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September 16, 2020 10:50

• 456 Azerbaijanis go home from Kullar camp

  After another sending of Azerbaijani citizens to their homeland, about 800 people still remain in the border tent camp in Dagestan; the flow of newcomers to the camp has increased, said Afik Allakhverdiev, the spokesman of the National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region.

September 16, 2020 08:36

• Tbilisi hunger-strikers complain about health deterioration

  On the eighth day of their protest, the women on a hunger strike demanding a large-scale amnesty for prisoners in Georgia have complained about weakness and dizziness. The organizers of the action announced a march in central Tbilisi.

September 16, 2020 08:19

• Hotel employee in Gelendjik tells details of Tepsurkaev's kidnapping

  Salman Tepsurkaev tried to hide from the people who came for him to the Gelendjik hotel, and obeyed them after a few words, spoken to him not in Russian, a hotel employee told the "Caucasian Knot".

September 15, 2020 22:56

• Bachaliashvili family's lawyers note possible place of programmer's lockup before death

  Programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili, who deceased in Georgia, and her car could stay on the territory of a hotel complex in the area of Tetritskaro while the nearby terrain was combed in a search for the young woman, lawyers of the Bachaliashvili family claimed. Searches and an investigative experiment were carried out inside the above premises.

September 15, 2020 22:33

• Armenian MoD questions information about wounded Azerbaijani soldier

  On September 14, no armed incidents were registered in the area where, according to a report from Baku, a soldier was allegedly wounded, the press secretary for the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

September 15, 2020 19:43

• Tofig Yagublu stays in critical condition, his daughter reports

  After two weeks on hunger strike, oppositionist Tofig Yagublu has reached critical condition, his daughter reports today. On September 14, activists held a flash mob in the Baku metro with the demand to release Tofig Yagublu, who was sentenced in a case on a road traffic accident.

September 15, 2020 19:30

• Activist holds a motor rally in support of Giorgi Guev in Vladikavkaz

  Alan Zoloev drove through Vladikavkaz in a car with a poster reading: "I am / We are Giorgi Guev." The activist made stops in front of buildings of the regional FSB Department, the Palace of Justice and the government of North Ossetia. Instagram users approved the idea of the motor rally in support of Giorgi Guev, accused of financing terrorism.

September 15, 2020 19:12

• Salman Tepsurkaev's relative reports threats from supporters of Chechen authorities

  Amid the public outcry around a video depicting the Salman Tepsurkaev's humiliation, supporters of the Chechen authorities demanded from relatives of the young man not to address the law enforcement bodies and threatened them with problems, one of Salman Tepsurkaev's relatives told human rights defenders and administrators of the "1ADAT" Telegram channel.

September 15, 2020 14:03

• 37 activists face criminal charges following protest in Baku

  A total of 37 people, including 16 members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), were accused under several criminal articles after the July 15 rally in Baku. Oppositionists wouldn't plead guilty.

September 15, 2020 13:47

• Azerbaijan claims military serviceman wounded in conflict zone

  In the evening on September 14, in the Tovuz District, a serviceman, Renat Eldar-oglu Aliev, was wounded as a result of ceasefire violation, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

September 15, 2020 13:34

• Nazran resident dies after being shelled by strangers

  A 50-year-old resident of Nazran died after unidentified persons opened fire on him from inside a car, an Ingush law enforcement source has reported.

September 15, 2020 11:25

• Number of hunger-strikers in front of Georgian parliament reaches 18

  Three more persons have joined the women who are holding a hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding a large-scale amnesty. The total number of protesters has reached 18.

September 15, 2020 10:58

• After disappearance in Grozny, Movsar Umarov fails contacting his family

  Since his disappearance in July, Movsar Umarov has not contacted his family, his sister said.

September 15, 2020 10:46

• Djalka village takes over baton of Zakaev's condemnation

  Akhmed Zakaev, who called Chechen authorities responsible for torturing Tepsurkaev, has no right to speak on behalf of the Chechen people – this was the leitmotif of those speaking at a gathering in the Chechen village of Djalka.

September 15, 2020 08:28

• On 13th days of his hunger strike, Tofig Yagublu rejects medical help

  Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani oppositionist, who is under intensive care, has refused medications, his daughter has informed.

September 15, 2020 08:17

• More than week after his kidnapping, Tepsurkaev's whereabouts are unknown

  Salman Tepsurkaev faces death due to the resonance after the publication of the video with his self-humiliation, the authors of the 1ADAT Telegram Channel believe. This is not excluded also by the "Committee against Torture" (CaT), which asked the European Court to demand from Russia to find the young man kidnapped on September 6.

September 14, 2020 23:30

• Chechen native apologizes for washing shoes in an Orthodox spring

  Natives of Chechnya filmed a video of how they were washing their shoes in a spring near an Orthodox church in Kaliningrad. Later, one of the men from the video apologized for the incident.

September 14, 2020 23:17

• Advocates complain about restriction of Tofig Yagublu's rights to defence

  Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who continues his hunger strike, is not allowed to be visited by his family members and to communicate with them via mobile phone, his daughter said. The defence complained about the delay in the consideration of an appeal filed in the Tofig Yagublu's case.

September 14, 2020 18:31

• Astrakhan opposition reports bribery of voters

  In Astrakhan, each city resident got 700 roubles under formal pretexts for visiting polling stations on election days, and several complaints were filed to the police in connection with the above violations, members of opposition parties reported.

September 14, 2020 18:12

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on four villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages located near the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 32 times over 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.