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December 06, 2021 22:54

• Dagestani farmer ends his hunger strike after authorities’ promises to lease land

  Farmer Zakarya Nabiev said that he was preparing to continue his hunger strike until the authorities of the Shamil District fulfilled their promise to conclude a lease agreement with him. However, on December 3, the famer had to end his protest action due to the need to graze goats far in the mountains.

December 06, 2021 22:21

• EU prolongs sanctions against two Chechen law enforcers

  The European Union (EU) has prolonged for another year the sanctions for violations of human rights around the world, including the sanctions imposed on Abuzaid Vismuradov, the deputy chair of the Chechen government, supervising the law enforcement bloc, and former Argun police chief Ayub Kataev.

December 06, 2021 20:47

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 29-December 5, 2021

  Voting of MPs in Southern Russia for a bill on QR codes amid protests; death of 14 soldiers in a helicopter crash in Azerbaijan; dispersal of the protest action of Mikhail Saakashvili’s supporters in Tbilisi by the police, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 29-December 5, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 06, 2021 18:50

• Chechnya holds second within 12 days large-scale exercises of MIA and National Guard of Russia

  According to a report released on December 4 by the “Grozny” state-run TV Channel, the capital of Chechnya hosted large-scale antiterrorist exercises of the police and the National Guard of Russia.

December 06, 2021 18:04

• Head of “Gulagu.net” reports about death of a Chechen native in penal colony

  Today, Vladimir Osechkin, the head of the human rights project “Gulagu.net”, has reported that warders beat prisoners in a penal colony in the Primorsky Territory (Primorye), and after that Khusein Adakhanov, a native of Chechnya, who was serving his sentence in the penal colony, died. According to Vladimir Osechkin, as a result of a special operation by warders in the penal colony, about 150 prisoners were beaten, and other 16 people were severely injured.

December 06, 2021 17:43

• On November 29-December 5, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 29-December 5, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus 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.

December 06, 2021 13:46

• Soldier perishes in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Under unclear circumstances, a contract soldier, Gor Martirosyan, received a fatal gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

December 06, 2021 13:32

• Ali Kerimli called on Azerbaijani authorities to release Salekh Rustamov

  Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has urged Azerbaijani authorities not to delay the release of Salekh Rustamov, who has been on his protest hunger strike in the prison hospital for 30 days already.

December 06, 2021 12:24

• Tbilisi: opponents of "green passports" demand freedom of choice on vaccination

  A protest action against the compulsion to vaccination and use of "green passports" organized in central Tbilisi gathered several thousand people. They demanded a public debate on the issue.

December 06, 2021 12:05

• Oppositionists released from police after detentions at elections in Armenia

  Law enforcers have set free the supporters of the oppositional "David Ambartsumyan" bloc, who were detained on December 5 in the Armenian village of Aintap during the elections.

December 06, 2021 11:18

• Khalitov's brothers continue video appeals to critics of Chechen authorities

  In their new video messages, the brothers of Khasan Khalitov, a blogger living in Turkey, have urged him to stop criticizing the Chechen leadership.

December 06, 2021 11:03

• YouTube users treat Interpol's refusal to search for Tumso as fair

  Interpol has refused to fulfil Russia's request to search for Tumso Abdurakhmanov, suspected of calling for terrorism, the Chechen blogger has himself stated. Visitors to his YouTube channel treat Interpol's decision as just and fair.

December 05, 2021 11:59

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Yagublu doubts objectivity of inquiry into his beating by law enforcers

  The Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the complaint of Tofig Yagublu, an oppositional politician, about beating him up by law enforcers. On December 3, he was questioned as a witness. However, Yagublu does not believe in the objectivity of the investigation and states that his complaint is related to the need to comply with the procedures for applying to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

December 05, 2021 11:54

• Advocate expresses concern for Salekh Rustamov's life

  On the 29th day of his hunger strike, Salekh Rustamov shows clear signs of disorders in his nervous system, his advocate has stated, adding that on December 6, Rustamov will make the final decision on starting a dry hunger strike.

December 05, 2021 11:51

• Azerbaijan hands ten militaries over to Armenia in exchange for minefield maps

  Ten Armenian militaries captured on November 16 have been handed by Azerbaijan over to Armenia in exchange for minefield maps.

December 05, 2021 11:48

• Azerbaijan hands body of killed shepherd over to Nagorno-Karabakh

  The body of Seiran Sargsyan, a resident of the Martuni District, who was killed by Azerbaijani militaries, was delivered to the morgue in Nagorno-Karabakh with the mediation of Russian peacemakers. The Karabakh General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated that it knows the name of the soldier who shot the shepherd dead.

December 05, 2021 01:57

• Checks in jails of Saratov Region turn into pressure on Caucasian natives

  The penitentiary system has reacted to the scandal about torture of inmates at the Saratov prison hospital, among whom there were natives of the Caucasus; the reaction means that now victims of torture are persuaded not to write complaints, and are place into dungeon (punishment cell) for minor reasons.

December 05, 2021 01:55

• Researchers of Caucasus exclude Kadyrov's involvement in collapse of Arashukov clan

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, cannot be involved in the collapse of the Arashukov family clan; the collapse is backed up by the people who occupy the imperious Olympus at a much higher level. The Arashukov clan arose within the project of special services; and the criminal prosecution only has led to its downfall, the researchers of the Caucasian believe.

December 04, 2021 23:56

• AI calls on to stop persecuting Ingush activists

  The persecution of the eight leaders of the Magas protest, accused of extremism after peaceful rallies, is incompatible with Russia's international human rights obligations and is contrary to the Russian Constitution, human rights defenders have stated. They have urged Russian authorities to release the activists.

December 04, 2021 11:27

• Karabakh special services accuse Azerbaijan of killing a shepherd

  Azerbaijani militaries have killed a shepherd from Chartar, who was captured in the neutral zone, the National Security Service (NSS) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed. Such incidents discredit the Russia's peacemaking mission, the Karabakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.