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22 January 2020 | RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russian Federation

Chechnya: Minister claims that a lesbian woman's accusations of having been mistreated on order of her parents while being held in a clinic are lies and recommends reading the Koran for "therapeutic" reasons
Chechen Minister Says Reading Of Koran Therapeutic For Lesbian (Media Report, English)
en ID 2023361
22 January 2020 | RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Kazakhstan

Almaty: 3 men protested in front of Chinese Consulate demanding release of family members and other ethnic Kazakhs held in China's Xinjiang region
Kazakhs Picket Chinese Consulate To Call For Release Of Relatives In Xinjiang (Media Report, English)
en ID 2023359
21 January 2020 | ACAPS - Assessment Capacities Project (Author), published by ReliefWeb
Cameroon

Brief report on the Anglophone crisis
Cameroon: Escalation of the Anglophone crisis: Short Note 21 January 2020 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2023156
21 January 2020 | TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News)
Burkina Faso

Thousands of people have been displaced due to increasing extremist violence
In eastern Burkina Faso, spreading violence and little international aid (Media Report, English)
en ID 2023151
21 January 2020 | Jamestown Foundation
Russian Federation

Article on political developments regarding the republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, Mordvinia, Mariy-El and Chuvashia (increasing activism of the Tatarstan government in exile and the Free Ural movement; intentions to increase powers of republics; territorial disputes)
A Year in Review: Middle Volga Republics Becoming an Ever Bigger Headache for Moscow; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 17 Issue: 6 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2023133
21 January 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

According to heads of NGOs Civic Assistance Committee and Russian LGBT Network, the bullying by her family experienced by Sevgia Ismailova is wide spread in families in the Caucasus
Human rights defenders associate violence against Sevgia Ismailova in Azerbaijan with Caucasian traditions (Media Report, English)
en ID 2023089
21 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Albania

Article on European Court of Human Rights who found that the state had failed in providing for adequate treatment and placement of mentally ill convicts
Albania ‘Held Mentally Ill Man in Prison Illegally’ (Media Report, English)
en ID 2023160
21 January 2020 | Caucasian Knot
Russian Federation

Dagestan: Islamic scholars condemn honour killings; resident of the republic has been sentenced to 9.5 years in a maximum security prison for killing his half-sister who had refused to obey him and get married
Dagestani Islamic scholars condemn practice of "honour killings" (Media Report, English)
en ID 2023080
21 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Montenegro

Arrest warrant for Israeli national suspected of being involved in plot to overthrow government in 2016 cancelled
Montenegro Cancels ‘Coup Plot’ Warrant for Israeli’s Arrest (Media Report, English)
en ID 2023161
21 January 2020 | MRG – Minority Rights Group International
Iraq

Report on the situation in Mosul before and after the Islamic State (IS) group occupation and on reparations for civilian harm
Mosul after the Battle: Reparations for civilian harm and the future of Ninewa (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2023155

Chechnya: Minister claims that a lesbian woman's accusations of having been mistreated on order of her parents while being held in a clinic are lies and recommends reading the Koran for "therapeutic" reasons

Almaty: 3 men protested in front of Chinese Consulate demanding release of family members and other ethnic Kazakhs held in China's Xinjiang region

Brief report on the Anglophone crisis

Thousands of people have been displaced due to increasing extremist violence

Article on political developments regarding the republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, Mordvinia, Mariy-El and Chuvashia (increasing activism of the Tatarstan government in exile and the Free Ural movement; intentions to increase powers of republics; territorial disputes)

According to heads of NGOs Civic Assistance Committee and Russian LGBT Network, the bullying by her family experienced by Sevgia Ismailova is wide spread in families in the Caucasus

Article on European Court of Human Rights who found that the state had failed in providing for adequate treatment and placement of mentally ill convicts

Dagestan: Islamic scholars condemn honour killings; resident of the republic has been sentenced to 9.5 years in a maximum security prison for killing his half-sister who had refused to obey him and get married

Arrest warrant for Israeli national suspected of being involved in plot to overthrow government in 2016 cancelled

Report on the situation in Mosul before and after the Islamic State (IS) group occupation and on reparations for civilian harm