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January 15, 2021 14:50

• Djabiev's case triggers political crisis in South Ossetia

  The death case of Inal Djabiev after interrogation at the police has become the trigger and central element of a large-scale political crisis in South Ossetia, Ruslan Totrov, a journalist, has stated. The political instability has been embodied in a boycott by most of the MPs of parliament sessions demanding the resignation of the Public Prosecutor General, David Sanakoev, an MP, has stated.

January 15, 2021 14:44

• Chechnya: Timurzievs' story continues practice of rejecting advocates

  The relatives of the murdered Timurziev brothers, detained in Chechnya, were kept in the building of a power structure, her relative has reported. They should have turned to an advocate to find out the reasons of their detention, but the practice of rejecting advocates' services is widespread in Chechnya, says Oleg Orlov, the head of the Hot Spots programme of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

January 15, 2021 14:09

• Chechen blogger Tumso compares himself with Navalny

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger from Chechnya, has called on the Swedish authorities to react to the mild, in his opinion, sentence to the figurants in the assassination attempt on him in the same way as European countries reacted to the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.

January 15, 2021 11:22

• Stepanakert residents commemorate victims of Baku pogroms

  At the service in the Stepanakert temple, parishioners have prayed for the repose of victims of pogroms of Armenians in Baku. There are about 30,000 refugees from Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh; up to 500 families need housing, a member of the Union of Armenian Refugees has stated.

January 15, 2021 09:30

• Baku analysts explain the procedure of social security for families of missing soldiers

  Azerbaijani laws assume no privileges and payments of no benefits to families of missing military servicemen, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have explained. After six months, if the missing person is not found alive, he is assigned the status of a shaheed (deceased martyr); and his family receives all the due benefits.

January 15, 2021 09:19

• Defence reports Belkharoev's complaints about torture

  Alikhan Belkharoev, a resident of Ingushetia, arrested in connection with the attempted murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush Centre to Counter Extremism (CCE, also known as "E" Centre), said that law enforcers had tortured him to obtain confessions.

January 14, 2021 23:57

• Karabakh rescuers report 1230 dead bodies found

  In the village of Karin, Karabakh rescuers found a body of a 58-year-old woman. The total number of the dead bodies found by the rescuers increased to 1230. Today, Azerbaijan has banned the Karabakh rescuers from conducting any searches. However, it is planned to resume searches on January 15, the Karabakh side reports.

January 14, 2021 23:49

• Human rights defenders demand to investigate war crimes of parties to Karabakh conflict

  Azerbaijan and Armenia used inaccurate weapons during shelling attacks on cities, towns, and villages during the autumn escalation of the Karabakh conflict, and as a result, dozens of civilians were killed and hundreds of others were injured. The parties to the conflict must bring the persons responsible for war crimes to justice, states the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

January 14, 2021 23:46

• Parents of Armenian conscripts protest after report on a soldier wounded in Karabakh

  In Yerevan, a protest action took place in front of the government building. The protesters demand from the Armenian authorities to provide security guarantees for conscripts in Nagorno-Karabakh.

January 14, 2021 23:11

• Bulldozer driver blown up by mine in Karabakh

  An employee of the Azerbaijani road administration was injured after hitting an anti-tank mine with a bulldozer.

January 14, 2021 22:19

• Djabiev's widow appeals for support to former South-Ossetian presidents

  Oksana Sotieva, Inal Djabiev's widow, has asked the ex-presidents of South Ossetia to support the demand to investigate his death.

January 14, 2021 19:50

• Azerbaijani military perishes in road accident in Nagorno-Karabakh

  One military serviceman has perished and two others were wounded in a car accident near Shusha, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

January 14, 2021 11:39

• Ingush historians treat installation of solar panels on towers as unacceptable

  Historical towers are of great value for the entire Ingush people; and solar panels spoil their appearance and destroy buildings, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert. Monitoring towers is necessary, but this issue should have been approached professionally, taking into account residents' and scientists' opinions, they believe.

January 14, 2021 11:28

• MDA's punitive powers worry Baku journalists

  The powers of the newly-formed Azerbaijani Media Development Agency (MDA) are formulated vaguely, but this structure is entitled to punish the media, human rights defenders and journalists have noted.

January 14, 2021 11:26

• Kadyrov instructs Delimkhanov to solve the issue of giving Timurziev brothers' bodies out to relatives

  If the case against the Timurziev brothers is considered under the terrorism article, their bodies will not be handed over to the family, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, instructing Adam Delimkhanov to deal with the issue.

January 14, 2021 10:31

• Georgian villager detained after Muslims' conflict with Orthodox Christians

  After a brawl over the construction of a mosque in the Guria Region of Georgia, two persons have been hospitalized, and their fellow villager detained.

January 13, 2021 23:58

• Karabakh soldier wounded in shelling attack

  A soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army was wounded during a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

January 13, 2021 23:55

• Family of suspect for drug trafficking in Dagestan leaves Tarki after decision of alims

  Relatives of Ullubiy Amirov, detained on suspicion of drug possession after a murder, which caused a wide public outcry, left the Makhachkala village of Tarki in accordance with the decision of the alims (Islam experts). Local residents associated such a harsh measure to the fact that the father of Ullubiy Amirov did not try to "normalize relations with the society."

January 13, 2021 22:12

• Chechen native Akhmetkhan Timurziev publicly repents for policeman killed by his sons

  The father of the two Timurziev brothers, who attacked policemen in Grozny, apologized on the air of the "Grozny" TV Channel. Akhmetkhan Timurziev assured that law enforcers treated him, his wife, and his daughter well after their detention.

January 13, 2021 21:32

• Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of non-disclosing number of POWs

  After the conclusion of the ceasefire, 64 Armenian soldiers have been arrested in Azerbaijan and are still being held captive, states Artak Beglaryan, the chief for the Nagorno-Karabakh President's administration. According to a lawyer representing the interests of the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in total, 120 people are still being held captive in Azerbaijan.