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June 17, 2019 10:22

• "Khabze" activists demand to release Kochesoko

  In their statement posted in social networks, members of the NGO "Khabze" have expressed their outrage at the charges brought against their leader, Martin Kochesoko, and demanded his release.

June 16, 2019 09:42

• Georgia: opponents of gay parade announce protests against LGBT people

  A large-scale action against LGBT people will be held next week in Georgia, Levan Vasadze, a businessman, has announced, noting that protesters are ready to confront policemen. In his turn, Giorgi Burdjanadze, Deputy Ombudsperson, has called on opponents to the gay parade not to abuse the freedom of self-expression.

June 16, 2019 09:35

• Three residents of Chechnya publicly apologize for drinking alcohol during Uraza-Bayram

  The "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) has screened a story about three residents of the republic, who apologized for buying alcohol during the Muslim holiday. Social network users argued about whether a policeman could reprimand them for violating religious norms. Because of the actual "dry law" in force in Chechnya, young people had to go to Dagestan, but, nevertheless, could not escape public condemnation, local residents report.

June 16, 2019 09:26

• Dagestani Chechens and residents of Shelkovskoy District support Kadyrov's reaction to road sign dismantling

  The harsh reaction of Chechen authorities to the demolition of road signs on the Chechen-Dagestani border is adequate to the situation, the Chechens-Akkins living in Dagestan believe. The intervention of Chechen authorities has prevented a more serious conflict, residents of the Shelkovskoy District of the Chechen Republic consider.

June 16, 2019 09:20

• Public committee set up in support of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev

  Colleagues and relatives of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a reporter of the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik", have created a committee in his support and intend to seek to remove suspicions of financing terrorism from the journalist.

June 15, 2019 20:15

• Social network users support Dagestani resident's answer to Kadyrov's threats

  In his video appeal, a resident of Dagestan has criticized Ramzan Kadyrov for the arrival of Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, to the Kizlyar District.

June 15, 2019 20:10

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 140 attacks within the week

  During the week of June 9-15, Azerbaijani soldiers shelled the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) from small arms and grenade launchers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR has informed.

June 15, 2019 20:02

• Police report 28 detained opponents of LGBT week in Tbilisi

  Seven persons, who tried to prevent the LGBT action in front of the Georgian government building, were arrested; 21 more detainees were released under the recognizance not to leave the place.

June 15, 2019 11:27

• Source tells about the self-incrimination of Circassian activist Kochesoko

  After detention of Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian NGO named "Khabze", his hands were sprinkled with marijuana; he was threatened with murder; therefore, the activist was forced to confess to drug possession, a source has stated.

June 15, 2019 11:25

• Researchers compare "Akhmatization" of Chechnya with cults of Soviet leaders

  In Northern Caucasus, there was no tradition to perpetuate rulers in names; therefore, the "Akhmatization" of Chechnya is akin to the cults of Lenin and Stalin, Orientalists have commented on the renaming of the Chechen cycling club "Gorets" (Highlander) into "Akhmat".

June 15, 2019 11:24

• Courts abolish friendship declarations of French and NKR's communities

  In France, courts have cancelled four friendship declarations signed by French and Karabakh cities. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has welcomed the statements of the Mayors of the French cities of Valence, Bourg-les-Valence, Bourg-de-Péage and Arnaville about the intention to maintain friendly relations with their twin cities.

June 15, 2019 11:22

• Court arrests Azerbaijani journalist for four months

  On June 14, a Baku court ruled to place journalist, Polad Aslanov, accused of high treason, in custody.

June 15, 2019 08:37

• Eight gay parade opponents detained in Tbilisi

  LGBT activists have gathered outside the government building in Tbilisi, protesting against the statement of the Patriarchate about the unacceptability of the gay parade. Eight of the participants in the counteraction were detained for disobeying the police.

June 15, 2019 08:35

• Two activists detained during trial of former President Kocharyan

  One of the supporters and one of the opponents of the second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, who gathered outside the courthouse in Yerevan, were detained for violating the order. The judge, who is considering Kocharyan's case, refused to self-disqualify.

June 15, 2019 00:00

• Law enforcers are on duty at road signs on Dagestani-Chechen border

  The Chechen signposts on the border with the Tarumovka District of Dagestan are under the guard of armed law enforcers. Residents of this district had no territorial disputes with Chechnya, said local villagers.

June 14, 2019 21:47

• Patriarchate and "Georgian March" speak against LGBT action in Tbilisi

  The Georgian Patriarchate and the leader of the "Georgian March" movement have called on the authorities not to admit the LGBT march in Tbilisi, which, in their opinion, will cause a "broad popular unrest." However, the organizers of the "Tbilisi Pride" March have assured that the action will take place.

June 14, 2019 21:39

• Azerbaijan: MPH head recalls lawsuit against journalist

  Ogtai Shiraliev, the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has given up his lawsuit against the journalist, Teimur Kerimov. The journalist believes that public opinion has affected this decision.

June 14, 2019 21:35

• Petition in defence of Azerbaijani journalist Gadjiev published

  During the first hour after posting, the petition demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an employee of the edition "Chernovik" (Draft), gained more than 100 signatures. According to some information, apart from Gadjiev, two other persons were detained within the case of financing terrorism.

June 14, 2019 20:29

• Wives of drug policemen in Volgograd demand to justify their husbands

  Tatiana Stepanenko and Margarita Kaverina have held solo pickets in Volgograd, declaring the innocence of their convicted husbands and calling on the authorities to release them.

June 14, 2019 20:25

• Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev declares his innocence

  Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the editor-in-chief of one of the sections of the Dagestani "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, detained today, refuses to plead guilty of financing terrorism, his advocate has stated.