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April 29, 2020 22:19

• Restrictions on crossing Azerbaijani border extended until late May

  In Azerbaijan, the authorities decided to uphold restrictions on crossing the country's state borders until May 31 because of the threat of the coronavirus infection spread. Exceptions are made for cargo and freight transportation and charter flights, the Azerbaijani operational headquarters announces.

April 29, 2020 22:04

• Dagestani blogger Alibek Mirzekhanov sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment

  The Second Western District Military Court found Dagestani blogger Alibek Mirzekhanov guilty of participating in activities of a terrorist organization.

April 29, 2020 19:26

• Alexander Cherkasov pays first 300,000 roubles of fines

  The chairman of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" paid three fines, each in the amount of 100,000 roubles, which were imposed on him after the inspection conducted by the FSB Department for Ingushetia. The fines were paid out of the raised donations. Today, the HRC "Memorial" has announced that a complaint about the decisions of the Russian courts on fines will be filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

April 29, 2020 19:13

• Georgia: increase in number of recovered patients exceeds number of new coronavirus cases

  Today, Georgia has registered new 517 cases of the coronavirus infection. Over 24 hours, more patients have been discharged from hospitals than new cases of infection have been registered.

April 29, 2020 13:32

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of two villages in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani troops stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the conflict zone with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) were shelled for 24 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

April 29, 2020 13:16

• KBR entrepreneurs complain of losses due to restrictive measures

  Because of the restrictions imposed by the authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) in connection with the epidemic, minor businesses have to suffer losses and reduce their hired personnel, the entrepreneurs interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

April 29, 2020 11:40

• Chechnya: unsanitary conditions during spreading bread cause social network users' criticism

  At the charity event organized by the Kadyrov Foundation, volunteers handed out bread without wearing medical masks and gloves, Instagram users have emphasized.

April 29, 2020 11:26

• Georgia: rights defenders criticize govt's anti-crisis plan

  The anti-crisis plan, drafted with the aim to help businesses and residents during the pandemic, fails to support several vulnerable social groups, the Centre for Human Rights Education and Monitoring has stated.

April 29, 2020 11:14

• Activists' attempt to contact Ali Kerimli ends with fines

  Two activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) were detained near the home of Ali Kerimli, the party leader and fined by USD 60 each for violating the quarantine regime. They were punished for trying to contact Kerimli, the PFPA has stated.

April 29, 2020 08:27

• Yerevan residents protest against cutting off housing and communal services

  Residents of Yerevan have gathered near the government building with a demand to solve the problem of disconnecting utilities for non-payment. Due to epidemic restrictions, local residents are without livelihood, Aik Barsegyan, an activist, has stated.

April 29, 2020 08:19

• Head of Dagestani village complains about absence of medicines and doctors

  The death toll from pneumonia in the village of Tebekmakhi in the Akushinsky District of Dagestan has gone up sharply, almost a third of villagers are sick, but there is not enough medicines and qualified medical help, Medjid Medjidov, the head of the village of Tebekmakhi, said in his appeal to the authorities of Dagestan.

April 28, 2020 21:32

• Arashukov son's and father's cases combined with three top-ranking law enforcers' cases

  Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, his father Raul Arashukov, and former heads of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre "E") and the Investigating Department for Karachay-Cherkessia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) became involved as defendants in a common criminal case, the defence reported.

April 28, 2020 21:19

• SIZO warders refuse advocate to visit sentenced Azerbaijani activist

  An advocate was not allowed to visit Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), sentenced for posting a video criticizing a policeman. Defender Elchin Sadygov treats the above refusal in a visit to his client as an interference with his professional activities and a violation of the arrested activist's rights.

April 28, 2020 18:59

• Armenian authorities decide to mitigate state of emergency

  Within ten days, Armenia will first minimize and then lift the restrictions on economic activities, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces. Meanwhile, residents are allowed to go for walks up to one kilometer from their place of residence.

April 28, 2020 18:38

• In Chechnya, entrepreneurs alerted by conditions for quarantine mitigation

  Small shops, petrol stations, and car service stations will be opened providing for compliance with security measures, announces Ramzan Kadyrov. The leader of Chechnya has threatened to seize the property of violators. Local businessmen believe it is risky to resume activities in such conditions.

April 28, 2020 18:18

• Activists call on international community to help stop repressions in Azerbaijan

  The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Security (IRFS) and members of the EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) called on the international community not to remain indifferent to human rights violations in Azerbaijan and help stop the persecution of government critics.

April 28, 2020 13:14

• "Syndicate-100" treats law on fakes as pressure on journalists

  Authorities have begun actively using the coronavirus pandemic for putting pressure on independent mass media, says the statement made by the "Syndicate-100" Association of Russian Editions posted today.

April 28, 2020 12:53

• Chechnya: 42 administrative cases for violating self-isolation regime

  42 residents of Chechnya face large fines for violating the self-isolation regime introduced in the republic because of the threat of coronavirus spread.

April 28, 2020 11:13

• For thirteenth time, ICRF refuses to open case on torture in Anapa

  For the thirteenth time, investigators have refused to initiate a criminal case on the torture complaints submitted by three residents of the city of Anapa. For about four years of conducting various checks, a lot of opportunities have been lost to obtain evidence in applicants' favour, said Anna Kotsareva, a lawyer of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

April 28, 2020 10:58

• Bibilov allows calling Tskhinval as Stalinir

  The name of "Stalinir" will be used to designate the capital of South Ossetia along with the modern name of the city (Tskhinval or Tskhinvali) during the festivities dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, Anatoly Bibilov, the president of the republic, has decided.