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June 16, 2022 12:02

• Court commutes verdict to Ingush activist Myakiev

  The court has found Ingush activist, Bagaudin Myakiev, guilty of using violence against "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) fighters at a rally in Magas and sentenced him to 1.5 years in prison. Myakiev has already served four months more within his case and can claim compensation, his advocate asserts.

June 16, 2022 11:52

• Pashinyan’s opponents hold a march in Yerevan

  Opposition supporters, demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, held a march in the centre of Yerevan and blocked traffic along a city street. Protest actions will be continued, opposition MPs assure.

June 16, 2022 11:49

• Activists call a case against blogger Sidamon an infringement of freedom of speech

  A case against Ossetian blogger Batraz Misikov is related to his civil position. If the court finds him guilty, that could be the beginning of mass persecution for expressing own own opinion, activists and bloggers point out.

June 16, 2022 11:44

• Workers of “Borjomi” factories in Georgia complain to court about violation of their rights

  Striking “Borjomi” workers have requested a court to oblige the “Borjomi” Company management to improve working conditions at the factories and reinstate dismissed workers, trade union leader Giorgi Diasamidze reports.

June 16, 2022 11:30

• Ingush authorities distance themselves from creating national park on border with Chechnya

  After the statement by the Russian Minister of Natural Resources about receiving documents from the Ingush side concerning creation of the Daimokkh Park, Magomed Evloev, Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia, has explained the republic’s authorities still do not support the idea of creating a park on the border with Chechnya and has only signed a roadmap for its creation.

June 15, 2022 23:49

• Reaction to graffiti with Z becomes message of Azerbaijani authorities

  With the information about the detention of a resident of Baku, suspected of applying graffiti with the letter Z on a wall of a cultural monument, the authorities of Azerbaijan pointedly distanced themselves from supporting the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, analysts say.

June 15, 2022 15:14

• After complaint to Kadyrov, analysts predict loyal attitude to volunteers

  The volunteers, who complained to Kadyrov about problems with payments and medical care after returning from Ukraine, took this risk out of desperation, Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian expert, and Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, believe.

June 15, 2022 15:11

• Students' protests fail to convince TSU bosses to allow online exams

  Despite prolonged protests held by students of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) and the promise of its Academic Council to allow exams to be taken remotely, the TSU top managers have announced that final exams would be held in person.

June 15, 2022 15:08

• Opposition closes its tent camp in central Yerevan

  The participants of the protest action, held in central Yerevan since May 1, have rolled up their tents and will now join the activists seeking the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan in their street protests, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, a Vice-Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, has explained.

June 15, 2022 14:59

• Head of Magaramkent District announces officer's death in Ukraine

  Tadjib Israfilov, a paratrooper officer, perished in Ukraine, Farid Akhmedov, the head of the Magaramkent District, has informed. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 145 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

June 15, 2022 14:56

• Ossetian blogger treats case on hate kindling as fabricated

  The interrogation of the linguist, who had conducted the examination of the post by the Ossetian blogger, Batraz Misikov (Sidamon), has revealed violations in the procedure; and the defence demanded that his conclusion be declared invalid.

June 15, 2022 14:45

• Armenian opposition abandons round-the-clock protest action in Yerevan

  The opposition is closing down its tent camp in France Square in Yerevan and changing its struggle strategy, but not its goals; and activists should be ready to resume its round-the-clock protest regime if necessary. This was stated by Ishkhan Sagatelyan, an oppositional politician.

June 15, 2022 14:29

• Defence points to contradictions in statements of prosecution witness in case against Dagestani journalist Gadjiev

  At a court hearing in the case against Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, and Kemal Tambiev, a secret prosecution witness found it difficult to remember her testimony, which she had given to an investigator.

June 15, 2022 11:45

• Resident of Baku detained for graffiti with letter Z

  The police detained Alexander Saprykin, a resident of Baku, suspecting him of depicting the letter Z on the wall of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve “Icherisheher”. The man faces administrative responsibility.

June 14, 2022 19:37

• Car driver detained after crashing into opposition tents in Yerevan

  The police detained a driver and two passengers of a car that drove into opposition tents in the capital of Armenia. No one was injured, the police report.

June 14, 2022 19:34

• Russia refuses to comply with ECtHR’s decision concerning law on foreign agents

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered complaints filed by 73 Russian NGOs against the Russian law on foreign agents and recognized it as inconsistent with the right to freedom of association. The ECtHR awarded compensation for moral and material damage to be paid to the complainants.

June 14, 2022 19:08

• Rights defenders call on the Azerbaijani authorities to release Ilham Aslanoglu

  The Azerbaijan Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has condemned the country's authorities for arresting the lawyer, Ilham Aslanoglu, on defamatory charges, and demanded his immediate release.

June 14, 2022 19:02

• Kuban resident accused of discrediting armed forces

  The case of Evgeny Ostapenko, a resident of the Temryuk District of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), accused of discrediting the Russian militaries, has been brought to court.

June 14, 2022 18:56

• Journalists assess reaction of passers-by to pickets in Gadjiev's support

  Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, and Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the outlet, who held solo pickets in Makhachkala in support of their colleague Abdulmumin Gadjiev, have noted different reactions of passers-by to their pickets.

June 14, 2022 18:50

• Caucasian scholars explain goals of public reconciliation of blood feudists in Chechnya

  From ancient times, the respect for the clergy and authorities has helped resolving blood feudists' conflicts; and making these events public allowed priests and officials to demonstrate their influence, Caucasian experts have noted.