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October 22, 2021 14:11

• Director of Chechen Philharmonic Society voices out threats to amateur singers

  Only cultural workers have the right to sing and act as performers, while the creativity of amateur singers will be suppressed, Dina Shagidaeva, the director of the Grozny State Philharmonic Society, has stated. In their turn, residents of Chechnya have objected by stating that singing songs is a way of self-expression.

October 22, 2021 14:09

• Law enforcers report terror act prevention in Stavropol Territory

  A suspect of preparing a terror act in the Stavropol Territory has been detained; explosives and striking elements for a bomb were found in his house.

October 22, 2021 13:52

• Advocates assess chances of efficient inquiry into Muslim Kuriev's death after ECtHR's decision

  The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) allows victims to seek bringing the law enforcers involved in the murder of Muslim Kuriev to justice, Magomed Gagiev, an advocate, believes. Kuriev, a resident of the village of Plievo, was killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO).

October 22, 2021 13:47

• Analysts explain persecution of streamers by Chechen authorities

  The harassment of bloggers in the Chechen Instagram public at the initiative of Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, is caused by authorities' desire for total control over all spheres of life, analysts believe. The administrators of the public have posted two new videos with "education" of girls and promised that the demand from men "will be still greater."

October 22, 2021 13:40

• Injustice triggers scandal with applicants for maroon berets from Chechnya

  Maroon berets, unlike military ranks, used to be awarded transparently and fairly. In the situation with the applicants from Chechnya, military servicemen were outraged by the violation of the traditions, since many owners of maroon berets had deserved them with great difficulty, experts have noted.

October 22, 2021 13:31

• Seven figurants in Tbilisi riot case left in custody

  The court has extended the custody of seven defendants, opponents of the gay parade in Tbilisi, accused of attacking journalists.

October 22, 2021 12:55

• Azerbaijani theologian Babaev accused of treason

  Sardar Babaev, a Shiite theologian and a member of the public association "Spiritual Workers of Azerbaijan", has been arrested for four months and charged with treason. The relatives of the other four detained members and supporters of the association are unaware of their fate.

October 21, 2021 23:21

• Forced apology to Muslims in Krasnodar contradicts Sharia law

  In connection with the public apology voiced by a young woman in Krasnodar, experts have noted that the Islamic norms do not provide for any forceful influence on non-Muslims if they offend religious feelings.

October 21, 2021 23:19

• ECtHR dismisses claims of South-Ossetian residents against Georgia for violation of human rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed the complaints filed by residents of South Ossetia about the violation of human rights by Georgian militaries during the conflict in 2008. The Strasbourg Court explained its decision by the fact that the Georgian authorities had lost control over the region.

October 21, 2021 23:15

• Analysts note subsiding tension in relations between Baku and Tehran

  Tension in relations between Baku and Tehran is subsiding, and the release of Iranian truck drivers and an order for Iranian carriers to stop travelling to the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh will contribute to the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, Azerbaijani analysts suggest.

October 21, 2021 22:57

• Azerbaijan hands two detained drivers over to Iran

  The two drivers detained earlier for smuggling and illegal border crossing have been released and handed over to the Iranian party, Azerbaijani authorities have informed.

October 21, 2021 13:47

• Six people arrested in Turkey for preparing attack on Chechen oppositionists

  Four Russians, a citizen of Ukraine and a citizen of Uzbekistan have been detained in Istanbul on charges of plotting an attack on opposition figures from Chechnya.

October 21, 2021 13:44

• Chechen Speaker's statement triggers persecution of social network users

  After Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, criticized the users of the TikTok and Bigo Live, a public has appeared on the Instagram containing threats to particular users of these services.

October 21, 2021 13:38

• Rights defenders dispute about effect of jokes about public apologies in Chechnya

  Chechen authorities will ignore the jokes performed by participants in the humorous show "Igra" (Game) on the TNT TV Channel about public apologies to Kadyrov; the efficiency of this practice as an instrument of pressure on critics will not go down, human rights defenders believe.

October 21, 2021 13:29

• Speaker of Chechen Parliament threatens active social network users

  Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has sharply criticized the residents of the republic, who are broadcasting live in social networks. He believes that only discussion of "serious topics" is acceptable in social networks, and urged relatives and local officials to "deal with" the users of the services "TikTok" and "Bigo Live", who are engaged in "empty conversations".

October 20, 2021 23:59

• Shiite theologian Ilgar Ibragimoglu released after questioning in Azerbaijan

  The State Security Service of Azerbaijan released after a questioning Shiite theologian Khadji Ilgar Ibragimoglu, the head of the website “deyerler.org”.

October 20, 2021 23:56

• Defence of Ingush activists considers extension of their arrest illegal

  A court extended the arrest of the defendants accused in the “Ingush case” by three months, although investigators did not present any real grounds for such decision, advocate Djabrail Kuriev reports.

October 20, 2021 23:52

• A man suspected of raping underage activist detained in Azerbaijan

  The Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan has reported about the detention of the man suspected of raping a minor. The victim’s family expressed the hope that the suspect would be arrested.

October 20, 2021 23:49

• Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov stops his hunger strike

  Warders of the special detention facility persuaded Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov to stop his dry hunger strike. Salim Khalitov is under the supervision of a doctor, and his health state is improving, reports Uma Askerkhanova, a member of the Public Oversight Committee (POC) of Dagestan.

October 20, 2021 15:10

• Abduction of young Dagestani women from the shelter raises vulnerability issue of crisis centres

  The existing legal regulations fail to protect tenants of crisis centres from being abducted by law enforcers at requests of their relatives. Russia must adopt a special law that will prohibit relatives to approaching the victim or returning them back into the family with the help of the police, human rights defenders have stated.