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May 14, 2019 09:57

• Abbas Guseinov's sister claims his health deteriorated in colony

  Abbas Guseinov, Deputy Chairman of the "Muslim Unity" (MU) Movement, receives no due medical care, his sister has complained. She linked the deterioration of her brother's health with the torture, which he had stated earlier.

May 13, 2019 21:30

• Trial of former President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, starts amid his supporters' protests

  Supporters of Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, gathered outside the courthouse during the first session on his case and demanded to release him. His advocates question the impartiality of the judge and insist on his disqualification.

May 13, 2019 21:26

• KBR resident accused of links with Syrian militants

  The case of a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who is accused of participating in hostilities in Syria on militants' side, has been sent to the court.

May 13, 2019 18:49

• Week of May 6-12 passed without victims to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 6-12, 2019, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May 13, 2019 18:45

• Ingushetia: refugees report attempts to ruin their housing facilities

  The forced migrants from North Ossetia, who live in Nazran, told about the workers' attempts to dismantle their barracks. The head of Ingushetia has set up a commission to address migrants' housing problems of immigrants.

May 13, 2019 16:02

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, over 12,000 people attend Zhengyalov khats national dish festival

  More than 12,000 people attended the second festival of the national Karabakh dish of zhengyalov khats (a flat cake stuffed with herbs) in the village of Aterk in the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh.

May 13, 2019 15:57

• Believers tortured in Azerbaijani prisons, activists report

  Participants of the hearings held in Baku reported that in prisons, believers were subjected to torture and inhuman treatment. According to the activists, many political prisoners suffer from serious diseases, but do not receive qualified medical care.

May 13, 2019 15:54

• Soldier dies at military base near Tbilisi

  A soldier of an infantry brigade was found dead in the territory of the military field exercise base in Vaziani.

May 13, 2019 14:06

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 6-12, 2019

  Military parades and "Immortal Regiment" marches dedicated to the Victory Day; start of the Muslim fasting of Ramadan; gas explosions in a multi-storey building in Zheleznovodsk and an apartment building in the Rostov Region village; detention of Ingush activist Ismail Nalgiev in Minsk, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 6-12, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 13, 2019 11:30

• Wines from eight regions presented at festival in Tbilisi

  On May 11, Tbilisi hosted a festival of new wines, at which small wineries presented their products. The festival was attended by wine experts and importers from 13 countries.

May 13, 2019 11:28

• Opposition sets conditions for new Baku-EU agreement

  On the eve of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit in Brussels, the Azerbaijani National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party have drafted the preconditions for a partnership agreement of Azerbaijan with the European Union (EU). They have urged the authorities to release all political prisoners and stop pressing the opposition.

May 13, 2019 11:25

• Opponents of Amulsar deposit threaten Armenian authorities with new protests

  Residents of the city of Jermuk and nearby villages and the activists, who are fighting against exploiting the Amulsar gold deposit, have demanded from Armenian authorities to take their opinion into account when deciding on the gold field.

May 12, 2019 11:49

• In Grozny, "Immortal Regiment" shows Kadyrov's loyalty to Kremlin

  Some students and state servants have treated their participation in the Victory Day celebrations and the "Immortal Regiment" march in Grozny as compulsory. Experts view the "Immortal Regiment" action in Chechnya as a demonstration of Kadyrov's loyalty to the Russian federal authorities.

May 12, 2019 11:33

• NKR counts 180 shelling attacks during the week

  On May 5-11, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 3500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

May 12, 2019 11:22

• Magomed Mutsolgov reports Nalgiev's whereabouts

  The Ingush activist Ismail Nalgiev, whose location after his deportation from Belarus was unknown to his relatives and advocates, was handed over to investigators in Nalchik, the human rights defender, Magomed Mutsolgov, has informed.

May 11, 2019 19:49

• Two residents of Georgia detained on border with South Ossetia

  Armed people detained two residents of the Kaspi District, the Georgian State Security Service reported. According to eyewitnesses, the detained men were taken away in the direction of Tskhinvali.

May 11, 2019 19:35

• Activists demand to seize old building in Baku centre from its owner

  Activists seeking the protection status for the former Molokan prayer house in the centre of Baku demanded to seize the building from the owner to prevent the demolition of the house. About 200 people are on duty around the clock. They seek guarantees from the authorities.

May 11, 2019 19:24

• Council of Europe calls on Georgian authorities to stop violence in prisons

  In Georgia, in connection with the lack of warders, the administrations of a number of penitentiary institutions rely on informal hierarchies among prisoners and as a result, prisoners at the bottom of the informal hierarchy are left unprotected, the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) reports.

May 11, 2019 19:11

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 22 shelling attacks

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were subjected to 22 shelling attacks over the past day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

May 11, 2019 19:01

• Writer Ruslan Zakriev succeeds in initiating plagiarism lawsuit in Chechnya

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya ordered the Grozny court to accept for consideration the lawsuit initiated by writer Ruslan Zakriev for recognition of the authorship of the script for the US "Avatar" film.