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June 28, 2020 09:50

• Spiegel reports second Russian in Khangoshvili murder case

  German law enforcers have revealed the second possible suspect in the case of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, who was shot dead in Berlin. This is a resident of Saint Petersburg, who, when applying for a Schengen visa, indicated the same place of work as the first figurant, Der Spiegel informs.

June 27, 2020 19:38

• Rights defenders treat situation with women's rights in Northern Caucasus as critical

  The traditions and customs of most regions of Northern Caucasus predispose to violence against women in family, while victims of violence are not ready to go to the police, rights defenders have noted.

June 27, 2020 19:16

• Armenian opposition demands to recognize constitutional amendments illegal

  The "Prosperous Armenia" oppositional parliamentary faction has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court (CC), in which it challenged the earlier amendments to the Constitution, which provide for the dismissal of the CC head.

June 27, 2020 18:45

• After searches in fake case, Union of Journalists stands up for Anna Dargan

  Anna Dargan, a Stavropol journalist and blogger, whose home was searched within the case of spreading fakes about the situation with coronavirus in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), did not write any opposition and human rights texts, the Union of Journalists has stated.

June 27, 2020 18:26

• Residents of Ingushetia sceptical of voting to constitutional amendments

  Ingushetia has opened a total of 137 polling stations to vote on constitutional amendments. The voting is held daily starting from June 25.

June 27, 2020 11:28

• Azerbaijani rights defenders treat Intigam Aliev's travel ban as political

  The ban on leaving the country for Intigam Aliev has to do with authorities' attempt to prevent criticism from reputable international podiums, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

June 27, 2020 11:04

• One person perished in shelling of car in North Ossetia

  Three participants in the conflict with shooting in North Ossetia were hospitalized; one of the wounded persons died on the spot. All the conflict participants have been detained, the police have informed.

June 27, 2020 10:53

• Authorities of Prokhladnensky District ignore local residents' pickets

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the villages of the Prokhladnensky District lack drinking water and have problems of emergency houses, solo picketers assert. Officials from the district administration failed to go out to the protesters, Anastasia Emelyanova, a blogger, has stated.

June 27, 2020 09:09

• Residents of KChR village claim unjustified detention of their relatives

  Law enforcers have detained at least nine residents of the village of Psyzh in the Abazin District by planting weapons and extremist literature on them, their relatives assert. They could not achieve response from law enforcement bosses about the detainees' whereabouts.

June 27, 2020 08:51

• Rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev undergoes fourth neurosurgery

  The fourth neurosurgery to Ogtai Gyulyalyev, an Azerbaijani rights defender, in an Istanbul clinic was successful, but he is still in coma, his wife Firuza Gyulyalyeva has informed.

June 26, 2020 22:52

• LGBT activists claim persecution of homosexual women typical for Chechnya

  In Chechnya, homosexual women face risk not only of being placed to secret prisons or being subjected to alleged treatment with psychotropic substances, but also of falling victim to "honour killings," the British "Sky News" TV Channel reports in its material.

June 26, 2020 22:37

• Prosecutor's Office of Karachay-Cherkessia associates war veteran's death with quality of treatment

  Today, the Prosecutor's Office of Karachay-Cherkessia has announced that a veteran of World War II died of COVID-19 because he had been discharged from a hospital instead of treatment. The question concerning an institution of criminal prosecution against doctors is under consideration.

June 26, 2020 18:02

• Sochi residents claim aggressive agitation and formality of voting to amend Constitution

  In Sochi, a persistent campaign for the approval of amendments to the Constitution of Russia has been launched, while there are actually no control and monitoring of the voting procedure, claim residents of the city interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 26, 2020 17:45

• Human rights defenders point to increased aggression against LGBT people in Georgia

  After the self-isolation regime had been imposed in Georgia, LGBT people found themselves in distress: many of them lost their jobs, lost their housing, and fell victim to domestic violence, rights defenders claim.

June 26, 2020 17:32

• Journalist claims Karachayevsk doctors get threats of dismissal after their interview

  Medical officers from the Karachayevsk Central District Hospital reported to Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a journalist from Moscow, about the lack of medical personnel at the hospital, the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the absence of incentive payments. After the interview, the doctors were subjected to pressure.

June 26, 2020 13:49

• Opposition activist Amrakhov detained in Azerbaijan

  His party colleagues have associated the detention of Firdovsi Amrakhov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), with his criticism of the authorities.

June 26, 2020 13:32

• Rights defenders sceptical about counter-torture fight in Northern Caucasus

  On the UN International Day in Support of Torture Victims, human rights defenders have noted the invariably difficult situation in Northern Caucasus as regards the readiness of local authorities to combat torture.

June 26, 2020 11:40

• Jewish activists stand up for French Chechens after Dijon conflict

  The community of Russian-speaking Jews in France has condemned the country's Interior Minister for his hostile remarks about immigrants from Chechnya after the riots in Dijon.

June 26, 2020 11:27

• Kadyrov shows his ideological tolerance for violence against women

  At his meeting with the relatives of the deceased woman from Gudermes, Ramzan Kadyrov has urged women to withstand beatings by their husbands. Such a tolerant attitude to domestic violence is unacceptable and contradicts the public morality of Northern Caucasus, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 26, 2020 11:15

• Conditions in tent camp near Kullar improved after protests

  The Azerbaijani authorities began actively helping their citizens, who are waiting for their departure to homeland in the tent camp set up near the Dagestani village of Kullar. The living conditions, the nutrition and medical care in the camp have improved.