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May 01, 2020 14:47

• Law enforcers' raids in yards of high-rise blocks cause controversy in Chechnya

  After Ramzan Kadyrov's demand to tighten control over people's movement in city streets, law enforcers' raids have frequented in Grozny, townspeople inform. Some Instagram users found the measures justified due to the coronavirus threat; their opponents treat the quarantine restrictions as excessive.

May 01, 2020 14:34

• Quarantine toughened in Georgian municipality of Tetritskaro

  A total of 85 residents of the Tetritskaro municipality will be moved to a strict quarantine zone; the issue of supplying foodstuffs to them is being addressed, the district authorities have informed.

May 01, 2020 11:58

• Advocate states non-admission to detained Arsen Besolov

  Arsen Besolov, a Telegram chat administrator, convoyed from Moscow to Vladikavkaz, is restricted in his right to defence, said his advocate. A chat administrator is not responsible for the content of participants' comments, said Galina Arapova, Director of the Media Rights Protection Centre.

May 01, 2020 11:48

• "Amrakhbank" employees hold protest in Baku

  In Baku, protesters have demanded to cancel the decision to withdraw the license from the commercial bank "Amrakhbank" and reinstate them at work.

May 01, 2020 11:35

• Umarov urged not to disturb Kadyrov with video about "Ichkeria's servants"

  The video in which military servicemen force their colleagues to shout "We serve Ichkeria*!" may be a fake aimed at denigrating the Chechen people, Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Minister for National Policy Foreign Relations, Press and Information, has stated.

May 01, 2020 08:36

• Court leaves three participants of Vladikavkaz rally in custody

  The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has rejected the complaints against the administrative arrest of Batraz Gagiev, Kazbek Kasaev and Khetag Vataev, who participated in a spontaneous rally in Vladikavkaz. Batraz Gagiev remains in hospital, where he was taken from the detention centre at activists' insistence.

May 01, 2020 08:22

• Fine imposed on Vadim Cheldiev for coronavirus fake challenged

  The court failed to establish whether Vadim Cheldiev, the initiator of protests in North Ossetia, had anything to do with publishing false information about coronavirus, his defence said in an appeal.

April 30, 2020 22:43

• Defence and relatives of blogger Alibek Mirzekhanov criticize his sentence

  An advocate of Dagestani blogger Alibek Mirzekhanov, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, announced the intention to challenge the decision of the court.

April 30, 2020 22:24

• In Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov's threats to quarantine violators followed by detentions

  Residents of Chechnya who violate the quarantine regime will lose their cars and will be forced to clean the streets, states Ramzan Kadyrov. Policemen gathered quarantine violators at a football field and reprimanded them in public.

April 30, 2020 18:11

• Grozny residents explain violations of self-isolation regime by quarantine fatigue

  Residents of Grozny, who went on walks with their children despite the quarantine measures, explained the violation of the self-isolation regime by fatigue from a many-day stay at homes.

April 30, 2020 17:56

• Azerbaijan registers 24 shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles and mortar launchers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

April 30, 2020 13:33

• Akhmetkhanov who disappeared in Chechnya returns home

  Aslambek Akhmetkhanov, a businessman, who disappeared in early April after being publicly scolded by Ramzan Kadyrov, has returned to his native village of Gekhi, Instagram users have informed.

April 30, 2020 13:17

• PFPA accuses law enforcers of torturing arrested activist

  Law enforcers have tortured Niyameddin Akhmedov, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), aiming to force him to testify against Ali Kerimli, his party comrade, the PFPA has stated. The country's police did not confirm this version.

April 30, 2020 11:14

• Telegram chat administrator detained after protest action in Vladikavkaz

  In Moscow, law enforcers have detained Arsen Besolov, an administrator of a Telegram chat. The chat was for communication among the supporters of Vadim Cheldiev, the initiator of an unauthorized rally against self-isolation held in Vladikavkaz.

April 30, 2020 11:03

• Tightening of travel control irritates residents of Chechnya

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has ordered to toughen control over the travels of residents of the republic due to violations of the self-isolation regime. Grozny residents have complained about law enforcers' checks of public transport passengers.

April 30, 2020 10:52

• AI points to Azerbaijani authorities' abuse of coronavirus situation

  The human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has mentioned Azerbaijan among the countries that are using restrictions imposed during the pandemic for repressing govt's opponents.

April 30, 2020 08:45

• Instagram users respond to call to help Dagestani doctors

  Within three days, the Instagram users, who have supported the initiators of the campaign under the hashtag #yamyvrachi (I and we are doctors), raised over one million roubles. The money will be used to buy medical masks and other personal protective means for Dagestani doctors.

April 30, 2020 08:34

• Law enforcers explain closed entrances to Makhachkala by coronavirus threat

  Policemen have blocked all the entrances to Makhachkala and, referring to the order of the head of the city police. Only medics, law enforcers, and vehicles with foodstuffs and medicines are let into the city.

April 30, 2020 08:23

• Azerbaijani journalist Isbatov left in custody

  The Azerbaijani Court of Appeal has rejected the complaint about the administrative arrest of Natig Isbatov, a reporter of the website "7gun.az". His defence treats the refusal as unjustified and subject to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

April 29, 2020 22:33

• Defence challenges arrest of a rally participant in Vladikavkaz

  An advocate of activist Batraz Gagiev filed an appeal against a court's decision on the activist's arrest. According to the advocate, the court did not take into account the fact that the defendant took care of his minor children.