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January 31, 2015 04:39

• Armenia fails its international obligations to protect human rights, rights defenders said

  The international obligations to protect human rights, presented in the UN's universal review, have been failed by Armenia. Civil society activists see no real changes in this area, said Armenian rights defenders in the debates "Human rights situation in Armenia, according to UN observations".

January 31, 2015 03:26

• Successors of Avetisyan family questioned in case of mass murder in Gyumri

  The successors of the suffered party in the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri have testified to investigators. According to the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia, the number of successors has increased up to five persons.

January 31, 2015 02:33

• Chechnya, the only NCFD region with growth of number of victims in 2014

  The 2014 victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus have been summed up, showing a reduction of the count of victims in all regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), except for Chechnya.

January 31, 2015 01:11

• Health condition of Magomed Aushev, residents of Ingushetia, remains grave, said his advocate

  Magomed Aushev, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of shooting at the wedding party, and who was hospitalized after interrogations, is at home; his condition is still grave.

January 30, 2015 21:43

• Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan blames NKR for breaking laws of war

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has begun investigating a criminal case opened on the fact of death in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) of Gasan Gasanov, as well as of the arrest in the unrecognized republic of Dilkham Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev.

January 30, 2015 20:23

• Resident of Ingushetia Magomed Aushev released under recognizance not to leave

  Magomed Aushev, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of shooting at the wedding party and hospitalized after interrogations, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) under recognizance not to leave. It is reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

January 30, 2015 19:20

• Gannushkina associates check of "Civil Assistance" with her criticism of Prosecutor's Office Law

  Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chair of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, said that the today's prosecutor's inspection of the Moscow office of the Committee was caused by her criticism of the Law "On Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation".

January 30, 2015 19:07

• Participants of motor rally against caricatures on Prophet Muhammad arrive in Simferopol from Dagestan

  The participants of the motor rally Makhachkala-Simferopol have reached the Crimea, where they performed their Friday namaz (prayer).

January 30, 2015 18:39

• Power agents come to check offices of "Civil Assistance" and Transparency International, said Pavel Chikov

  On Friday, January 30, prosecutors make inspections of Moscow offices of the "Civil Assistance" Committee and the Transparency International, having obliged the activists to provide a number of necessary documents before February 2, said Pavel Chikov, the Chairman of the "Agora" Association of Human Rights Organizations.

January 30, 2015 18:13

• Armenian opposition demands parliamentary hearings on murder in Gyumri

  The parliamentary opposition demands to organize closed hearings in the Parliament on the murder of the Avetisyan family committed in the city of Gyumri, said Ruben Akopyan, the leader of the "Heritage" faction.

January 30, 2015 17:30

• Lawyers challenge arrest extension of three natives of Chechnya accused of attempting on MfE employees

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has accepted a complaint against the arrest extension, lodged by the defence of the Chechen residents suspected of assaulting the employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) in Moscow, said the advocates.

January 30, 2015 14:35

• KBR resident sentenced to 3.5 years in colony for helping militants

  The Elbrus District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced a local resident Ali Djappuev to 3.5 years in a general security colony. Djappuev was accused of aiding the members of the "Baksan" criminal grouping, as well as of illegal trafficking in firearms and drugs.

January 30, 2015 13:54

• In Yerevan, entrepreneurs threaten Armenian authorities with sit-in strike

  A new protest action of entrepreneurs, who oppose the amendments to the Law "On Turnover Tax", is taking place near the building of the Armenian government. The protesters announced their readiness to hold a sit-in strike, if the government fails to hear them, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 30, 2015 12:23

• Lawyers send complaint of Azerbaijanis convicted in NKR to ECtHR

  An appeal about rights violations of Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilkham Askerov, the Azerbaijanis, convicted in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) for a murder and espionage, has been sent by Azerbaijani lawyers to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

January 29, 2015 23:31

• Azerbaijani MIA starts investigating attack on rights defender Gyunay Ismaylova

  The attack on the lawyer of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) Gyunay Ismaylova is investigated under the article of "hooliganism", said Orkhan Mansurzade, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan.

January 29, 2015 21:13

• Azerbaijani rights defenders express concern about Abdula Abilov's health

  A deterioration in the health condition of Abdula Abilov, who had actively criticize Azerbaijani authorities and the convicted on charges of drug possession, has raised concerns of local rights defenders. The head of the group for torture prevention under the country's Ombudsperson promised to address the SIZO (pre-trial prison) concerning Abilov.

January 29, 2015 20:36

• Advocates of Azerbaijani citizens, convicted in NKR complain against verdict

  The defence of Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilkham Askerov, citizens of Azerbaijan, who were convicted in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has complained to the Court of Appeal (CoA) about the verdict passed by the first instance court.

January 29, 2015 18:07

• Court in Azerbaijan sentences journalist Seymour Ghazi to five years in prison

  The Absheron District Court has found the Azerbaijani journalist Seymour Ghazy guilty of hooliganism and sentenced him to five years in prison. The other figurant in the criminal case, Magerram Gasanov was awarded with a six months' imprisonment.

January 29, 2015 17:05

• Armenia's MoD refutes information about downed drone

  The information about the shooting down by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces of an Armenian drone over the area of the Karabakh conflict is untrue, said Artsrun Ovannisyan, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia.

January 29, 2015 14:30

• Protesting entrepreneurs block street in front of Armenian President's residence

  Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses, who protest against the amendments to the Law "On Value-Added Tax", blocked the street in front of the residence of the President of Armenia. The crowd of protesters is over 2000 strong, said the organizers of the action.