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June 11, 2022 12:23

• Sochi blogger fined for interview with "Civil Initiative" coordinator

  A court in Sochi has imposed a fine of 15,000 roubles on Anna Kolmagortseva, finding her guilty of abusing the freedom of media for her interview with Vladimir Atamanchuk, the coordinator of the "Civil Initiative" public movement about the situation in Ukraine.

June 11, 2022 12:04

• Four TSU employees suffered during students' protest

  The Tbilisi State University (TSU) has agreed to comply with a students' demand to change the exam format after students seized the rector's study. During the students' protest, some TSU employees suffered; four of them were hospitalized.

June 11, 2022 11:37

• Azerbaijani lawyer Ilham Aslanoglu receives new custody term for libel

  A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced the lawyer, Ilham Aslanoglu, to six months in prison after finding him guilty of libel in his posted video about the "Terter case". This is Aslanoglu's second sentence this year within a defamation case.

June 11, 2022 11:19

• Armenian opposition announces rally against political repressions

  Supporters of the opposition have called on their activists to gather on June 11 in a Yerevan square and speak out against political repressions.

June 11, 2022 08:42

• Six prisoners go on hunger strike in support of Bagirzade

  Six other believers kept in jails of Azerbaijan have joined the hunger strike declared by Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement (MUM); in total, now, 11 persons are hunger-striking.

June 11, 2022 08:31

• Karabakh military detained on suspicion of treason

  The National Security Service (NSS) of Nagorno-Karabakh has detained a military serviceman suspected of transferring secret information to a representative of a foreign intelligence service via a social network. The suspect received USD 1550 from the foreign service, investigators assert.

June 10, 2022 22:14

• Persecution of oppositionist Aliev highlights intolerance of Azerbaijan’s authorities towards critics

  Ali Aliev, the chair of the “Citizens and Development Party”, who went on a hunger strike in protest against the third charge, has recently intensified criticism of the authorities, and that fact has become the reason for his persecution, analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” point out.

June 10, 2022 21:56

• Video with a tourist in a swimsuit provokes disputes about dress code in Dagestan

  The authorities of Dagestan should adopt a law on the dress code and rules of conduct for tourists, note some users of the “VKontakte” social media outlet who watched a video with a female tourist in a swimsuit near the Khuchninsky waterfall. Other users point out that local residents themselves do not comply with the requirements for tourists.

June 10, 2022 17:53

• Two employees of “Sputnik-Azerbaijan” deprived right to reside in country

  Veronika Antonova-Trizno, the editor-in-chief of the “Sputnik-Azerbaijan” news agency, and the agency’s correspondent Pavel Antonov have been deprived of the right to temporary residence in Azerbaijan.

June 10, 2022 17:36

• Activists hold a march in Yerevan amid meeting of CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers

  Participants in a march to the presidential residence, where the meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers is being held, state that the participation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the negotiations on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh illegitimate.

June 10, 2022 14:20

• Adygea: activist complains about torture by law enforcers in Cherkessk

  In Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), law enforcers have detained Kase Kik, an Adyg activist, and tortured him, after what he was charged with petty hooliganism, the activist himself has stated. The court sentenced him to seven days of arrest, human rights defenders have informed.

June 10, 2022 13:58

• Lawyers explain risks for militaries for refusing to go to Ukraine

  For their refusal to go to the special operation in Ukraine, military servicemen, including those from the regions of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal District (NCFD and SFD), face the risk of being accused of disobeying an order, but the criminal articles on desertion and unauthorized abandonment of a military unit are not applicable in these cases, lawyers have pointed out.

June 10, 2022 13:29

• In Stavropol, activist fined for discrediting militaries

  The Oktiabrsky District Court of Stavropol has fined Savely Morozov, an activist, by 40,000 roubles, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Army.

June 10, 2022 11:25

• Striking "Borjomi" workers complain to Ombudsperson about discrimination

  The bosses of the IDS "Borjomi" Company have paid wages only to those workers who had signed contracts; and those who disagree with the new working conditions are under pressure, strikers said at their meeting with Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson.

June 10, 2022 11:04

• Opposition blames Lavrov for pressing Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh issue

  Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), is putting pressure on the Armenian authorities, demanding that they give in to Azerbaijan and Turkey on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, activists of the National Democratic Pole (NDP) have stated at a rally held near the Russian Embassy to Armenia. They demanded to declare Lavrov a persona non grata in Armenia.

June 10, 2022 08:46

• Two inmates stop hunger strike in support of Talekh Bagirzade

  Djabbar Djabbarov, a convicted activist of the "Muslim Unity" Movement (MUM), has stopped his hunger strike, declared in solidarity with Talekh Bagirzade and his demand to punish law enforcers for blasphemy, due to his health problems. Under the threat of a ban on telephone conversations with relatives, the journalist, Polad Aslanov, has also stopped his hunger strike.

June 10, 2022 08:32

• Residents of Northern Caucasus systematically denied entry to Georgia

  Without explaining the reasons, Georgian border guards refuse to let natives of Northern Caucasus into Georgia, the residents of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

June 09, 2022 23:28

• European Parliament demands to impose sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili

  Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution in which they pointed to the harassment of the media and threats to the safety of journalists in Georgia. Authors of the resolution suggested that the Council of Europe impose sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili because of his participation in the persecution of journalists and political opponents.

June 09, 2022 23:11

• Azerbaijani oppositionist considers unfair ECtHR’s decision on complaint against his arrest

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) excluded from the list of the cases under consideration a complaint about the pre-trial arrest of Azerbaijani oppositionist Alikram Khurshudov after the government promised to pay compensation to him. The oppositionist himself said that he refused a settlement agreement with the authorities and was dissatisfied with the amount of compensation.

June 09, 2022 19:28

• Armenian opposition supporters call on Lavrov to comply with agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh

  An opposition march was timed to coincide with the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Yerevan. Participants of the march have expressed their hope that Russia will fulfil its obligations as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group and will not go beyond the statements adopted by the co-chairs on the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh.