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December 25, 2014 04:37

• After searches in Dagestani village of Bayram Magomed Sulaev was detained

  Law enforcement officers conducted searches of houses in the village of Bayram, Khasavyurt District, and detained a local resident Magomed Sulaev. Earlier Sulaev reported being subjected to torture by the police. During the day his relatives could not locate him, said the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova.

December 24, 2014 20:49

• Student accused of promoting terrorism transported to Stavropol SIZO

  Today, the student Magomed Aliev, accused of promoting terrorism, was moved from the hospital to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Stavropol, the lawyer Alieva told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. His relatives fear that his health condition may worsen.

December 24, 2014 20:49

• Court finds dismissal of protester against pension reforms in Armenia illegal

  In Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, a teacher of the Zovasar Rural School, who protested against the accumulative pension system, has won a lawsuit against his principal.

December 24, 2014 18:53

• BCA upholds verdict to journalist Gashimli

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by the journalist Parviz Gashimli against his conviction.

December 24, 2014 18:23

• Levon Airapetyan hospitalized again because of health problems

  Levon Airapetyan, a businessmen and notable member of the Armenian Diaspora in Russia, who is kept under home arrest in Moscow as a figurant in the "Bashneft" case, was urgently hospitalized.

December 24, 2014 14:12

• HRW and AI condemn verdict in the case of attack on Nalchik

  The verdict to figurants in the case of the attack on Nalchik was a result of torture and a miscarriage of justice, says the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI). Human Rights Watch (HRW) have accused Russian authorities of their refusal to investigate the evidence of facts of torture.

December 24, 2014 13:14

• Resident of Chechnya reports kidnapping of his brother in Moscow

  Magomed Karsamov, a native of the Chechen Republic, has disappeared under unclear circumstances in Moscow. According to his relatives, the young man was kidnapped by law enforcers

December 24, 2014 10:20

• Russian authorities allocate 2 million roubles to victims of Volgograd terror acts

  The residents of the Volgograd Region, who suffered during the last year's terror acts, will receive compensations for their lost property. The Russian government has decided to allocate 2,047,000 roubles for the purpose.

December 24, 2014 09:08

• In Chechnya, house of Aslambek Vadalov family ruined by bulldozers

  At night on December 21, the house of the family of the Chechen field commander Aslambek Vadalov in the village of Ishkhoy-Yurt, Gudermes District of Chechnya, was demolished by power agents with the help of bulldozers, local residents report.

December 24, 2014 04:31

• "Musavat" Party states violations during municipal elections in Azerbaijan

  In the course of the voting at the municipal elections in Azerbaijan violations were registered, the "Musavat" Party has stated. The most common violations were massive throw-ins of ballot papers by one voter and multiple voting of same people at different polling stations.

December 24, 2014 04:07

• Sochi: Alexander Valov appeals against his arrest

  Alexander Valov, the owner of the website "BlogSochi", has filed a complaint against the decision of the magistrate judge, under which he had served five days in jail. The consideration of the complaint is scheduled for December 24.

December 24, 2014 02:21

• Tsarnaev's defence asks to postpone the trial until September 2015

  The advocates of Johar Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen, who is accused of organizing the terror act at the Boston Marathon run, have petitioned to postpone the start of the trial until September 2015.

December 23, 2014 22:43

• Policeman Zurab Bisiev, wounded in militants' attack on Grozny, dies

  This afternoon, Zurab Bisiev, who was wounded in the militants' attack on Grozny, has died at the Moscow MIA hospital. Thus, the number of law enforcers lost in the above attack has reached 15.

December 23, 2014 22:10

• Khasavyurt court refused to satisfy MIA's claim to Sapiyat Magomedova

  The Khasavyurt City Court has dismissed the lawsuit on protection of honour and dignity put forward by the Dagestani MIA Interior Ministry against the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova.

December 23, 2014 21:14

• Voting in Azerbaijan ends with low voter turnout

  The voting at municipal elections in Azerbaijan is over; the voter turnout was 38.93 percent. No complaints were reported in the process, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported.

December 23, 2014 20:18

• Brother of Ekazhevo resident, detained by law enforcers, reports torture and beatings (+video)

  Magomed Aushev, a resident of the Ingush village of Ekazhevo, Nazran District, detained by policemen, was tortured and beaten, his brother Murad Aushev reported today.

December 23, 2014 19:34

• 34 residents of Novolak District of Dagestan go on hunger strike demanding to solve their land problem

  Today, 34 resident of the Novolak District of Dagestan have gone on hunger strike, demanding to provide them with land shares. The action takes place in the village of Shushiya; there are 14 women among the protesters.

December 23, 2014 18:28

• Number of houses of militants' families demolished in Chechnya reached 15, rights defenders report

  As of December 23, in Chechnya, law enforcers demolished 15 houses of militants' relatives, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported today, and confirmed, in particular, the data of the "Caucasian Knot" about burning down of a militant's family house in the Gudermes District.

December 23, 2014 15:14

• Court passes life imprisonment to five figurants in attack on Nalchik case

  All defendants in the case of the attack on Nalchik in October 2005 have been found guilty. Five of them received life sentences, and three were released in the courtroom, because their appointed punishment has expired, while they were in custody.

December 23, 2014 14:07

• In Ingushetia, head of Psedakh village administration reports robbery of his house

  Last night the administration head of the village of Psedakh, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, was robbed in his house. The attack was committed by masked men, who fled from the crime scene in a car, which is on the balance sheet of the village administration.