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The documentary "Welcome to Chechnya" by the American director David France, which presents stories of persecutions of gays and lesbians in the republic, has become available to Russian spectators. Igor Kochetkov, the director of the "Russian LGBT Network" has treated the persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya as a crime against humanity.

There are no insults to Armenians and the church in the graffiti on the church in Shusha; they are easy to wash off, said Fazil Mustafa, a deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee for culture. Togrul Djuvarly, a member of the Azerbaijani Public Committee for European Integration, has compared graffiti with the inscriptions on the Reichstag in 1945.

Cases have been initiated on violations of the conditions of the military service and unjustified deaths of Armenian militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh; there are already arrested officers, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The Baku Court for Grave Crimes has sentenced journalist Polad Aslanov to 16 years in prison. Aslanov treats himself as innocent and considered his journalistic activities as the motive for his prosecution.

The opposition does not have enough votes to announce the impeachment of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and the withdrawal of several MPs from the ruling faction does not matter much, political analysts note.

The authorities deliberately keep silence concerning the information about the soldiers missed in action, claim protesters who gathered in front of the building of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Chechen investigators have started a new check of a complaint about the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev, but have not yet reported the results of the previous one, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) reports. According to lawyer Dmitry Piskunov, time for an effective investigation has been already lost.

The Azerbaijani authorities did not react to the complaints of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Yerevan about the graffiti on the walls of the cathedral in Shushi. Armenia treats the above graffiti as an example of the targeted destruction of the Armenian cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku accuses Armenia of desecrating Muslim cemeteries and mosques.

During the autumn battles in Nagorno-Karabakh, hundreds of Armenian soldiers were missed in action, and about 2400 others were recognized as deceased, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported. The Armenian authorities deliberately underestimate the number of losses, opposition leader Mikael Minasyan suggests.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has updated the information concerning casualties among the civilian population. Since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict, 94 people have been killed and 414 others have suffered.

End of the hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone; deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and departure of local residents to Armenia; protests in Yerevan demanding resignation of Prime Minister; start of negotiations between the authorities and the opposition in Georgia, dissatisfied with the election results; death of a sentenced Rostov journalist in a penal colony, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 9-15, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Employers in Northern Caucasus often take away their workers' passports under some plausible pretexts, the "Alternative" anti-slavery movement has stated after a complaint by a resident of Stavropol Territory about forced labour in Ingushetia.

Patimat Ramazanova, 63, from Kizilyurt, has been accused of taking part in a terrorist organization and placed into SIZO (pre-trial prison), despite her health problems, her advocate has stated. Patimat travelled to Syria to help her daughter and three granddaughters with returning to Dagestan, her sister has explained.

In the Karabakh conflict zone, it is necessary to solve large-scale humanitarian problems of the Armenian and Azerbaijani population, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has stated. Help should be provided to both those who lost their homes and those who are returning to the ashes many years later, Valery Borschov, a rights defender, believes.

Arthur Danielyan has been detained in Yerevan together with his associates.

During the week from November 9 to November 15, 2020, no information was received about any casualties and wounded persons in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

The Russian military servicemen and equipment, which will be used in the peacemaking mission in the Karabakh conflict zone, have been transported to Yerevan in 20 aircrafts, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Female genital mutilations are wildness, Instagram users have pointed out when discussing the story of a native of a Dagestani village. They have expressed opposing views on whether this practice speaks of a violation of women's rights in Islam.

The Kazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi was desecrated after the city was captured by Azerbaijani troops, the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has claimed. The Armenian Ministry of Culture has treated the incident as vandalism and called on international organizations to protect cultural monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Martakert-Karvachar-Vardenis highway will be closed not on November 15, but later, David Babayan, an adviser to the President of Nagorno-Karabakh, has confirmed. There is no talk of blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, President Araik Arutyunyan has assured.