South Caucasus

June 18, 2026 17:11

• Archbishop Galstanyan's house arrest has been extended.

  The court extended Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan's house arrest for three months, allowing him to attend liturgy in Etchmiadzin once a week.

June 18, 2026 16:11

• Karapetyan announced that 103 of his associates had been arrested.

  The Anti-Corruption Committee reported new arrests of representatives of the "Strong Armenia" bloc in cases of election bribery. Approximately 760 supporters of the bloc were detained in similar cases, and 103 were arrested, according to bloc leader Samvel Karapetyan.

June 18, 2026 13:11

• A suspect in the murder of artist Skrepetsky has been detained.

  A man with a passport issued in Georgia has been detained near Warsaw in connection with the murder of cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky), who ridiculed the Kadyrov family in his work.

June 18, 2026 07:44

• An activist of the opposition Azerbaijani party was arrested for 30 days.

  Anar Huseynov, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been arrested for disobeying police. The party believes the charge is trumped-up and politically motivated.

June 18, 2026 02:51

• Azerbaijani activist Akhmedov sentenced to lengthy prison term

  A court in Ganja sentenced Azerbaijani activist Asef Akhmedov to eight years in prison in a case involving Western grants to NGOs. In his final statement, Akhmedov denied the charges and claimed the case was falsified.

June 18, 2026 01:52

• An Abkhaz court sentenced a Georgian citizen to prison on espionage charges.

  The Supreme Court of Abkhazia found Shalva Khizanishvili guilty of espionage, sentencing him to six years and nine months in prison.

June 18, 2026 00:56

• Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of Elene Khoshtaria.

  On the 567th day of continuous protests in Tbilisi, activists responded to a lawyer's report of the deteriorating health of Droa Party leader Elene Khoshtaria. Protesters demanded Khoshtaria's release from prison.

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