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January 29, 2015 14:21

• Dagestan starts motor rally Makhachkala-Simferopol against caricatures on Prophet Muhammad

  About 200 cars have left Makhachkala to take part in the motor rally to Simferopol under the motto "Russia honours Prophets and respects people!" The participants of the action stand against caricatures on Prophet Muhammad.

January 29, 2015 12:58

• Russia's SC upholds verdict to Tikhonov in case of creating BORN

  The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict to Nikita Tikhonov in the case of the creation of the extremist community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN) and confirmed his life imprisonment.

January 29, 2015 10:25

• OSCE to monitor Azerbaijan at background of ceasefire violation statements

  The OSCE mission plans monitoring of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan, since the parties in conflict report another ceasefire violation.

January 29, 2015 02:24

• CoE and ODIHR of the OSCE welcome court's refusal to liquidate "Memorial"

  Thorbjorn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), and Georg Link, the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE, have welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia to reject the liquidation of the "Memorial".

January 28, 2015 22:15

• Freedom House places NKR among partially free countries

  In its annual report on situation with democracy and political rights in the world, the international human rights organization "Freedom House" has listed the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) among partially free countries. The editor-in-chief of a local independent edition believes that the republic sees positive trends.

January 28, 2015 20:57

• Magomed Gadjiev sees charges in Dagestan

  The charges of making and storing firearms has been presented to Magomed Gadjiev, a resident of the Dagestani village of Novokuli, who had been earlier checked for involvement in the murder of the football player of "Anji-2" club Gasan Magomedov.

January 28, 2015 17:49

• ECtHR holds hearings on denial of Armenian Genocide

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered a complaint lodged by Swiss authorities against the court decision in the case of public denial of the Armenian Genocide. The verdict is expected in 6-8 months.

January 28, 2015 16:40

• Baku policemen accept application about attack from rights defender Ismaylova

  On Wednesday, January 28, the rights defender Gyunay Ismaylova was invited to the Baku police department, where they accepted her application about the attack on her. According to Ismaylova, she was informed that the inquiry into the incident would be run by the district prosecutor's office.

January 28, 2015 16:12

• Police of Armenian search for organizers of disorders on January 15 near Russian Consulate in Gyumri

  As stated by Vladimir Gasparyan, the Chief of the Police of Armenia, the organizers of the clashes between protesters and policemen on January 15 at the Russian Consulate in the city of Gyumri will be brought to justice.

January 28, 2015 16:08

• Two suspected militants' helpers to stand trial in Dagestan

  The case of two residents of Makhachkala, accused of involvement in the armed underground and aiding militants, has been sent to the court.

January 28, 2015 15:27

• Ingushetia returns two potential participants of war in Syria

  Adam Tsechoev, the head of the administration of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, has clarified that with the help of the adaptation commission they managed to return not one, but two local residents, who were going to take part in the warfare in Syria.

January 28, 2015 14:01

• Court leaves native of Chechnya suspected of Dubrovka terror act in custody

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has decided to leave Khasan Zakaev, 41, suspected of aiding the organizers of capturing the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre on October 23, 2002, in custody, said the press service of the court.

January 28, 2015 13:00

• Stavropol Territory: police and Cossacks urge not to give national context to murder in Minvody

  Policemen, members of Cossack organizations and the Armenian Diaspora reject the national component in the conflict, which ended in the death of a soldier in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody). These statements appeared after the action held in the city on January 24.

January 28, 2015 12:35

• Russia's SC refuses to MoJ to liquidate "Memorial"

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has refused to satisfy the claim of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to liquidate the Russian Historical, Educational and Human Rights Society "Memorial".

January 28, 2015 10:55

• Parties in Karabakh conflict fix over 400 ceasefire violations

  As stated by the NKR Defence Army, on January 27, and at night on January 28, Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone for about 300 times. According to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Armenian party shelled their position for 113 times within the last 24 hours.

January 27, 2015 19:47

• Rights defender Ismaylova reports that Baku police refused to take her application about attack

  The application of Gyunay Ismaylova, a lawyer from the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), that on January 26 she was attacked in Baku, was not accepted by the police, said the rights defender.

January 27, 2015 17:36

• Court postpones consideration of complaint of HRC "Memorial" till February 12*

  The Tver District Court of Moscow has rescheduled for February 12 the consideration of the complaint lodged by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against placing the Centre into the register of "foreign agents". The court session failed because of non-appearance of respondents.

January 27, 2015 16:40

• In Armenia, three persons are successors of Avetisyan family

  In the murder case of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, three persons, all of them being relatives of the assassinated family, are recognized as successors of the suffered party.

January 27, 2015 15:40

• Azerbaijan: foreign doctors re-examine Leyla Yunus

  A group of foreign doctors has conducted a repeated examination of arrested rights defender Leyla Yunus in Azerbaijan, the Penitentiary Service reports.

January 27, 2015 14:31

• Azerbaijan: arrest of journalist Khadija Ismayilova extended until March 24

  The Sabail District Court of Baku has partially granted the petition lodged by the prosecutor's office of the capital of Azerbaijan and extended the arrest of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova by 1 month and 19 days.