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Georgian transgender man appeals to ECHR over gender recognition

Gender reassignment surgery is a prerequisite for changing the sex marker in official documents change in Georgia.

Pashinyan criticised for secretly doubling salaries of government ministers

The Armenian Prime Minister ordered the salary increase back in July 2018. 

Authorities raid homes of Ingush anti–land deal activists

Two of the men, as well as their relatives, were questioned for hours and had property seized.

Footage of alleged prison abuse in South Ossetia leaked online

Several South Ossetian MPs appealed for the interior and justice ministers to step down.

Anti–domestic violence march goes ahead in Baku despite attempts by police to disperse it

Despite police violence, protesters were able to regroup and continue the protest.

Georgia’s Rustavi 2 TV shares partially frozen after founders file lawsuit

Tbilisi City Court froze 60% of the disputed channel’s shares after two of the founders demanded they be given back ownership.

Armenian security service questions family of constitutional court chair

The father and two daughters of Hrayr Tovmasyan were questioned in the investigation into his alleged ‘seizing of state power’.

Two former senior Ingush officials under investigation

The officials were close allies of the previous head of the Republic, Yunus-bek Yevkurov.

Armenian news outlet egged for being ‘anti-Armenian’

The director of Hayeli Press Club is the sister of embattled Supreme Court head Hrayr Tovmasyan.