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September 10, 2020 10:10

• Sagiev's wife calls on Azerbaijani authorities to save his life

  Emin Sagiev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, continues his hunger strike for 23 days and does not intend to stop, his wife said, urging the authorities to compromise and at least transfer him to house arrest.

September 10, 2020 10:08

• Lawyers admit that videoed Chechen Tepsurkaev could be raped and tortured

  In case of a forced coercion of Salman Tepsurkaev, a resident of Chechnya, to record the video where he sits on a bottle, a criminal case of raping should be initiated, Evgeny Chernousov, an advocate, believes. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" treats this case as humiliation and torture.

September 09, 2020 22:28

• Baku police disperse rally in defence of Tofig Yagublu

  More than 30 people were detained at a rally in support of Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who went on a hunger strike to protest against his conviction.

September 09, 2020 22:11

• 456 people leave border camp near Kullar

  In Dagestan, about 500 people still stay in a camp near the village of Kullar after another group of Azerbaijani citizens has been sent home. The weather still allows people staying at the camp, says Afig Allakhverdiev, the deputy chairman of the regional National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region.

September 09, 2020 22:07

• HRHF calls for release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  The authorities of Azerbaijan should stop persecuting dissidents and release political prisoners, including opposition leader Tofig Yagublu. This was announced by the non-governmental human rights organisation "Human Rights House Foundation" (HRHF).

September 09, 2020 21:59

• 15 children from Southern Russia returned from Syria

  After a medical examination, the children will be handed over to their relatives in Astrakhan, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Chechnya, reports Anna Kuznetsova, Children's Rights Commissioner under the President of Russia.

September 09, 2020 21:53

• Kadyrov denies involvement of his adviser in disappearance of Chechen resident Umarov

  Magomed Baituev, an adviser to the leader of Chechnya, declares that he is not involved in the situation with the fate of Movsar Umarov, who disappeared after his detention. The duties of Magomed Baituev are not related to the activities of the law enforcement bodies, Ramzan Kadyrov notes.

September 09, 2020 15:16

• Tepsurkaev links humiliation video with criticism of Chechen law enforcers

  Salman Tepsurkaev has stated that he had recorded a video where he sits on a bottle, because he was threatened with death for insulting Chechen law enforcers on the 1ADAT Telegram channel. The authors of the channel have objected that they had not posted any offensive publications, and linked Tepsurkaev's statements with Chechen authorities' propaganda.

September 09, 2020 15:11

• South-Ossetian Parliament failed to set up commission to investigate Inal Djabiev's case

  Due to the absence of a group of MPs, who announced a temporary suspension of their work, the Parliament of South Ossetia could not form a commission to investigate the death circumstances of Inal Djabiev.

September 09, 2020 12:04

• Armenian authorities' initiative to increase compensation for slander triggers criticism

  Alen Simonyan, Vice-Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, has initiated amendments to the Civil Code aimed at a five-fold increase of the compensation amount for libel and insult. The Armenian Union of Journalists has opposed the initiative, treating it as an attempt to restrict the freedom of speech. Analysts believe that in this way, authorities are trying to protect themselves from criticism.

September 09, 2020 12:02

• Journalist Asadli released from prison in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, Ziya Asadli, a correspondent of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, recognized as a political prisoner, is back at large after serving his prison term for hooliganism.

September 09, 2020 12:00

• Veterans of power structures disbelieve version about Umarov's escape

  The statements of Chechen law enforcers about the escape of Movsar Umarov are unconvincing, since nothing is known about the punishment of those who had guarded the detainee, former law enforcers assert. Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has noted that watching Tumso Abdurakhmanov's videos, in connection with which Umarov was detained, is treated by law enforcers as a sign of disloyalty.

September 09, 2020 11:58

• HRC "Memorial" treats authorities responsible for bullying Chechen who sat down on bottle

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has demanded from the police to find Salman Tepsurkaev, a resident of Chechnya, and conduct an investigation into the humiliation filmed on video.

September 09, 2020 11:55

• For 21 years, victims of house explosions in Moscow and Southern Russia have no authorities' support

  On September 8, Muscovites commemorated the victims of the terror act in Gurianov Street, where a residential building was blown up 21 years ago. September 1999 was notable for a series of terror acts committed in Moscow, Volgodonsk and Buynaksk. For more than 20 years, the victims thereof have been unable to achieve the adoption of a law that would oblige authorities to help them.

September 09, 2020 11:52

• Mask rejection stresses Kadyrov's indifference to Chechens' opinion

  Ramzan Kadyrov doesn't care about reaction of Chechen residents, outraged by officials' disregard for the mask regime, analysts assert. At the same time, Chechens would not follow Kadyrov, but act on the issue of wearing medical masks at their own discretion, the analysts believe.

September 08, 2020 23:59

• Activists demand to release Tofig Yagublu

  Ten female activists held an action in support of Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. For their protest action, the activists dressed themselves as the goddesses of justice with their hands tied. For the seventh day, Tofig Yagublu has been continuing the hunger strike in protest against his conviction. However, he has not yet been transferred to a medical ward.

September 08, 2020 23:57

• Chechen residents condemn humiliation of opposition Telegram channel moderator

  Residents of Chechnya criticized authors of a video in which a naked man was supposed to sit on a bottle as punishment for cooperating with a Telegram channel criticizing the authorities. The authors of the "1ADAT" channel claimed that the moderator of their chat was kidnapped and humiliated by law enforcers.

September 08, 2020 23:55

• Mothers of Georgian prisoners go on hunger strike with demand of amnesty

  At a protest action in Tbilisi, activists demanded from the parliament to quickly pass a bill on a large-scale amnesty in Georgia.

September 08, 2020 21:54

• Caucasian experts call victories of Kadyrov's children a step in preparation of his successor

  While demonstrating the athletic achievements of his sons, Ramzan Kadyrov tries to form an image of winners who can replace him in the future as leader of Chechnya, analysts suggest.

September 08, 2020 21:38

• Investigators mitigate charges against two Azerbaijani oppositionists

  The charges with the violent seizure of power were removed from Mamed Ibragim and Fuad Gakhramanly, members of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). At the same time, new charges were brought against them under a less serious article of a crime against a person.