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October 20, 2020 17:50

• Armenia claims Azerbaijan's offensive operation

  In the morning, Azerbaijani militaries launched an offensive operation in the northern direction of the front in Nagorno-Karabakh, by using aviation and artillery, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

October 20, 2020 11:15

• Residents of Agdam District report intensified shelling

  Four civilians, including Anar Gasanov, a correspondent for the "AzTV" State TV Channel, were wounded in the shelling of the Agdam District. Residents of the neighbouring Terter District reported a large fire at the local ginnery after shelling.

October 20, 2020 11:13

• Batumi hunger-striker resumes his protest

  On October 19, in Batumi, five women, who were on hunger strike demanding benefits for the unemployed and deferred payments on bank loans, stopped their protest after feeling worse. In his turn, Giorgi Gorgiladze, who had stopped his hunger strike, has resumed it in front of the building of the Adjara Government.

October 20, 2020 11:06

• Verdict to woman from Grozny for posts in social network approved

  The court has upheld the verdict to Medni Yaschurkaeva, a resident of Grozny, sentenced to two years in prison within the case of justifying terrorism.

October 20, 2020 10:57

• Journalists explain authorities' role in debates on Charlie Hebdo and teacher's murder

  Experts believe that secular and religious authorities are much more responsible than journalists for statements about crimes with mentioning criminals' nationality. This is the way they have commented on Ramzan Kadyrov's reaction to the murder in France of a teacher who had shown caricatures on Prophet Muhammad to his pupils.

October 20, 2020 10:37

• Baku rights defenders present custody details of prisoners of war

  The wounded Armenian soldiers can be held in Azerbaijan until the end of hostilities, Avaz Gasanov, the head of the Society for Humanitarian Studies, has stated. While in custody, the prisoners have the right to contact their relatives, said Novella Djafaroglu, the head of the Society for the Protection of Women's Rights.

October 19, 2020 23:59

• In Southern Russia, 21 children handed over to their relatives after return from Syria

  21 children returned from Syria have been handed over to their relatives in Dagestan, Chechnya, and the Volgograd Region, reports Anna Kuznetsova, Children's Rights Commissioner under the President of Russia.

October 19, 2020 23:57

• In Yerevan, protestors demand to recognize independence of Nagorno-Karabakh

  Activists handed over to the UN Resident Coordinator for Armenia a letter requesting him to visit the Karabakh conflict zone and recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. The protesters gave UN officers two days to examine the situation and threatened with holding large-scale protest actions.

October 19, 2020 23:48

• Azerbaijan reports 61 civilians killed since beginning of fighting

  During the escalation of the Karabakh conflict, the number of Azerbaijani civilians killed in shelling attacks reached 61, and 282 others were injured, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reported.

October 19, 2020 20:14

• Activists request UN to respond to civilian deaths in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan

  Today, in the US, the UN will hold the consultations on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. Members of the Azerbaijani and Turkish communities gathered in front of the UN headquarters in New York. They requested the UN to respond to shelling attacks on the Azerbaijani city of Ganja.

October 19, 2020 20:04

• Armenia reports damage to schools during shelling attacks

  In the Armenian border villages of Sotk and Kut, school buildings had been damaged by shelling attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Azerbaijani armed forces, the authorities of Armenia claimed.

October 19, 2020 18:43

• Azerbaijan claims capturing 13 villages in the conflict zone

  The Azerbaijani Army has taken control over 13 villages of the Djebrail District, Ilham Aliev has stated. The total number of settlements declared occupied by Azerbaijani troops has reached 74.

October 19, 2020 15:19

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 12-18, 2020

  Fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone and a new violated armistice agreement; CTOs in Dagestan, Chechnya, Volgograd, and Ingushetia; return of children from the Middle East; heinous murder in Paris, of which a Chechen native is suspected, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 12-18, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 19, 2020 15:18

• 1Adat Channel reports kidnapping of author of "Likes" to Tumso's videos

  Askhab Djamaldinov, a resident of the village of Gekhi, who had put his "Likes" to the videos posted by the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, was kidnapped about two weeks ago, the 1Adat Telegram Channel has informed.

October 19, 2020 15:11

• After ceasefire, number of shelling attacks on frontline Azerbaijani villages decreased

  After the start of the humanitarian truce, the number of shelling attacks in the Karabakh conflict zone has significantly decreased, residents of Azerbaijani frontline villages have reported. According to their stories, after the start of hostilities, most of the dwelling settlements were almost deserted; people dare to return home only to take their belongings.

October 19, 2020 15:08

• Residents of Chechnya claim that surgeon Dagaev died from beating by Kadyrov's associate

  Salakh Dagaev, a well-known surgeon in Chechnya, has made a surgery, which failed: his female patient has died. She turned out to be a relative of an associate of the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The surgeon was kidnapped and beaten to death; and his family was forced to say that he died of a heart attack.

October 19, 2020 11:27

• On October 12-18, at least 10 people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of October 12-18, 2020, at least 10 people perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no reports about wounded ones were received. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.

October 19, 2020 11:25

• Two Chechen MMA fighters support French teacher's killer

  On the Instagram, Zelim Imadaev and Albert Duraev, Russian mixed martial art (MMA) fighters, have supported Abdulak Anzorov, who had killed a college teacher in Paris.

October 19, 2020 11:23

• Armenia's Ombudsperson accuses Azerbaijani militaries of beheading prisoner of war

  Unidentified persons, who claimed to be Azerbaijani military servicemen, called the brother of the Armenian soldier and informed about beheading him, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson has stated.

October 18, 2020 11:45

• Kadyrov urges Frenchmen not to provoke Muslims with caricatures

  The head of Chechnya has condemned the murder of the French teacher, noting that he treats the disrespectful attitude to Islam as a provocation. The 18-year-old Chechen, whom investigators treat as the killer, had refugee status in France.