South Caucasus

December 05, 2025 23:47

• Activists in Tbilisi demanded that authorities identify the toxic substances used to disperse protests.

  Relatives of political prisoners at a rally outside the Georgian parliament called on the authorities to disclose the names of the chemicals used to disperse protests in late 2024. Protesters marched from the parliament to the government office.

December 05, 2025 15:29

• Police stopped a rally by Karimli's supporters in Baku.

  At least eight supporters of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli were detained after planning to gather outside the courthouse where the appeal against the politician's arrest was being heard. Some of them, including Karimli's relative Elnur Seyidov, whose home had been searched the previous day, were released. The court upheld Karimli's arrest.

December 05, 2025 11:45

• Archbishop Khachatryan arrested in drug trafficking case

  The court placed Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church Arshak Khachatryan under arrest for two months on charges of drug trafficking.

December 05, 2025 09:27

• The defense asked for the acquittal of the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh.

  At a hearing in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, lawyers said the guilt of their clients, the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, was unproven and called on the court to acquit them.

December 05, 2025 04:34

• The case of Karen Avanesyan came to court

  The case of Khankendi resident Karen Avanesyan, accused of attacking Azerbaijani security forces, has been transferred to the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes.

December 04, 2025 21:25

• Protesters in Tbilisi have called for an investigation into the use of chemical agents to disperse protests.

  Opposition parties, activists, and students have announced a large-scale march on December 6 demanding an international investigation into the use of chemical agents against protesters in November-December 2024.

December 04, 2025 21:25

• Protesters in Tbilisi have called for an investigation into the use of chemical agents to disperse protests.

  Opposition parties, activists, and students have announced a large-scale march on December 6 demanding an international investigation into the use of chemical agents against protesters in November-December 2024.

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