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12:42, 7 November 2021

Activists worry about fate of Azerbaijani oppositionist

The reason for the non-admission of the advocate to Malik Rzaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) may be his torture, his advocate and activists have suggested.

12:39, 7 November 2021

Thousands of Saakashvili's supporters gather at Rustavi Prison

In front of the prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, an ex-President of Georgia, is kept, an action began with a demand to place him into a private hospital and cancel the outcomes of the municipal elections.

12:37, 7 November 2021

Baku court rejects activist's complaint on torture

A Baku court has dismissed a complaint about torture lodged by Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). His defence intends to appeal against the dismissal.

23:34, 6 November 2021

Analysts explain victories of Kadyrov's sons in boxing by demonstration of power

Ramzan Kadyrov's sons are fighting in tournaments as the head of Chechnya is trying to demonstrate his power. His sons' victories are guaranteed regardless of the type of event and despite the fact that this brings Kadyrov more criticism than promotion, analysts have noted.

23:33, 6 November 2021

Georgian SSS reports opposition's plans to seize power by force

Supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili plan to kill one of the opposition leaders in order to trigger resonance, block government buildings, the presidential administration and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and overthrow the government, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

23:30, 6 November 2021

Advocate complains about non-admission to arrested activist in Azerbaijan

The advocate of Malik Rzaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), accused of drug dealing, claims that he cannot visit his client. Rzaev's relatives disagree with the charges and believe that the real reason for his arrest is his criticism of Azerbaijani authorities.

14:56, 6 November 2021

Elene Khoshtariya refuses to end her hunger strike

Elene Khoshtariya, the leader of the oppositional "Droa" Party, has been on a hunger strike for the third day; she is holding it in the building of the parliament. She has stated her intention to pass over to harsher measures, if her demand to transfer the third president of Georgia from prison to a civil clinic is not fulfilled.

14:54, 6 November 2021

Trial of Goris Mayor held at the background of his supporters' rally

The court has granted the defence's petition and allowed visits of his relatives to Arush Arushanyan, the Mayor of the city of Goris. His supporters held an action at the courthouse demanding his release.

14:53, 6 November 2021

Georgian judges distance off official criticism of Western diplomats

Thirteen judges have refused to support the harsh response of the judicial conference to the US and EU diplomats regarding the election of new members of the Georgia's Supreme Council of Justice. Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has called on Washington to support the struggle for the courts' independence with personal sanctions.

23:59, 5 November 2021

Saakashvili’s associates announce an indefinite rally near prison

After visiting the third president of Georgia in prison, an advocate has reported that Mikhail Saakashvili is not able to stand on his feet and think coherently on the 36th day of his hunger strike. The leader of the “United National Movement” Party has announced an indefinite protest action in front of the prison in Rustavi.

Screenshot of Magomed Delimkhanov's post, https://www.instagram.com/p/CV1WhjjISI6/

23:57, 5 November 2021

A nephew of Kadyrov thanks him for winning boxing tournament in Grozny

At the “Time of Legends-7” tournament, not only a son of the leader of Chechnya, but also his nephew Magomed Delimkhanov became a winner. The boxer said that he owed the victory to his “dear uncle.”

23:56, 5 November 2021

Blogger Tumso criticizes oppositionist Yashin speaking about Kadyrov

Opposition MP Ilya Yashin, who posted a video criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov, shifted the focus, while talking about the border conflict between Chechnya and Ingushetia and the proposals to legalize polygamy in Chechnya and the fighting efficiency of the “Kadyrov’s army,” blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov notes.

21:59, 5 November 2021

Azerbaijani parliament decides to release over 3000 prisoners

Azerbaijani MPs have voted for the amnesty act, timed to coincide with the Victory Day in the Karabakh war in 2020. The parliament’s resolution does not solve the problem of political prisoners, human rights defenders note.

Special purpose machinery of the Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan

21:55, 5 November 2021

Azerbaijani border guard dies during exercises

Tural Akram oglu Akhmedov, an extended service sergeant, was fatally wounded by a grenade fragment during a field exercise held in Western Azerbaijan.

A fragment of the fight of Abdulkerim Edilov against Richard Larti. Screenshot of the video by Match TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=symn20aXJt4

21:54, 5 November 2021

Social network commentators dispute on genre of fights in "Akhmat" Club

The videos of the fights at the boxing tournament in Grozny have sparked a resonance in the social network. Some commentators have suggested that they saw a circus performance; other – that it was a staged performance. Users have ridiculed Eli Kadyrov's fight; experts also drew attention to the dubious outcome of the fight of Abdulkerim Edilov against Richard Larti.

Participants of the conflict in the Chkondid diocese. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/100065517498769/videos/392501639240616/?t=0

21:49, 5 November 2021

Monks detained in Georgian village after conflict with law enforcers

In the Georgian village of Salkhino, five persons were taken to the police after refusing to leave the monastery and rendering resistance to law enforcers. Other excommunicated monks stated that they would not leave the monastery territory either, despite the demands of the Patriarch's secretary.

Screenshot of the video published on Mikhail Saakashvili's Facebook, 27.09.21, https://fb.watch/8jaaOTeSGP/

19:49, 5 November 2021

Saakashvili's health condition deteriorates seriously

Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former President of Georgia, has problems with communication and memory on the 35th day of his hunger strike. He refused to cooperate with a doctors' council convened by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), demanding to be examined by an independent council.

Eli Kadyrov's victory. Screenshot of the record of Kadyrov's son's fight on the KavkazPress YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlbyBAngNc

19:47, 5 November 2021

Video confirms pre-agreed nature of Kadyrov's son's fight

Eli Kadyrov's rival has surrendered the fight by going on the defensive and avoiding attacks, social media users assert after watching a record of Kadyrov's son's fight at the tournament in Grozny. At the tournament, the coach of Kadyrov's sons also won by knockout.

Diana Dibirova. Screenshot https://twitter.com/akhalchi/status/1384838943275892739

14:22, 5 November 2021

Law enforcer punished for detaining activist Diana Dibirova in Makhachkala

The policeman who on January 23 brought the student, Diana Dibirova, to the police station from the square in Makhachkala has been brought to disciplinary responsibility.

23:56, 4 November 2021

ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay compensation to relatives of two Armenian POWs

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded the compensations in the amounts of 40,000 euros to the family of Mamikon Khodjoyan and the family of Karen Petrosyan, residents of the Tavush Region of Armenia, who were captured and tortured in Azerbaijan in 2014.

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