Georgian PM says homophobia is ‘exaggerated’ following last week’s homophobic siege
Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze said: ‘I don’t think that [queer rights] is a problematic issue in Georgia’.
Editor and journalist from Daghestani newspaper Chernovik detained on terror charges
Abdulmumin Gadzhiyev is the editor of the religion section of Chernovik.
New anti–hate speech bill for Georgian TV stations slammed by rights groups
the Coalition for Media Advocacy said the bill would give the state leverage to influence the media.
Arrests in Tbilisi as queer rights activists and homophobic counter protesters face-off
The activists were eventually evacuated by police in the early hours of Saturday morning after a six and a half hour stand-off.
Residents of Daghestan demolish Chechen road sign at the border near Kizlyar
Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov threatened to ‘break the fingers’ and ‘tear out the tongues’ of people insulting Chechens online.
Georgian government urged to crack down on forced marriages after ‘16-year-old rape victim kidnapped again’
The girl was first kidnapped and raped by man 10 years older than her when she was 14-years-old, human rights groups have said.
Ruling party loses majority in South Ossetian parliament
The ruling United Ossetia Party of President Anatoly Bibilov won just 14 of 34 seats, preliminary election results suggest.
Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria on drugs charges
Activists insist he is being framed for his criticism of the authorities.
Chechen rights activist Titiyev granted parole
Titiyev could be released in ten days after serving one-third of his four-year sentence.
Editorial | I/We are Golunov, and Geriyev, and Kochesoko…
The arrest of Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov mirrors the treatment of government critics in the North Caucasus.