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09:32, 20 March 2019
EU and USA urge Azerbaijan to completely solve the problem of political prisoners
The European Union (EU), the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe), the US Embassy in Baku and international human rights organizations have welcomed the clemency of 51 political prisoners in Azerbaijan, pointing to the need to release the rest of them. However, rights defenders have cautioned that until the country's repressive system itself is dismantled, it is not worth exaggerating the value of pardoning.
Oyub Titiev in a cell in the court room. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
09:28, 20 March 2019
Western diplomats criticize Russia for sentencing Oyub Titiev
The verdict passed to Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has shown that Russian authorities are making use of police and courts for political persecutions, the Rapporteurs of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) assert.
The film "Extreme South". Screenshot of the movie ProtivPytok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9NG2brM83c
09:24, 20 March 2019
Torture case of Anapa detainees closed
The investigator has closed the case of torturing four residents of Anapa after their detention, having decided that they tried to slander law enforcers. For 15 months of the inquiry, no suspects appeared in the case, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has noted.
23:53, 19 March 2019
"Restart Times" activists accused of trying to kidnap blogger in Yerevan
Six members of the student movement "Restart Times" were charged with attempting to kidnap Narek Malyan, an opposition video blogger.
The rally in support of Oyub Titiev in Saint Petersburg. Photo: screenshot of Yelena Grigorieva's post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=287868815461737&set=pcb.287868848795067&type=3&theater&ifg=1
23:48, 19 March 2019
Activists detained at picket in support of Oyub Titiev and accused of offenses
Law enforcers accused two activists of disobedience to policemen and another one  of occupying a land plot without permission. The other five participants of the rally in support of the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny were released without charges.
The building of the Parliament of Armenia. Photo from the website of the Armenian community in Italy Сomunitaarmena.it
23:46, 19 March 2019
Lazio recognizes Armenian Genocide
The parliament of the Italian Region of Lazio adopted a resolution recognizing the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
The police detains an activist. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
20:51, 19 March 2019
Verdict to journalist Anar Mamedov provokes criticism of Azerbaijan
The case against Anar Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the website "Criminalaz", who was subjected to a suspended sentence, should be reviewed, believes the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Having pardoned the sentenced activists, the Azerbaijani authorities are "freeing up places in prisons" for new political prisoners, states the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS).
Oyub Titiev (on the left) and Ilya Novikov, an advocate, in the court room. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:32, 19 March 2019
Chechen officials distance themselves from Oyub Titiev's sentence
Alvi Karimov, the press secretary to the leader of Chechnya, and Djambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister for National Policy, declared the Oyub Titiev's sentence mitigated in comparison with the prosecutors' request the evidence that the Chechen leaders had not interfered in the trial. The authorities have achieved their goal: they have forced independent human rights organizations out of the region, residents of Chechnya believe.
Makhmud Velitov. Screenshot of the video by Gajarbaj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9x9X55_9A
20:28, 19 March 2019
Imam Makhmud Velitov asks to transfer him to civilian hospital
Imam Makhmud Velitov, sentenced for justifying terrorism, is hospitalized, reports the Department for the Astrakhan Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). Prison doctors are to decide whether the transfer of the prisoner to a civilian hospital is justified.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: screenshot of the video by 'Nastoyascheye Vremya'('Present Time') https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=IWpIINrNOo4
16:53, 19 March 2019
Resident of Georgian border village released in South Ossetia
Givi Beruashvili, a resident of the Ditsi village on the border with South Ossetia, was released, the State Security Service of Georgia reported.
16:49, 19 March 2019
In Ingushetia, court obliges authorities to provide housing for IDPs from Chechnya
On March 18, the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia found the provision stipulating that internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Chechnya, who received monetary compensation, are not eligible to receive housing contradicts the basic law of the republic.
Oyub Titiev and Marina Dubrovina, an advocate. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
16:44, 19 March 2019
EU urges to release Oyub Titiev
The sentencing of Oyub Titiev is directly connected to his human rights work, and the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny is to be released immediately, the European Union states.
12:59, 19 March 2019
"Sasna Tsrer" collects signatures for NKR's reunification with Armenia
Since March 18, the "Sasna Tsrer" Party is collecting signatures for the reunification of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) with Armenia. Supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" believe that the unrecognized republic should join Armenia as a separate region.
Logo of the Amnesty International, screenshot of the website https://www.amnesty.org
11:56, 19 March 2019
AI condemns sentence to Oyub Titiev
The trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", held in Chechnya, has demonstrated all the evils of the Russian justice, Mary Struthers, Director of the Amnesty International (AI) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Abuzaid Vismuradov. Photo by the press service of the Grozny TV channel https://grozny.tv/
07:34, 19 March 2019
Statements of Kadyrov's security at tournament may entail public apologies
According to Caucasian traditions, a public insult entails a public apology. This was the comment of the ethnologist, Sergey Arutyunov, and the Orientalist, Akhmet Yarlykapov on the reaction of the head of Ramzan Kadyrov's security to the words of the Dagestan fighter, Rustam Kerimov.
Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsman, saw the man detained for a violation of the border with Azerbaijan. Photo by the press service of the the Armenian Ombudsman http://www.ombuds.am/media/pashtpann-aycelel-e-sahman-hatac-adrbejani-qaxaqacun.html
07:33, 19 March 2019
Armenia agrees to meeting of wounded Azerbaijani with his family
The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has expressed its readiness to ensure Alvin Ibragimov, detained at the border with Azerbaijan, to meet his relatives, guaranteeing their safety. The detainee was operated on after receiving his wound and is in satisfactory condition, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsman, wrote on his Facebook.
07:31, 19 March 2019
Brother treats sentence to Oyub Titiev as cruel
The trial of Oyub Titiev was a great stress for the family, Yakub, a brother of the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", has stated. Yakub told about the pressure at the start of the trial.
Relatives of the people disappeared during the war at a meeting with Alexander Mukomolov, a member of the presidential Human Rights Council (HRC), in March 2019 in Grozny. Photo from the website of the HRC, http://president-sovet.ru/presscenter/news/read/5345/
23:30, 18 March 2019
Residents of Chechnya complain about search of disappeared people by authorities
The authorities are too slowly looking for the remains of Chechen residents who disappeared in 1995-2010, state their relatives. They have proposed to create a special group for exhumations.
A soldier of the Karabakh army. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:28, 18 March 2019
Armenian political analysts: Nagorno-Karabakh to return to negotiating table
The return of Nagorno-Karabakh to the negotiating table proceeds from the interests of the peaceful settlement of the conflict, and Azerbaijan will have to agree to participate in the talks, state Armenian political analysts.
Elchin Sadygov, Anar Mamedov's advocate. Photo by the press service of the Amnesty International https://amnesty.org.ru/
23:26, 18 March 2019
Azerbaijani website's editor subjected to conditional sentence
In Baku, the court sentenced Anar Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the website "Criminalaz", to 5.5 years of conditional imprisonment. The journalist and his defence insisted on acquittal.
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The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.