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October 21, 2021 23:21

• Forced apology to Muslims in Krasnodar contradicts Sharia law

  In connection with the public apology voiced by a young woman in Krasnodar, experts have noted that the Islamic norms do not provide for any forceful influence on non-Muslims if they offend religious feelings.

October 21, 2021 23:19

• ECtHR dismisses claims of South-Ossetian residents against Georgia for violation of human rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed the complaints filed by residents of South Ossetia about the violation of human rights by Georgian militaries during the conflict in 2008. The Strasbourg Court explained its decision by the fact that the Georgian authorities had lost control over the region.

October 21, 2021 23:15

• Analysts note subsiding tension in relations between Baku and Tehran

  Tension in relations between Baku and Tehran is subsiding, and the release of Iranian truck drivers and an order for Iranian carriers to stop travelling to the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh will contribute to the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, Azerbaijani analysts suggest.

October 21, 2021 22:57

• Azerbaijan hands two detained drivers over to Iran

  The two drivers detained earlier for smuggling and illegal border crossing have been released and handed over to the Iranian party, Azerbaijani authorities have informed.

October 21, 2021 13:47

• Six people arrested in Turkey for preparing attack on Chechen oppositionists

  Four Russians, a citizen of Ukraine and a citizen of Uzbekistan have been detained in Istanbul on charges of plotting an attack on opposition figures from Chechnya.

October 21, 2021 13:44

• Chechen Speaker's statement triggers persecution of social network users

  After Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, criticized the users of the TikTok and Bigo Live, a public has appeared on the Instagram containing threats to particular users of these services.

October 21, 2021 13:38

• Rights defenders dispute about effect of jokes about public apologies in Chechnya

  Chechen authorities will ignore the jokes performed by participants in the humorous show "Igra" (Game) on the TNT TV Channel about public apologies to Kadyrov; the efficiency of this practice as an instrument of pressure on critics will not go down, human rights defenders believe.

October 21, 2021 13:29

• Speaker of Chechen Parliament threatens active social network users

  Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has sharply criticized the residents of the republic, who are broadcasting live in social networks. He believes that only discussion of "serious topics" is acceptable in social networks, and urged relatives and local officials to "deal with" the users of the services "TikTok" and "Bigo Live", who are engaged in "empty conversations".

October 20, 2021 23:59

• Shiite theologian Ilgar Ibragimoglu released after questioning in Azerbaijan

  The State Security Service of Azerbaijan released after a questioning Shiite theologian Khadji Ilgar Ibragimoglu, the head of the website “deyerler.org”.

October 20, 2021 23:56

• Defence of Ingush activists considers extension of their arrest illegal

  A court extended the arrest of the defendants accused in the “Ingush case” by three months, although investigators did not present any real grounds for such decision, advocate Djabrail Kuriev reports.

October 20, 2021 23:52

• A man suspected of raping underage activist detained in Azerbaijan

  The Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan has reported about the detention of the man suspected of raping a minor. The victim’s family expressed the hope that the suspect would be arrested.

October 20, 2021 23:49

• Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov stops his hunger strike

  Warders of the special detention facility persuaded Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov to stop his dry hunger strike. Salim Khalitov is under the supervision of a doctor, and his health state is improving, reports Uma Askerkhanova, a member of the Public Oversight Committee (POC) of Dagestan.

October 20, 2021 15:10

• Abduction of young Dagestani women from the shelter raises vulnerability issue of crisis centres

  The existing legal regulations fail to protect tenants of crisis centres from being abducted by law enforcers at requests of their relatives. Russia must adopt a special law that will prohibit relatives to approaching the victim or returning them back into the family with the help of the police, human rights defenders have stated.

October 20, 2021 15:04

• Five believers detained in Azerbaijan

  Law enforcers have detained five members and supporters of the public association entitled "Spiritual Figures of Azerbaijan". The believers' houses and apartments were searched; their PCs and mobile phones were seized.

October 20, 2021 14:58

• Applicants for maroon berets from Chechnya give reason for criticism by Kadyrov's opponents

  The incident at the Tambukan training centre is being actively discussed in social networks. Many commentators have linked the story about the dishonest struggle of Chechen fighters with the distribution practice of undeserved titles and awards widespread in the republic, while the 1ADAT outlet has treated the incident as law enforcers' desire to curry Kadyrov's favour.

October 20, 2021 14:53

• Shiite theologian Ilgar Ibragimoglu detained in Azerbaijan

  After searching his home, policemen have detained Haji Ilgar Ibragimoglu, a Shiite theologian and the head of the deyerler.org website. Law enforcers' interest in Ibragimoglu may have to do with a wave of repressions against religious figures amid the aggravation of Azerbaijani-Iranian relations; he can be accused of treason, human rights defenders believe.

October 20, 2021 14:46

• ECtHR awards compensation to mother of murdered resident of Ingushetia

  Russian authorities failed to conduct an efficient inquiry into the death of Muslim Kuriev, a resident of the village of Plievo, who was killed in a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) in 2014, and are responsible for his death, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Muslim's mother named Laila was awarded compensation in the amount of 60,000 euros.

October 20, 2021 14:41

• Five Armenian POWs returned home

  Azerbaijan has handed over to Armenia five prisoners of war (POWs) who had been sentenced in Baku to six years in prison; they were sent from the airport to the medical centre. The father of one of the missing servicemen has called for a protest action near the building of the Armenian Government on October 20.

October 20, 2021 14:35

• Police use force to detain activist Mekhtieva in Baku

  The family of a minor Azerbaijani activist has failed to achieve an inquiry into the rape for a year already; the girl's mother treats it as a political order and revenge for her daughter's activeness in defending women's rights. Gyulnara Mekhtieva, a feminist, was detained for the demand to bring her companion's rapist to justice.

October 19, 2021 23:59

• Caucasian experts predict danger for natives of Dagestan returned from Kazan shelter

  After returning to their husbands, the young women who fled from their relatives in Dagestan and were abducted by law enforcers from a shelter in Kazan, face a risk to fall victim to “honour killings” even against the background of the publicity of their story. This opinion has been voiced by Caucasian experts.