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November 04, 2021 13:55

• Victory of Kadyrov's son in boxing ring sparks scepticism in social networks

  Eli, a Ramzan Kadyrov's son, has defeated his opponent at the "Time of Legends-7" boxing tournament held in Grozny. His victory was predictable, his rival has succumbed, social network users have suggested.

November 04, 2021 11:41

• Agil Gumbatov's defence demands judge disqualification

  The advocate of Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has demanded to remove the judge, since Agil's relatives, journalists and human rights defenders were again not allowed to the court session. However, the court has rejected the adcvocate's motion. Gumbatov refused from his initial testimonies, claiming that he gave them under torture.

November 03, 2021 23:59

• Relatives of soldiers missing in action demand a meeting with Pashinyan

  Participants of a protest action in front of the government building blocked traffic on the street in order to secure a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. However, the Prime Minister said he was very busy and refused to meet the protesters. The relatives of those killed and missing in action have threatened with more radical forms of protest if Nikol Pashinyan does not set a date for the meeting.

November 03, 2021 23:57

• BCA leaves PFPA activist in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) did not grant a complaint against the arrest of Mutallim Orudjev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. The activist denied the charge of drug trafficking and claimed that he had signed a confession under torture.

November 03, 2021 23:54

• Memory of Caucasian people’s exile preserved despite restalinization

  The growth of veneration for Joseph Stalin did not affect the official events dedicated to the deportation of the peoples of Northern Caucasus, concluded historians and the chairman of the Union of the Repressed Peoples of Russia after the Memorial Day in Karachay-Cherkessia.

November 03, 2021 23:51

• Rostov activists Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov released from prison

  Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov, convicted in a case on organizing mass riots in Rostov-on-Don, were released from penal colonies due to the expiration of their sentences.

November 03, 2021 23:43

• Saakashvili's doctor reports deterioration of his health condition

  After 33 days of his hunger strike, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former President of Georgia, is in a weakened health condition. He experiences blood tension surges; and fluctuations of his body weight during the day indicate a kidney failure, Nikoloz Kipshidze, Saakashvili's doctor, asserts.

November 03, 2021 23:35

• ECtHR awards compensation for torture and wiretapping to Kuban rights defender

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay Vladimir Ivanov, the head of the Gelendjik Human Rights Centre, convicted for 13 years in prison, a total of 7500 euros as a compensation for illegal wiretapping by FSB agents and beating up after arrest.

November 03, 2021 13:49

• Azerbaijan: rights defenders criticize idea of amnesty by Victory Day

  On November 5, the National Assembly (Parliament) of Azerbaijan will consider a bill on amnesty timed to the Victory Day in the 2020 autumn war, marked on November 8. The amnesty will cover more than 15,000 people, but will not cover political prisoners, human rights defenders have noted.

November 03, 2021 13:45

• Gudermes girls' selfies give policemen chance to show themselves as morality zealots

  The educational conversation with relatives of the girls who took selfies on the balcony in Gudermes continued the trend of persecuting social network users for "inappropriate" behaviour, a political analyst believes. Some Instagram users have treated the release of the video with the girls as an intrusion into their privacy.

November 03, 2021 11:56

• Dagestan: Hajj operator announces restart of pilgrimage to Mecca

  After Saudi Arabia has lifted a number of restrictions related to coronavirus, the Muslim believers, who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates or the CIS countries, are allowed to enter the kingdom for making a small Hajj, said Bulat Kurbanov, Director General of the "Marwa" Tour Hajj Company. The first air flight is scheduled for December 15.

November 03, 2021 11:53

• Yerevan ambulance drivers go on strike

  Ambulance drivers in Yerevan have announced a strike demanding higher wages and complaining about a tight working schedule. Their bosses have referred to the pandemic as the reason for the high workload and called on the strikers to negotiate.

November 03, 2021 11:51

• KChR residents commemorate victims of Karachais' deportation

  On the Remembrance Day of Deportation Victims, flowers were laid at memorials in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The law on commemorating victims of political repressions, adopted in 2016, has brought no visible results in the republic, Kyady Haji Khalkechev, the chairman of the Congress of the Karachai people, has noted.

November 02, 2021 23:55

• Human rights defenders believe Gisaev’s story of torture

  The story of Adam Gisaev, a native of Chechnya, who claimed torture in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Irkutsk, which provoked a complaint by the “Roskomnadzor” (the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media), is true, and such reports have been received from other convicts from prisons in the Irkutsk Region, human rights defenders note.

November 02, 2021 23:53

• Azerbaijan transfers remains of 11 dead to Stepanakert

  The remains of 11 people were handed over to Karabakh rescuers through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers.

November 02, 2021 23:51

• Turkish special service reports connection of detainees in Istanbul with leaders of Chechnya

  Six persons arrested in Istanbul on a charge of political espionage were planning to kill natives of Chechnya on orders of a top-ranking Chechen official, the Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization reported.

November 02, 2021 22:50

• Chechen native claims his kidnapping by law enforcers

  Law enforcers kidnapped a resident of Chechnya, suspecting him of non-traditional sexual orientation, kept him in a basement and beat him during a month, the victim said. After fleeing Chechnya, the man was helped with finding housing in another city, the “Russian LGBT Network”* reported.

November 02, 2021 22:45

• Activists Gasanzade and Turksoi released in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, journalist Elchin Gasanzade and blogger Ibragim Turksoi were released from prison after serving the sentence in a case on slander and insult. Both activists will go to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to challenge the legality of the verdict.

November 02, 2021 22:39

• HRC “Memorial” recognizes Chechen Djumaev as a political prisoner

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to five years of imprisonment for fighting with law enforcers at a protest action, was convicted on political grounds. This was announced by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”. The human rights defenders demand to reconsider the Djumaev’s case.

November 02, 2021 22:33

• Tbilisi resident detained under transgender's murder case

  On October 31, in Tbilisi, two local men attacked two transgender women with knives; as a result one woman died, and the other was wounded.