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15:51, 13 August 2020
The court has dismissed the complaints against the arrests of Sarvan Djumaev, Babek Muradov and Yashar Kerimov, members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The advocate and the PFPA have stated violations of the procedure and the detainees' rights to defence.
11:52, 13 August 2020
A court in Baku has refused to satisfy the petition for the conditional early relief (CER) of Orkhan Bakhyshly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who had served half of his prison term. His defence will appeal against this decision.
23:54, 12 August 2020
In Germany, the court has reviewed a Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov's case and refused to recognize his posts on the social network as extremist.
18:09, 12 August 2020
In Saint Petersburg, Terman Alimagomedov, a former militant from Dagestan, rendered resistance while the police tried to detain him and was shot dead by a policeman. The police found firearms and ammunition in the suspect's car, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.
15:53, 12 August 2020
Dmitry Kraskovsky, a resident of Krasnodar, was detained and died after being beaten in a SIZO (pre-trial prison). According to investigators, inmates of the detainee beat him to death. A wife of the deceased detainee appealed to the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) and claimed her husband had been subjected to pressure.
15:41, 12 August 2020
Slovakia declared three Russian diplomats personae non gratae and expelled them from the country. The local authorities suggest that the diplomats worked for the secret services and were involved in the murder of Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin.
11:43, 12 August 2020
The court found Tural Atakishiyev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), guilty of failure to obey to a law enforcers' order and arrested him for 30 days. The activist is being prosecuted for political reasons, the PFPA suggests.
01:59, 12 August 2020
Relatives of athlete Muslim Yevloev should file a complaint with the police about a kidnapping and demand from the law enforcement bodies to report about their actions during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) held in Nazran, human rights defenders believe.
01:53, 12 August 2020
Daniyal Alkhasov, a native of Dagestan, and Vazir Bazanaev, a resident of the republic, claimed violations of their rights in connection with their inclusion in the police prevention registration list. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" sent a request to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, since in 2017, law enforcers announced the cancellation of the practice of police prevention registration.
19:56, 11 August 2020
In the village of Talghi, two workers of a stone quarry were kidnapped and beaten by law enforcers, participants of the village gathering claimed. Relatives of Djabrail Ibnukhazhirov, a resident of the Talghi village, who was arrested in November, suggest that his criminal case and the kidnappings of the local residents are related to the operation of the stone quarry.
15:11, 11 August 2020
On August 10, parents of activists from the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), arrested in connection with an action in support of the army in Baku, gathered in front of the General Prosecutor's Office. They claimed their sons were not guilty. According to the spokesman of the General Prosecutor's Office, an unbiased investigation will be conducted.
08:58, 11 August 2020
Family members of Azerbaijani writer Rafiq Tagi appealed to President Ilham Aliev and General Prosecutor Kyamran Aliev with a request to resume the investigation into the writer's murder. According to the Rafiq Tagi's family members, the investigation was superficial and did not even identify any suspects.
19:56, 10 August 2020
After a special operation conducted in Ingushetia in July, analysts have noted that nothing but the number of prevented crimes can testify to the effectiveness of the law enforcement bodies' activities. According to the analysts, numerous special operations are a way to put pressure on the society which does not trust the law enforcement bodies.
14:20, 10 August 2020
Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; CTO in Ingushetia; start of the tourist season in Abkhazia; protests of Armenian residents against gold mining at Amulsar deposit; mass apologies voiced in public by Chechens returned from Moscow to Grozny, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 3-9, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
- Abkhazia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Georgia
- Ingushetia
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- South Ossetia
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Conflicts
- Coronavirus in Caucasus
- Crime
- Economics
- Human rights
- Nature And Ecology
- Politics
- Society
- Tourism
14:01, 10 August 2020
In the week on August 3-9, 2020, at least 2 persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.