Armenia
A world too loud, a boy too bright: living with autism in Armenia
How an Armenian mother turned the challenges of autism into a source of opportunity and created a voice for change.
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Daghestan
Daghestani woman sentenced to three years in prison for selling newborn daughter
The court ruled the woman will begin serving her sentence only after her oldest child turns 14.
Daghestan
Three-year-old girl dies in Daghestan after being beaten by her mother
The three surviving children in the family have now been placed in foster care.
Azerbaijan
23-year-old man avoids prison in Azerbaijan after statutory rape of 13-year-old
The 23-year-old was given only a suspended sentence as the judge considered the birth of their child to be a mitigating circumstance.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani police officer caught on camera beating 12-year-old boy
Police officers have been filmed attacking a 12-year-old boy in Northern Azerbaijan, with local reports indicating that the child, his father, and uncle, were all detained following the incident. On Sunday, footage surfaced on social media showing officers attacking a boy, identified as 12-year-old Deniz Aghayev, and his father, Sakhavat Aghayev, in the village of Vandam in Gabala District. In the video, a uniformed police officer is seen kicking Deniz Aghayev while he is on the ground, and
child marriage
Family of 14-year-old murdered in Georgia charged with complicity in her early marriage
A Georgian court has charged the mother and uncle of 14-year-old Aitaj Shakhmarova, who was murdered in early October, with forced marriage of a minor. Local media reported on Friday that the minor had been kidnapped and forced into marriage by 27-year-old Asim Aslanov two months prior to the incident, and shot dead when she tried to escape on 6 October. Police arrested Asim Aslanov on Tuesday after a four-day search, a day after the Telavi district court charged Aslanov in absentia. Asla
Armenia
Armenian police officer faces prosecution after beating minor
A senior police officer in Dilijan, north Armenia, is facing criminal prosecution after beating a minor working as a waiter. While the incident was reported in May, a criminal case against the officer was only reopened after a video of the incident was widely shared on social media. Armenia’s Investigative Committee stated that while Arsen Ghaitmazyan, the head of the criminal department of the town’s police force, beat the teenager on 10 April, the victim’s parents only addressed law enforcem
