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November 21, 2021 13:56

• Advocates of Chechen gays, Magamadov and Isaev try challenging the judge

  The court in Chechnya has unreasonably refused to transfer the case of the brothers, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, for consideration in another region, their defence has claimed. The advocated have called on the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to get involved in the trial, the "SK SOS" Crisis Group* has informed.

November 21, 2021 12:45

• Twelve people detained at Moscow actions in support of "Memorial"

  Moscow policemen have put the participants of a series of pickets against political repressions and the closure of the "Memorial" into a paddy wagon.

November 21, 2021 12:41

• Rights defender doubts Armenian MoD's data on POWs

  Siranush Saakyan, a human rights defender, is sure that the real number of Armenian soldiers taken prisoners of war (POWs) during the November 16 hostilities is more than reported by the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

November 21, 2021 12:38

• Saakashvili starts eating under doctors' supervision

  Getting out of a hunger strike is very complicate; and, doctors have drafted a special diet for Saakashvili and are monitoring his health condition, said a member of the former president's health monitoring council. Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson, will monitor the quality of Saakashvili's treatment.

November 21, 2021 12:35

• Azerbaijani rights defenders and activists urge to pardon Salekh Rustamov

  Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), journalists and activists have called on the President of Azerbaijan to release Salekh Rustamov from prison, who has been refusing to eat for 14 days already. Rustamov has problems with his memory; he is very weak, his advocate asserts.

November 21, 2021 12:31

• ECtHR demands to provide adequate medical care to Azerbaijani diplomat Gasanov

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to take interim measures in relation to Eldar Gasanov, a former Azerbaijani Prosecutor General and Ambassador to Serbia, in connection with his state of health. His defence claims it necessary to urgently hospitalize him.

November 21, 2021 12:29

• GPO's claims to "Memorial" threaten human rights defence in Northern Caucasus

  The closure of the "International Memorial" and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) insists on, will seriously damage the defence of human rights in Northern Caucasus. Important projects will stop, and people will lose hope for help, human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists assert.

November 20, 2021 13:07

• Sapper blows himself by a mine near Zangelan

  Vagif Alizad ogly Babaev, an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), was hospitalized in critical condition after a mine blast in the Zangelan District.

November 20, 2021 13:01

• Sanctions deal another blow to Kadyrov's favourite hobby

  The Arab racehorse coach has lost his license because of his ties with Ramzan Kadyrov. This measure hit the head of Chechnya, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believes. Magomed Khamidov, another political analyst, has noted that residents of the republic treat Kadyrov's hobby for horses as a whim of a rich man.

November 20, 2021 12:49

• Armenian opposition demands to arm villagers living near Azerbaijani border

  The population of the villages located near deployment of Azerbaijani troops should be armed and trained. For this, legislative amendments are needed to allow villagers to possess weapons for self-defence, the participants of the "National Democratic Pole" action held in Yerevan have stated.

November 19, 2021 23:50

• Ingush policeman convicted for refusing to disperse protesters

  A court found Magomed Dolgiev, the former employee of the patrol-and-post police service, guilty of failure to comply with an order during a rally in Magas and pronounced a verdict of a suspended sentence.

November 19, 2021 23:14

• Georgian Ombudsperson reports threat to Saakashvili’s life

  The Ombudsperson of Georgia reports that the heath state of Mikhail Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike, is life threatening and demands to transfer the former president of Georgia to a civil hospital. A member of the ruling party urges to wait for the new results of the medical examination of the politician.

November 19, 2021 23:09

• Shootouts worsen prospects for demarcation of border between Armenia and Azerbaijan

  Armed incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan were initiated to disrupt the OSCE Minsk Group format for resolving the conflict between the two countries. Armenia can refuse the agreement on demarcation and delimitation of the border by proposing to appeal to the International Court of Justice, the Armenian political analysts note.

November 19, 2021 21:17

• Armenia announces its death toll in hostilities on Azerbaijani border

  Six Armenian military servicemen perished during the recent hostilities that broke out on the border with Azerbaijan on November 16, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 19, 2021 20:32

• Complaints of Ingush law enforcers made grounds for persecuting "Memorial"*

  Most of the complaints about the absence of due marking, which have formed the basis of the lawsuits demanding to liquidate the "International Memorial" and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", were lodged by the Ingush branch of the Russian FSB. Human rights defenders treat it as a revenge for supporting the protesters in Magas against the agreement on the realignment of the border with Chechnya.

November 19, 2021 20:27

• After reports about Saakashvili's fainting, oppositional MP goes on dry hunger strike

  Bachuki Kardava, an MP from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, who has been on a hunger strike for the sixth day in support of Mikhail Saakashvili, has refused to drink water after the third president of Georgia got into the intensive care unit. Two doctors' councils and the head of the Georgian Ministry of Public Health came to the conclusion that Saakashvili needed treatment in a civilian clinic.

November 19, 2021 15:52

• Saakashvili's fainting changes plan of protest actions

  After the transfer of Mikhail Saakashvili into the intensive care unit, the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has cancelled the protest march and called on activists to gather for a large-scale rally on November 19. The leader of the "Georgian Dream" Party threatened the supporters of Saakashvili's transfer to a civil clinic with responsibility for possible incidents, which caused a protest of the country's Ombudsperson.

November 19, 2021 15:50

• Persecution of "Memorial" is a blow on civil society

  The enforcement practice of the law on foreign agents has created unprecedented pressure on human rights organizations, the participants in a press conference in Moscow have stated. The liquidation of the "Memorial" will inflict great damage to human rights activities in Northern Caucasus and to the defence of Russian citizens' rights at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders believe.

November 18, 2021 23:58

• Baku analysts assess results of battles at border with Armenia

  Military actions that took place on November 16 at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan provided a tactical advantage for the Azerbaijani armed forces, but at the cost of heavy losses, analysts in Baku say.

November 18, 2021 23:53

• Villagers of Armenia complain about actions of Azerbaijani militaries

  The burning of the grass and the inability to use pastures near the Azerbaijani positions led to the ruin of cattle breeders in the border regions, and if the authorities do not provide assistance, a mass exodus from the villages will begin, Armenian villagers say.