South Caucasus

October 30, 2026 17:50

• In Azerbaijan, protests against the ban on wearing hijabs in schools have shifted to non-public resistance.

  In Azerbaijan, mass protests against the ban on attending schools in hijabs have ceased, but the restrictions remain in place, and discontent continues in the form of individual actions near school buildings. According to activists and human rights defenders, participants in the protests and their relatives face detentions, police summons, and other forms of pressure.

October 30, 2026 13:54

• Politicians and residents of Abkhazia laid flowers at the monument to the victims of political repression.

  The President of Abkhazia, the leaders of the republic and Sukhumi, and the residents laid flowers at the monument to the victims of repression. A total of about seven thousand residents of Abkhazia were killed during the years of repression.

October 30, 2026 06:00

• Residents of the Abkhaz village complained about the stench from the landfill.

  Residents of the village of Alakhadzy are facing problems due to the strong smell from the nearby landfill, the villagers reported. The burning of waste and the pollution of water sources pose health risks to people, confirmed an ecologist.

October 30, 2026 03:53

• Lawyers demanded to resume the investigation into Davitadze's complaint.

  The investigation into the complaint of convicted Georgy Davitadze regarding sexualized violence in prison needs to be resumed, and he should be recognized as a victim, stated the Association of Young Lawyers. The published video, according to human rights defenders, does not rule out violence.

October 29, 2026 23:58

• Demonstrators in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners.

  Supporters of Georgia's eurointegration, despite the heavy rain, took to the streets for a protest in the center of Tbilisi for the 701st consecutive day.

October 29, 2026 22:59

• Polad Aslanov's wife was denied a meeting with him.

  The wife of Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, who is on hunger strike in detention, was denied a personal meeting with her husband. Aslanov himself reported by phone that he was beaten in the colony.

October 29, 2026 22:18

• An Armenian native has been sentenced to a long term in the Russian Federation for comments on social media.

  The Second Eastern District Military Court sentenced Armenian native Gevorg Grigoryan to nine and a half years in a penal colony, whose comments on social media were deemed by the prosecution as calls for terrorism and extremism.

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