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January 20, 2018 17:26

• Azeri residents come out to commemorate victims of "Black January"

  In spite of cold weather and strong wind, residents of Baku have come today to the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate those who perished as a result of the invasion of Soviet troops to Baku on January 20, 1990.

January 20, 2018 15:20

• Three Navalny's supporters detained in Astrakhan

  Policemen have detained three employees of the Astrakhan Navalny's office, who were disseminating leaflets in the city centre.

January 20, 2018 10:53

• Defence declares innocence of Makhachkala Mayor

  Musa Musaev, the Makhachkala Mayor, did not exceed his powers at allocating the land plot; the case against him was instituted without due grounds, said Suleiman Azuev, his advocate.

January 20, 2018 08:09

• APCs arrive in Baku from Russia

  Modern Russian military vehicles and ammunition are delivered to the Baku port and will be transferred to the armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reports.

January 20, 2018 04:18

• Alexander Valov from "BlogSochi" detained for two days

  Alexander Valov, the editor-in-chief of the website "BlogSochi", was detained by the police for 48 hours after a search conducted in his apartment.

January 20, 2018 02:12

• Moscow marchers demand to stop persecuting rights defenders

  The traditional annual march in memory of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, held in Moscow, attracted more participants than the organizers had expected. The posters that people carried included those demanding to stop repressing rights defenders, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 19, 2018 22:30

• One of marchers in memory of Markelov and Baburova detained

  According to Moscow law enforcers, the today's march in memory of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", was over 500 people strong.

January 19, 2018 20:58

• Action against price hike held in Yerevan

  Today, Yerevan has hosted an action against price hike, which turned into a march across the city centre. According to the organizer, the opposition "Elk" bloc, several thousand people took part in the march.

January 19, 2018 16:10

• Suleiman Kerimov allowed visiting Russia

  Today, French law enforcers have allowed Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, a three-day trip to his relative living in Russia.

January 19, 2018 15:39

• EU condemns persecution of HRC "Memorial" in Northern Caucasus

  The European Union (EU) has expressed deep concern over the detention and arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the HRC "Memorial" office in the Chechen Republic. This is said in the EU's statement "On Human Rights Violations against HRC 'Memorial' in Russia" dated January 18, which is available at the "Caucasian Knot".

January 19, 2018 15:16

• HRC "Memorial" report search in Grozny office

  Today, policemen have searched the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". In the course thereof, an ashtray and cigarettes were found, which were not in the office before that, rights defenders assert.

January 19, 2018 14:10

• HRW focuses on Chechnya in report on human rights violations in Russia

  In a separate chapter focused on Russia in the World Report prepared by the "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), authors mention persecution of gays and mass execution of suspected militants in Chechnya.

January 19, 2018 13:08

• "Republican Party of Armenia" puts Armen Sargsyan forward to run for presidency

  Today, Serzh Sargsyan has proposed to Armen Sargsyan, Armenian Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to run for presidency. According to the preliminary information, the presidential election will be held on March 2.

January 19, 2018 11:40

• Makhachkala Mayor Musa Musaev suspected of abuse of power

  Today, sources from the law enforcement bodies have reported about searches conducted in a house of Makhachkala Mayor Musa Musaev, as well as in his personal office in the city administration.

January 19, 2018 10:25

• Law enforcers demand keys to Grozny office of HRC "Memorial"

  During the past three days, Chechen policemen twice on January 16 and 18 demanded to open the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", but left without waiting for rights defenders. This was reported by Oleg Orlov, a member of the board for the HRC "Memorial", who referred to an owner of the premises.

January 19, 2018 04:57

• Rights defenders see relation between arson of "Memorial" office and Kadyrov's phrases

  The statement voiced by the leader of Chechnya on the situation with the Oyub Titiev's detention and the arson of an office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia are links in one chain. This opinion was expressed by rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 19, 2018 00:32

• Kadyrov's statements raise questions about law enforcers' role in Bakaev's disappearance

  The words of the head of Chechnya about the role of relatives in the disappearance of the singer Zelimkhan Bakaev are an actual recognition of the fact that the authorities are aware of the fate and, possibly, murder of a Chechen singer, rights defenders believe.

January 19, 2018 00:03

• Daliev's sister awarded by Ingush rights defenders

  Today, the "Mashr" Ingush human rights organization has given diplomas to laureates of its contest "Civil Society Heroes" in seven nominations. One of the laureates is the sister of Magomed Daliev, who died during interrogation.

January 19, 2018 00:02

• Tatiana Moskalkova succeeds in contacting disappeared Chechen woman

  On January 18, Tatiana Moskalkova reported she talked via phone to a wife of a resident of Chechnya, whose name appeared on the list of the people executed at night on January 26, 2017. According to the Russia's Ombudsperson, the Chechen woman informed her that she was released after being detained by policemen.

January 18, 2018 22:01

• Chechen TV declares groundless departure of Titiev's family

  Relatives of the rights defender Oyub Titiev are unaware of his family destination. This was announced by the report shown in the nightly news of the "Grozny" Chechen State TV and Radio Company on January 16.