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May 06, 2019 10:58

• Chechen Muftiate sets mandatory Zakat and Kaffarat in Ramadan

  In Chechnya, theologians have set the size of Zakat Al-Fitr (alms mandatory for Muslims) and Kaffarat (redemptive action for breaking the fast) in the amount of 100 and 50 roubles, respectively.

May 06, 2019 10:49

• Law enforcers continue their raids at Tangim mosque in Makhachkala

  On Friday, May 3, law enforcers conducted another raid near the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala. At least two parishioners were taken to the police station.

May 05, 2019 11:56

• Journalist arrested in Baku goes on hunger strike

  Shafag Agabalaeva, the editor-in-chief of the website "Bakupress.az" has gone on a hunger strike after her arrest within a drug dealing case. Her supporters have suggested that she was slandered for her publications about the sale of psychotropic drugs at pharmacies. Her website had written a lot about the problem of drug addiction, human rights defenders have stated.

May 05, 2019 11:53

• Soldier wounded in NKR

  Aganik Zoroglyan, a military serviceman, was seriously wounded by a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.

May 05, 2019 11:50

• Dagestani activist claims law enforcers' threats received after "Monstration"

  Law enforcers threatened with a murder to Olga Moskvitina, an intersex activist, detained at the "Monstration" event in Makhachkala on May 1. According to her story, after the detention, she was forced to undress.

May 05, 2019 11:46

• Journalists claim absence of media freedom in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijan has problems with access to information and an extremely limited advertising market; journalists are harassed; and websites are blocked, participants of the conference in Baku have stated. They called on the authorities to ensure the freedom of local media.

May 05, 2019 11:36

• NKR claims about 250 shelling attacks on its positions within a week

  From April 28 to May 4, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 3000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

May 04, 2019 23:51

• Farmer's conflict with Chechen natives worries Cossacks in Volgograd Region

  Participants of the Cossack gathering and a meeting of the Council of Atamans in the Kalachyovsky District of the Volgograd Region have drawn attention of the authorities to the cruel beating of the farmer Evgeny Sychov, a Cossack. His son told about his father's years-long conflict with the natives of Chechnya, but the police believe that it was just a domestic incident.

May 04, 2019 23:49

• Georgian parliament defines punishments for sexual harassments

  Georgian MPs have approved the introduction of fines, arrests and corrective works for sexual harassments in public places and at work.

May 04, 2019 11:28

• Kadyrov answers to blogger's criticism of his father comparison with Prophet Muhammad

  Ramzan Kadyrov continued his remote dispute with blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov about his father and equated Akhmat Kadyrov with Prophet Muhammad. Residents of Chechnya have treated this comparison as incorrect. Kadyrov has equated his father to the prophet in an effort to win believers' sympathy, Orientalists believe.

May 04, 2019 11:16

• Relatives of Georgian priest Mamaladze announce round-the-clock protest action

  On May 3, relatives of Giorgi Mamaladze, a priest, who was found guilty of trying to poison the patriarch's secretary, launched an action demanding from the Georgian Church to submit a petition asking to pardon the convict.

May 04, 2019 03:25

• At action in Baku, journalists demand freedom of travel

  In Baku, a group of journalists timed their protest action against the restriction of their right to leave Azerbaijan to the World Press Freedom Day marked on May 3. The protesters were accepted at the Prosecutor's Office and promised that soon the ban on their leaving the country would be lifted.

May 04, 2019 03:13

• Authorities perpetuate tank as symbol of two Chechen Wars

  Contrary to the authorities' idea, the T-72 tank installed in Shali, became a reminder of two military campaigns in Chechnya, residents of the city believe. The monument is associated with the victims of the conflict in Chechnya, observers have noted.

May 04, 2019 03:06

• NKR fixes aggravation of situation in conflict zone

  On May 2-3, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made 330 shots at the positions of the Karabakh Defence Army in the vicinity of the village of Madagiz, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.

May 03, 2019 23:54

• YouTube users are sceptical about Ingush elders' appeal to Putin

  The Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) has complained to the President of Russia about the persecution of protesters and asked Mr Putin to protect Ingushes' rights in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. The appeal will give no expected result, users of the YouTube have suggested.

May 03, 2019 21:53

• Georgian authorities admit mistakes made in Pankisi

  The lack of authorities' attention to problems in the Pankisi Gorge has led to a violent dispersal of the action of opponents of the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs), the head of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. Authorities are afraid of the aggravation of the situation, analysts believe.

May 03, 2019 14:23

• AI declares detainees at May 1 actions to be prisoners of conscience

  The detentions and arrests of all those who took part in the May 1 actions, including in the "Monstration" in Makhachkala, have violated people's rights to the freedom of peaceful assembly, the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has stated.

May 03, 2019 14:14

• Rights defenders demand to remove Russian border guards from Armenian airport

  The Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly has demanded from the Armenian authorities to suspend the work of Russian border guards at the "Zvartnots" Airport after an incident of non-admission of the Ukrainian MP into the country.

May 03, 2019 09:39

• Azerbaijani journalist detained on suspicion of drug dealing

  In Baku, law enforcers have detained the editor-in-chief of the website "Bakupress.az" on suspicion of drug dealing. The journalist said that she was slandered.

May 03, 2019 09:37

• Georgia declares border demarcation with Azerbaijan after conflict at monastery

  Georgia and Azerbaijan should complete the border demarcation as soon as possible to resolve the dispute over the ownership of the "David Gareji" Monastery Complex. This was stated by Giorgi Gakhariya, Secretary of the National Security Council and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).