young woman, her car was not in the place where it was later found with Tamar's body inside.
07:32, 11 September 2020
Russian authorities must ensure the safety of Salman Tepsurkaev, the kidnapped moderator of the Telegram channel 1ADAT, and to investigate the fact of his torture and rape, Dunja Mijatović, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), has stated.
21:49, 10 September 2020
In a video appeal to the leader of Chechnya and his adviser Adam Delimkhanov, a wife of Mamikhan Umarov, who was killed in Austria, blamed them for her husband's death and threatened them with blood revenge.
14:46, 10 September 2020
The practice of humiliation through sexual violence, like in the abuse case of Salman Tepsurkaev, a resident of Chechnya, was used during the Second Chechen War, the Human Rights Analysis Centre has stated. Such public brutality has become a "frightening innovation" that will greatly affect the public perception of the republic's authorities, said Dmitry Piskunov, a spokesman for the Committee against Torture (CaT).
10:15, 10 September 2020
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has left Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, as well as Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, accused for financing terrorism, in custody for another three months. The defence treats the arrest extension as unjustified.
10:10, 10 September 2020
Emin Sagiev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, continues his hunger strike for 23 days and does not intend to stop, his wife said, urging the authorities to compromise and at least transfer him to house arrest.
10:08, 10 September 2020
In case of a forced coercion of Salman Tepsurkaev, a resident of Chechnya, to record the video where he sits on a bottle, a criminal case of raping should be initiated, Evgeny Chernousov, an advocate, believes. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" treats this case as humiliation and torture.
22:28, 9 September 2020
More than 30 people were detained at a rally in support of Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who went on a hunger strike to protest against his conviction.
21:53, 9 September 2020
Magomed Baituev, an adviser to the leader of Chechnya, declares that he is not involved in the situation with the fate of Movsar Umarov, who disappeared after his detention. The duties of Magomed Baituev are not related to the activities of the law enforcement bodies, Ramzan Kadyrov notes.
15:11, 9 September 2020
Due to the absence of a group of MPs, who announced a temporary suspension of their work, the Parliament of South Ossetia could not form a commission to investigate the death circumstances of Inal Djabiev.
12:04, 9 September 2020
Alen Simonyan, Vice-Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, has initiated amendments to the Civil Code aimed at a five-fold increase of the compensation amount for libel and insult. The Armenian Union of Journalists has opposed the initiative, treating it as an attempt to restrict the freedom of speech. Analysts believe that in this way, authorities are trying to protect themselves from criticism.
12:02, 9 September 2020
In Azerbaijan, Ziya Asadli, a correspondent of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, recognized as a political prisoner, is back at large after serving his prison term for hooliganism.
12:00, 9 September 2020
The statements of Chechen law enforcers about the escape of Movsar Umarov are unconvincing, since nothing is known about the punishment of those who had guarded the detainee, former law enforcers assert. Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has noted that watching Tumso Abdurakhmanov's videos, in connection with which Umarov was detained, is treated by law enforcers as a sign of disloyalty.
11:55, 9 September 2020
For 21 years, victims of house explosions in Moscow and Southern Russia have no authorities' support
On September 8, Muscovites commemorated the victims of the terror act in Gurianov Street, where a residential building was blown up 21 years ago. September 1999 was notable for a series of terror acts committed in Moscow, Volgodonsk and Buynaksk. For more than 20 years, the victims thereof have been unable to achieve the adoption of a law that would oblige authorities to help them.
23:59, 8 September 2020
Ten female activists held an action in support of Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. For their protest action, the activists dressed themselves as the goddesses of justice with their hands tied. For the seventh day, Tofig Yagublu has been continuing the hunger strike in protest against his conviction. However, he has not yet been transferred to a medical ward.