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September 19, 2020 17:10

• Azerbaijan reports 36 shelling attacks from Armenian side

  Armenian military servicemen have violated the ceasefire for 36 times by using large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

September 19, 2020 16:43

• Stepanakert protesters threaten authorities with new protests

  On September 18, in Stepanakert, about 15 members of the "Moyo Pravo" (My Law) movement held a protest action, demanding from the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to provide reliable information on the budget, distribution of national property and tax amount of major corporations.

September 19, 2020 12:54

• Malsag Uzhakhov's arrest extended

  The Fifth General Jurisdiction Court of Cassation of the Stavropol Territory has extended Malsag Uzhakhov's custody by two months.

September 19, 2020 12:41

• Tbilisi hunger-strikers suspend their protest

  The prisoners' female relatives, who demanded a large-scale amnesty, have suspended their hunger strike that had lasted for ten days.

September 19, 2020 12:25

• Defence demands re-qualification of Kullar riot case

  The defence of the Azerbaijani citizens accused of riots near Kullar has stated that it intends to seek re-qualification of the charges towards mitigation.

September 19, 2020 12:06

• Svetlana Anokhina leaves Dagestan after received threats

  Svetlana Anokhina, a Dagestani journalist, has temporarily left the republic after the police refused to investigate telephone threats against her. No official refusal to initiate the case was issued, so an appeal against it is protracted.

September 19, 2020 08:49

• Caucasian experts treat campaign against Zakaev in Chechnya as politically senseless

  The Chechen authorities' attacks on Zakaev would sooner increase his popularity than vice versa, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

September 19, 2020 08:38

• Oppositionist Salaev's son reports pressure on his father in colony

  Alizamin Salaev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, was transferred from SIZO (pre-trial prison) to a colony, where he is harassed and beaten up, his son has claimed. Salaev's defence has applied to the Penitentiary Service with a demand to investigate the activist's complaints of physical violence, said his advocate.

September 19, 2020 08:27

• Activists treat statements of Rosneft press secretary about Circassians as extremist

  Circassian activists began collecting signatures to the petition addressed to the Public Prosecutor General demanding to punish Mikhail Leontiev, a journalist and press secretary of the "Rosneft", who spoke out against the demolition of the Monument to the Feat of Russian Soldiers in Adler.

September 18, 2020 22:33

• Tofig Yagublu stops his hunger strike after release from custody

  A court has decided to transfer under house arrest Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who is seeking a reconsideration of the verdict in a case on disorderly conduct. Tofig Yagublu agreed to stop his hunger strike, while being on protest for the 17th day.

September 18, 2020 22:18

• Law enforcers consider picket of Kumyk activist Bektemir Salikhov as hooliganism

  Today, activist Bektemir Salikhov has held a solo picket in Makhachkala. He demands from the Dagestani authorities to assist in the return of land to residents of the Kumyk villages of Alburikent, Kyakhulai, and Tarki, from which they were evicted during the Stalinist repressions. The police drew up against Bektemir Salikhov an administrative report for petty hooliganism, because the activist glued his posters to the pedestal of the Lenin monument.

September 18, 2020 19:24

• HRC "Memorial" recognizes Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev as political prisoner

  Magomed Khamkhoev is unreasonably accused of attacking law enforcers at a rally in Magas, declared the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". The human rights defenders demanded to release the activist.

September 18, 2020 19:09

• Defendants' relatives worry about long investigation into unrest near Kullar

  Men accused in a case on unrest near the village of Kullar are transferred to house arrest. Their relatives welcomed the above transfer. However, they still express their concern over the delay in the judicial investigation into the case.

September 18, 2020 18:52

• Number of detainees in Dijon unrest case reaches 11

  Two more members of the Chechen Diaspora were arrested in a case on unrest in French Dijon, and the total number of the detainees in the case reached 11, the police reported.

September 18, 2020 13:38

• Kumyk activist detained at picket in Makhachkala

  Policemen have detained Bektemir Salikhov, a Kumyk activist who announced, at his solo picket in central Makhachkala, an endless hunger strike, demanding a meeting with the head of Dagestan.

September 18, 2020 13:21

• Commission finds no life threat in Yagublu's condition

  The health condition of the opposition politician, Tofig Yagublu, is grave but stable; there is no threat to his life, the state commission has concluded. However, Tofig's daughter fears that he will not live to see the trial.

September 18, 2020 12:23

• Oppositionist Salaev complains about pressure in colony because of his support to Yagublu

  Alizamin Salaev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, has claimed beatings in the colony after he declared a hunger strike in solidarity with Tofig Yagublu.

September 18, 2020 11:56

• Daud Mamilov complains about law enforcers' pressure at SIZO

  Daud Mamilov, a son of an Ingush MP, accused of involvement with the "Islamic State"*, claims that he was forced to confess. A law enforcer threatens to put him into the dungeon (punishment cell), his advocate informs.

September 18, 2020 08:47

• Tbilisi hunger-strikers claim authorities' indifference to their demands

  The women who are on their hunger strike for the tenth day in front of the Georgian parliament have to periodically call ambulances due to deterioration in their health. An action demanding a large-scale amnesty was also held near the office of the ruling party, but no one came out to the protesters.

September 18, 2020 08:36

• Court postpones consideration of Yagublu's complaint until September 28

  The consideration of the appeal complaint lodged by the opposition politician, Tofig Yagublu, who has been on a hunger strike for 16 days already, is scheduled for September 28. Tofig's daughter has treated this judgement as "her father's death sanctioning."