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Residents of Georgia with the country's flags at a protest action. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, at the rally in Tbilisi on October 14, 2021

12:15, 24 April 2022

Analysts assess likelihood of large-scale street protests in Georgia

The Russia's special operation in Ukraine has completely changed the security map of the world; therefore, the NATO member-countries have decided to support Georgia more strongly, a NATO source has stated.

20:32, 23 April 2022

Political analysts sceptical on prospects for changing power in Armenia

In the opinion of political analysts, the Armenian society has a great demand for changing the state power. However, in their opinion, the opposition lacks the due resources to oppose Nikol Pashinyan's power.

20:28, 23 April 2022

Refugees from Ukraine complain about absence of help from Azeri authorities

The natives of Azerbaijan, who left Ukraine after the start of the special operation and returned to their historical homeland, have complained about the insufficient authorities' attention to their problems. According to their stories, they have to look for housing and livelihoods on their own.

Samir Ashurov, an activist from Azerbaijan. Screenshot https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2022/3/free/Social/ru/3167.htm

18:43, 23 April 2022

Rights defenders and Samir Ashurov's wife treat his case as political persecution

The case of Samir Ashurov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has to do with his civil position, his wife believes. His case is in many ways similar to the persecution of other critics of the authorities, human rights defenders have pointed out.

Participants to the action in Berlin. Photo by the press service of the DAS association

18:41, 23 April 2022

Political emigrants from Azerbaijan demand to protect rights of activists extradited from Germany

In front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and offices of human rights organizations located in Berlin, the Azerbaijani political emigrants living in Germany have held protest actions, demanding to release the activists who had been expelled from Germany and arrested in Baku.

18:35, 23 April 2022

Another detachment of Chechen volunteers goes to Ukraine

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has informed about sending another detachment of volunteers to participate in the Russia's special operation in Ukraine.

Hajj. Photo: Tahir mq https://ru.wikipedia.org

18:27, 23 April 2022

Saudi Arabia halves the Hajj quota for Russian Muslims

The Hajj quota for Russian Muslims, a significant part of which are pilgrims from Dagestan, has become twice as small as it was before the pandemic. A total of 11,318 Muslims from Russia will be able to make the pilgrimage to Mecca this year.

18:25, 23 April 2022

Over 1400 persons support opponents of changing Nagorno-Karabakh status

On the fifth day of their hunger strike held in Yerevan, two activists have gathered over 1400 signatures against the attempts to change the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. The collection of signatures makes it possible to estimate the number of supporters of the action, Arthur Avagyan, one of the hunger-strikers, has stated.

14:33, 23 April 2022

Activists stop hunger strike in Yerevan

Nver Kirakosyan and Arthur Avagyan, who had gone on a hunger strike in order to draw Armenians' attention to the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh status, have stopped their action. They intend to continue their struggle by other methods.

14:32, 23 April 2022

KBR resident detained for discrediting Russian militaries

Zaurbek Zhambekov is suspected of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after a policewoman complained that Zaurbek's daughter had torn off a sticker in the shape of the letter Z from her car.

The father (on the right) of the sailor from Dagestan who perished in Ukraine received the Order of Courage for his son https://t.me/sergokal/187

23:38, 22 April 2022

Father of sailor from Dagestan perished in Ukraine receives an award for his son

Senior sailor Isa Khalimbekov perished in Ukraine, and his family received the Order of Courage for him, the administration of the Sergokala District of Dagestan reported.

A memorial plaque installed in memory of Dmitry Podoprigora who perished in Ukraine. Photo: https://turkmenskiy.ru/press-tsentr/novosti/otkrytie-memorialnoy-doski-pamyati-dmitriya-podoprigora/#images-18

23:34, 22 April 2022

Memorial plaque opened in memory of a Stavropol native who perished in Ukraine

Junior Sergeant Dmitry Podoprigora perished in Ukraine, and a memorial plaque was installed on the school building in the village of Kazgulak, where he studied, the administration of the Turkmen municipal district reported.

A prison cell. Photo by Yuliya Simatova / Yugopolis

23:33, 22 April 2022

Sixty prisoners continue their hunger strike in Dimitrovgrad after beatings of natives of Caucasus

The Ombudsperson of the Ulyanovsk Region has announced that 22 convicts in the Dimitrovgrad prison wrote declarations about going on a hunger strike, and 38 more people participate in the protest action unofficially.

Rufat Safarov. Photo https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2020/2/free/politics%20news/ru/87395.htm

23:28, 22 April 2022

Human rights defender Rufat Safarov complains about arbitrariness of law enforcer

Azerbaijani human rights defender Rufat Safarov was not allowed to attend the trial in a case against Ali Aliev, the leader of the “Citizens and Development” Party. Rufat Safarov had a quarrel with law enforcers in a yard of the Baku court, as he tried to argue against the refusal in access to the court building.

Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:11, 22 April 2022

Pashinyan rules out agreement with Baku without discussion in Nagorno-Karabakh

An agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed only after the public discussion in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan assures. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev threatens to reconsider the attitude towards the territorial integrity of Armenia if Yerevan refuses a peace treaty.

19:20, 22 April 2022

Yerevan: activists start collecting signatures against changing Nagorno-Karabakh status

Nver Kirakosyan and Arthur Avagyan, who are on the fourth day of their hunger strike in Yerevan in protest against the attempts to change the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, have gathered nearly a thousand signatures of their supporters.

The detention of Olga Gorelik. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/polniypc/2256

19:13, 22 April 2022

After her picket in Moscow, right defender accused of discrediting Army

Law enforcers have accused Olga Gorelik, a former employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*, went to a pacifist picket in Moscow, of discrediting the Russian Army.

Samir Ashurov. Photo http://www.massa.az/news/ru/17879/policiya-zaderjala-oppozicionnogo-aktivista-departirovannogo-iz-germanii

19:07, 22 April 2022

Activist Samir Ashurov arrested for four months

A court in Baku has jailed Samir Ashurov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), for four months. He denied the accusation of attacking a man with a knife and claimed that he had been beaten up by law enforcers.

Valery Badmaev. Screenshot of the video ZaaN Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acoVOoNDBKU

18:31, 22 April 2022

After detention of official, Altan Ochirov, in Kalmykia, rights defender demands to check law enforcers' actions

Valery Badmaev, an oppositional journalist and human rights defender, has demanded from investigators to check the information about the use of physical force during the detention of Altan Ochirov, an employee of the administration of the city of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia.

A gavel and handcuffs. Photo by Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis

18:22, 22 April 2022

Dagestani resident sentenced to 12 years within terrorism case

A court in Rostov-on-Don has found Magomed Ramazanov, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of preparing explosions and attacks on law enforcers in Makhachkala and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

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