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Amnesty International

Georgian authorities ‘investigating’ media giant Palitra

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has ordered media holding group Palitra Media to hand over all documents related to their legal, accounting, financial, and economic activities over the last four years. Palitra Media announced that investigators visited their Colorpack printing house on Monday with a court order demanding the files, including correspondences, from 2014 to September 2018. Palitra Media is one of the largest media holdings in Georgia, owning over a dozen print, online, radio,

Chechnya

Trial begins of Chechen rights activist Oyub Titiyev

by OC Media

•3 min read

The trial of human rights activist Oyub Titiyev, who heads the Chechen branch of Russian rights group Memorial, kicked off on 18 July in Chechnya’s Shali District Court. Titiyev, who has been in custody since January, is charged with possession of large quantities of cannabis; Titiyev and his defence team reject the accusation, claiming the drugs were planted on him and that the case is politically motivated. Since his arrest in January, Titiyev’s detention has been repeatedly prolonged

Armenia

The Caucasus in Human Rights Watch’s 2018 report

by OC Media

•4 min read

In 2017, Georgia continued to pursue punitive criminal drug policies, Armenian Parliamentary elections failed to improve public confidence in the electoral system, while domestic violence remains a serious problem in the country, and the Azerbaijani government intensified its crackdown on critics, — according to the annual report from American rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW). In their 28th edition of the annual World Report, HRW included detailed chapters about the state of human righ

Azerbaijan

Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist charged with slander

by OC Media

•2 min read

Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov, founder and editor of the news site Azel.tv, has now been accused of slander. Sadigov was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on 12 January by the Jalilabad Regional Court on charges of hooliganism. He was detained in November in connection to an incident that the court claimed occurred in August — Caucasian Knot reported that Sadigov was accused of attacking a woman. Sadigov claimed that the case was a provocation organised against

Armenia

The Caucasus in Human Rights Watch report

by OC Media

•5 min read

American rights group Human Rights Watch has released the 27th edition of its annual World Report, which includes detailed chapters about the state of human rights in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia. The authors of the report note a global trend of rising populism, reflected by unrestrained majoritarianism and assaults on government checks and balances, which constitutes a global threat to human rights values. Armenia ‘Armenia’s human rights record remained uneven in 2016. Auth