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Today, the Prosecutor's Office of Karachay-Cherkessia has announced that a veteran of World War II died of COVID-19 because he had been discharged from a hospital instead of treatment. The question concerning an institution of criminal prosecution against doctors is under consideration.

In Sochi, a persistent campaign for the approval of amendments to the Constitution of Russia has been launched, while there are actually no control and monitoring of the voting procedure, claim residents of the city interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

After the self-isolation regime had been imposed in Georgia, LGBT people found themselves in distress: many of them lost their jobs, lost their housing, and fell victim to domestic violence, rights defenders claim.

Medical officers from the Karachayevsk Central District Hospital reported to Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a journalist from Moscow, about the lack of medical personnel at the hospital, the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the absence of incentive payments. After the interview, the doctors were subjected to pressure.

His party colleagues have associated the detention of Firdovsi Amrakhov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), with his criticism of the authorities.

On the UN International Day in Support of Torture Victims, human rights defenders have noted the invariably difficult situation in Northern Caucasus as regards the readiness of local authorities to combat torture.

The community of Russian-speaking Jews in France has condemned the country's Interior Minister for his hostile remarks about immigrants from Chechnya after the riots in Dijon.

At his meeting with the relatives of the deceased woman from Gudermes, Ramzan Kadyrov has urged women to withstand beatings by their husbands. Such a tolerant attitude to domestic violence is unacceptable and contradicts the public morality of Northern Caucasus, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The Azerbaijani authorities began actively helping their citizens, who are waiting for their departure to homeland in the tent camp set up near the Dagestani village of Kullar. The living conditions, the nutrition and medical care in the camp have improved.

The June 24 sharp and short-term surge in the number of coronavirus survivors in Dagestani official statistics has to do with authorities' desire to present the parade and vote for amendments to the Constitution as justified, social network users have suggested.

The 700 residents of Abkhazia, who have returned from Georgia through the humanitarian corridor, were tested for coronavirus and sent to a two-week-long quarantine. Only those who have residence permits or 2016-model passports were allowed to return home.

Vitaly Vasiliev, a resident of Volgograd, faces a life sentence for the murder of Timur Gavrilov, a student from Azerbaijan.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found unlawful the decision to terminate the lawyer powers of Azerbaijani lawyer Khalid Bagirov and awarded him compensation in the amount of 18,000 euros.

Activists engaged in agitation campaign resort to persistent calls and promises in attempt to force people to vote for amendments to the Russian Constitution ahead of the schedule right in yards of their houses, residents of Krasnodar claim.

Nodar Meladze, a producer of the "Pirveli" TV Company, refused to disclose to the Georgian State Security Service his sources of information about the man detained in a case on an assassination attempt on Giorgi Gabuniya.

Shamil Gasanov, a member of the "Muslim Unity" Movement in Azerbaijan, has been arrested for three months on charges of illegal possession of weapons. Activists believe that Gasanov has been prosecuted on far-fetched charges.

The mother of the deceased Gudermes woman was forced to apologize and self-incriminate – this was the comment of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger, to the meeting with the participation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

After the riots staged in the French city of Dijon, three Chechens remain in custody; another one was released under recognizance not to leave. One of the detainees faces a long prison term.

In the morning on June 24, in the tent camp near the village of Kullar, additional places and a canteen were deployed for the Azerbaijanis waiting for the departure to their homeland; psychologists and doctors began working in the camp. The new tents were set up by employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Azerbaijan, the administration of the Derbent District reported on its website on June 24.

Most of the residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated their indifference to the amendments, or their disagreement with them.