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February 10, 2021 08:58

• Chechen Djumaev, arrested for brawl with law enforcers, hospitalized with COVID-19 suspicion

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, arrested after a brawl with law enforcers at a rally in Moscow, has been hospitalize due to suspected coronavirus.

February 10, 2021 08:53

• Director of "Goryanki" film poses identity problem of residents of Northern Caucasus

  The film "Goryanki" (Mountain Women) by Maryam Makhieva, a filmmaker from Kabardino-Balkaria, covers a conflict of the traditional culture and Islam that was reborn in Northern Caucasus in the 1990s, said Anastasia Rytsina, the film producer. All the film heroines defend their understanding of freedom, despite others' resistance, Ms Makhieva has noted.

February 09, 2021 23:20

• Police control drivers more severe after Vismuradov's threats to Chechen residents

  After Abuzaid Vismuradov, Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya, threatened people with reprisals for alcohol consumption, residents of the republic report that the police conduct anti-alcohol raids and fine people who bring alcoholic drinks to Chechnya.

February 09, 2021 23:10

• Dagestani SC supports father of killed shepherds

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has granted a complaint against a court's refusal to institute a case on negligence and forgery by an official against the former chief of the Shamil OVD (Interior Division), who declared the Gasanguseinov brothers as terrorists. Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed brothers, is satisfied with the decision pronounced by the Dagestani SC.

February 09, 2021 19:11

• Two Azerbaijani officers and three soldiers blown up on a mine

  Two officers and three soldiers were hospitalized in severe condition after a mine explosion in the Tartar District. Since November 10, 2020, the total number of Azerbaijani residents blown up on mines has reached 74, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reported.

February 09, 2021 19:10

• ECtHR awards compensation to Chechen resident under complaint about torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized a complaint filed by Roman Gastemirov, a resident of Chechnya, about torture by the police in 2005 as justified and awarded him 50,000 euros in compensation.

February 09, 2021 19:07

• In Baku, police disperse female protestors supporting political prisoners

  In Baku, women came to the US Embassy to hold an action in defence of political prisoners. The police seized posters from the protestors' hands and pushed the female activists, including spouses of Polad Aslanov and Afghan Sadygov, away from the building.

February 09, 2021 18:58

• Activists report detentions at protest action in Yerevan

  Today, members of the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party went out to a protest rally in Yerevan demanding the resignation of the government. Law enforcers brought dozens of protesters to police stations, activists report.

February 09, 2021 18:52

• Witnesses testify innocence of Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev

  In March 2019, in Magas, Magomed Khamkhoev, an Ingush activist, did not incite protesters to resist "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) agents, 15 defence witnesses told the court on February 8.

February 09, 2021 18:46

• Ombudspersons get interested in video about girl's engagement in Georgia

  After watching the posted video about the engagement in Georgia of an 11-year-old Azerbaijani girl and a 15-year-old boy, the Azerbaijan Ombudsperson has appealed to his Georgian colleague; the latter's office has launched a check.

February 09, 2021 11:23

• Coordinator of Navalny's Volgograd office complains about poor conditions in custody

  The inmates kept at the special detention centre in Volgograd have not enough clean bedding; there are no hygiene means there; and detainees are not given medicines, Evgeny Kochegin, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's Volgograd office, has complained. He intends to appeal against his arrest at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

February 09, 2021 11:19

• ECtHR orders Russia to admit doctors and advocates to detained natives of Chechnya

  Russian authorities are obliged to ensure access of advocates, doctors and relatives to the two natives of Chechnya, convoyed from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has ruled.

February 09, 2021 10:50

• Complaint about threats to kill Kadyrov's critics lodged to Chechnya's SC

  A complaint has been sent to the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya against the decision of a Grozny court, which had refused to acknowledge investigators' inaction on the complaint of human rights defenders against the threats pronounced by Ramzan Kadyrov. This was announced by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

February 08, 2021 23:10

• Court shortens sentence of "Mediazona" editor-in-chief

  In Moscow, a court refused to recognize Sergey Smirnov, the editor-in-chief of the "Mediazona", not guilty of calling for participation in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, but shortened the journalist's arrest from 25 to 15 days.

February 08, 2021 22:58

• "Russian LGBT Network" reports threats to father of detained Chechen natives

  A father of two moderators of a Chechen Telegram channel complained about pressure from the law enforcement bodies, the "Russian LGBT Network" reports. The human rights defenders believe that the father of the detained brothers gave up the advocate's help because of the threats he got.

February 08, 2021 22:20

• Media: Chechen investigators call atheists accomplices of militants

  The Chechen law enforcement bodies suspect a gay and a transgender person who mocked religion of aiding and abetting militants, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. Investigators say that the detainees acknowledged their guilt.

February 08, 2021 21:27

• In Dagestan, over 2000 people attend funeral of killed former village head

  Over 2000 people came to the funeral of Abakar Kaplanov, the former head of the Novokuli village, who was killed at a police station in Makhachkala, villagers say. According to their version, the conflict, which ended in the murder, relates to a land dispute and personal hostility.

February 08, 2021 16:52

• Bodies of two soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In the Karabakh conflict zone, rescuers have found two more perished military servicemen, making the total number of remains found equal to 1367, the Nagorno-Karabakh's State Emergency Service has reported.

February 08, 2021 16:42

• On February 1-7, one person was wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of February 1-7, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, one person was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

February 08, 2021 16:36

• Tbilisi resident detained for beating up transgender woman

  In Tbilisi, policemen have detained a 31-year-old man suspected of beating up a transgender woman out of hostility, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.