Beaten prisoners, a terrorist, opposition, feminists demand freedom – “Week in the Caucasus from JAMnews”

The week of 14-19 October 2019 in just 90 seconds

• Who’s the terrorist who shot up the Armenian parliament 20 years ago and why is he asking to be released

• Why the South Ossetian president thinks it’s OK to beat prisoners

• How Azerbaijani authorities prevented the opposition from holding a rally

 

• Is Georgia “slipping away” from the West to Russia?

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