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Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/elzamin.salayev/videos/158496345182695/

23:59, 6 August 2021

Azerbaijani opposition leader Alizamin Salaev denied CER

The court dismissed a motion for conditional early relief (CER) filed by Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and the defence of the oppositionist will challenge the above court’s decision. Alizamin Salaev said that he was on hunger strike for the third day because of the lack of medical assistance.

23:57, 6 August 2021

Chechen native sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of blogger criticizing Kadyrov

In Austria, a court sentenced Sarali Akhtaev to life imprisonment in a case on the murder of Mamikhan Umarov, a blogger, well-known for criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov.

19:02, 6 August 2021

Affinity with Kadyrov’s friend helps Chechen law enforcer detained in Dagestan

On suspicion of illegal possession of firearms, a person may be detained for at least three days, but in the case of a Chechen law enforcer in Khasavyurt, his relationship with the Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya played its role, veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) suggested.

18:57, 6 August 2021

Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations of shelling attacks

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported about a shelling attack in the direction of the Yeraskh village, while the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan claimed a shelling attack on its positions in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR).

An employee of the Azerbaijani Demining Agency. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Demining Agency (known as ANAMA) https://www.facebook.com/official.anama.gov.az/

18:53, 6 August 2021

Azerbaijani sapper wounded by mine explosion

An employee of the Azerbaijani Demining Agency has suffered at an anti-personnel mine explosion in the Karabakh conflict zone.

An Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence

15:46, 6 August 2021

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of border shelling

Screenshot of the post on the page "News Ingushetii Official" on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newsingushetii/?ref=page_internal"

11:29, 6 August 2021

Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev is back at large

Magomed Khamkhoev, an activist, convicted of inciting an attack on law enforcers during mass protests in Magas, has been released from the Pyatigorsk SIZO (pre-trial prison).

An entrance to the Armenian Parliament. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:26, 6 August 2021

Armenian journalists demand to return Lilian Galstyan's accreditation in parliament

The deprivation of Lilian Galstyan, a photojournalist of the "Panorama.am", of her accreditation at the Armenian Parliament indicates authorities' attempts to restrict the freedom of speech, Armenian journalist and public organizations have stated.

01:48, 6 August 2021

Health condition of rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev worsens sharply

Ogtai Gyulyalyev, an Azerbaijani human rights defender, who has been in a coma since November 2019, has been placed into the intensive care unit of a Baku hospital. Doctors assess his condition as critical.

01:33, 6 August 2021

Fellow villagers report repeated disappearance of Ibragim Musaev

Ibragim Musaev, a resident of the village of Sernovodsky, who returned home two days ago after his disappearing in June, disappeared again on August 4. His fellow villagers saw a police car with North-Ossetian license number plates near Musaev's house, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.

Participants of a rally in Magas, March 26, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot

23:13, 5 August 2021

Defence claims attempts to conceal materials proving Ingush activists not guilty

Advocates of the leaders of the Ingush protests have obtained the involvement in the case of the experts who did not find any extremist appeals in the statements voiced by the defendants. The defence claims that investigators concealed the results of the expert examinations.

Installation “Bribe-Prison” created by sculptor Alexander Chaplygin, Stavropol, August 4, 2021. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CSI-sYaqsLq/

22:56, 5 August 2021

Stavropol law enforcers refuse to accept a symbolic golden toilet bowl

After an arrest of the chief for the GIBDD (Road Police) Department for the Stavropol Territory, artist Alexander Chaplygin offered the police department an installation with a golden toilet bowl as a reminder of the punishment for bribery. Alexander Chaplygin was detained and complained that law enforcers threatened to institute against him a case for insulting a public officer.

Azerbaijani police department in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

19:39, 5 August 2021

Two residents of Azerbaijan detained for violating ban on visiting Karabakh

In the Kelbadjar District, the police detained two residents who tried to enter the areas not cleared of mines in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan reports.

Radisson Roza Khutor' hotel. Photo: Nina Zotina, Yuga.ru, http://www.yuga.ru/news/357209/

19:24, 5 August 2021

Sochi hoteliers claim outflow of tourists

In Sochi, after the requirement of the vaccination had been imposed for tourists, the hotel occupancy rate has decreased by almost 1.5 times, and about a third of the resort’s guests refuse to be vaccinated, hotel owners complain.

Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot: http://www.facebook/elzamin.salayev/videos/158496345182695

14:02, 5 August 2021

Alizamin Salaev goes on hunger strike in Azerbaijani colony

Alizamin Salaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has announced a hunger strike in the colony, demanding to provide him with medical care. Salaev's health has worsened, his son has informed.

Checking point at Abkhazia-Russia border. Photo: user DILIN, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Государственная_граница_Республики_Абхазия

13:40, 5 August 2021

Seven countries urge Russia to refuse recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Seven Western countries have signed a joint statement calling on Russia to recall its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and to immediately withdraw its troops from there.

Empty classroom. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot

13:25, 5 August 2021

Parents demand to complete building school in Karabulak

Residents of the town of Karabulak in Ingushetia went out to a rally near the building of the unfinished school, which officials have promised to open for three and a half years. In protest, parents decided not to send their children to other schools on September 1, Zarema Akhilgova, the head of the parent committee, has stated.

Magomed Daudov presents Ramzan Kadyrov with a T-shirt of the Akhmat football club with the emblem of a bookmaker, July 31, 2021. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLU3QA4zGuE&t=525s

11:03, 5 August 2021

Bookmakers' ads jeopardize reputation of "Akhmat" FC among Muslims

Under the terms of the sponsor's agreement, the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) is now advertised by the "PariMatch" betting company, the logo of which is on the players' T-shirts. The cooperation with bookmakers will not improve the club's image among Muslims, since gambling is prohibited by Islam, experts have noted.

Policemen taking the posters away from the activists, Baku, August 4, 2021. Screenshot: Meydan TV, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9Wy_44uWs

08:39, 5 August 2021

Azerbaijani feminists blame authorities for death of domestic violence victim

A group of feminists has held a rally in front of a police building in Baku aiming to draw attention to the death of Sevindj Magerramova, a resident of the settlement of Zira, who had complained of beating by her husband. The protesters poured paint on the building and were detained for half an hour.

08:20, 5 August 2021

Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions on Armenian border

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Kelbadjar District have been shelled from Armenia, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

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