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June 12, 2019 23:49

• Georgia: signatures are collected for parliamentary inquiry into Machalikashvili's murder

  Relatives of Temirlan Machalikashvili, 19, who was killed in a special operation in Pankisi, began collecting signatures to a petition on setting up an inquiry commission under the Georgian Parliament. They demand to find those responsible for Temirlan's death, and to assess whether the use of weapons by law enforcers was justified.

June 12, 2019 16:59

• Azerbaijan reports mortar shelling attacks in border area

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled from large-calibre machine guns and mortars, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

June 12, 2019 16:51

• Orientalists argue with blogger about Akhmat Kadyrov's status in Chechnya

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who has linked the term "Akhmat Kadyrov's way" with the interests of the Chechen nation, intends to raise his father to the rank of saints in order to gain new privileges, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has suggested.

June 12, 2019 14:34

• Authorities respond to Adjara Muslims' demands to make DNA examination of repression victims

  The authorities of Adjara have allocated money for DNA examinations of the remains of those executed during the years of repressions, as demanded by local Muslims. Relatives of repression victims believe that the remains should be buried altogether, regardless of the religion of those murdered.

June 12, 2019 14:30

• Azerbaijani oppositionist links fine with his comments in social network

  Bashir Tariverdiev, an oppositionist, whose kidnapping was reported by the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was fined on charges of petty hooliganism. He has linked the incident with his critical posts on the authorities in the social network.

June 12, 2019 11:22

• Source reports 19 detainees in Kizlyar

  Nineteen people were detained in the venue of the spontaneous protest action in Kizlyar; some of them were drunk and provoked law enforcers, the police report. Participants of the rally did not rule out that actions against the Chechen traffic signposts will continue.

June 12, 2019 11:16

• Defence claims violation of journalist Abbasov's rights after failed deportation

  Russia has failed to explain the delay of deportation of Fuad Abbasov to Azerbaijan; and the journalist continues his hunger strike, his advocate has stated, while experts believe that Abbasov's activities could be undesirable both for the Russian authorities, and for Baku.

June 12, 2019 10:12

• Kadyrov promises to break fingers for offensive comments

  Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on the situation with the demolition of the road sign in the outskirt of Kizlyar. He called on residents of Chechnya and Dagestan "not to succumb to provocations," and promised "to break fingers and tear out tongues" of those who write offensive comments.

June 12, 2019 08:39

• Law enforcers detain Kizlyar protesters

  From 10 to 15 people were taken to the police station from a people's gathering held in the outskirt of Kizlyar, where local residents opposed the installation of Chechen road signs.

June 12, 2019 08:36

• Demolition of sign in Kizlyar reveals tensions around border with Chechnya

  The dismantling of the Chechen sign near Kizlyar was a result of the policy of Dagestani authorities, who have ignored the tension surrounding the border issue, the journalists and the blogger, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have stated.

June 12, 2019 08:33

• Residents of Dagestani Kizlyar rally against Chechen signs

  Residents of Dagestan have gathered for a rally near one of the signs of Chechnya installed in the outskirt of Kizlyar, demanding to dismantle such signs.

June 11, 2019 23:29

• Attack on Eskerkhanov committed amid homophobia of Chechen Diaspora

  The reason of the attack on the Chechen emigrant, Movsar Eskerkhanov, in Germany was a conflict over the money debt, residents of Chechnya believe. The Chechen Diaspora has negative attitude to LGBT people; and this could give confidence to the attacker, human rights defenders assert.

June 11, 2019 23:26

• In Germany, gay Eskerkhanov, who fled from Chechnya, seriously wounded

  Movsar Eskerkhanov, who had apologized to Chechen authorities, was attacked in Germany.

June 11, 2019 23:21

• Head of Dagestan opposed unilateral transfer of land to Chechnya

  The installation by Chechnya of the road signs, which have caused discontent among residents of the Kizlyar District, has nothing to do with territorial disputes; the conflict is artificially fuelled, Vladimir Vasiliev, the head of Dagestan, has stated. The authorities of Chechnya should have warned about the installation of signs on the border, said Vladimir Ivanov, the head of Vasiliev's administration.

June 11, 2019 23:05

• Rights defenders promise to help relatives of kidnapping and torture victims in Dagestan

  On June 10, in Makhachkala, activists of three human rights organizations received the people who complained about kidnappings of their relatives, security forces and doctors' errors. Unjustified accusations of drug dealing and weapon possession are characteristic of law enforcers in Northern Caucasus, human rights defenders report.

June 11, 2019 19:39

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of village in conflict zone

  Within the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in the pre-border village, were shelled for 16 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

June 11, 2019 19:25

• Speaker of Chechen Parliament reprimands head of Dagestani Kizlyar District for sign demolition

  Residents of the Kizlyar District have dismantled road signs on the border with Chechnya due to negligence of local authorities, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated and assured residents of the district that they could only dismantle the remaining road signs only "over his dead body." A large number of camouflaged vehicles were sent to the border of the two republics.

June 11, 2019 16:03

• Chechen authorities react to removal of republic's signs near Kizlyar in Dagestan

  The road signs defining the border of the Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya and the Kizlyar District of Dagestan were demolished by residents of the neighbouring republic arbitrarily, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, ha stated.

June 11, 2019 15:58

• Abkhazian court supports minister in his dispute with authors of history textbook

  On June 10, a Sukhumi court has recognized that the school history textbook published by the Ministry for Education and Sciences of Abkhazia contains information that defames the former Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaya.

June 11, 2019 11:31

• Globalization changes attitudes to sex in Northern Caucasus

  There is no free discussion about sexual relations and marital life in Northern Caucasus, while publicly declared conservative attitudes in this area seriously differ from the practice, Irina Kosterina, the author of the study "What is the attitude to sex, virginity and marriage in Northern Caucasus?", and the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.