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December 15, 2014 16:20

• Stavropol doctors place Magomed Aliev into guarded neurosurgery ward

  Magomed Aliev, a student, suspected of promoting terrorism, has been transferred from the intensive care unit to the neurosurgery ward of the Stavropol City Hospital No. 4. His relatives have appealed to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) stating the misconduct of local investigators.

December 15, 2014 15:41

• Azerbaijan: Intigam Aliev sees more serious charge

  In Azerbaijan, Intigam Aliev, the head of the NGO "Legal Education Society", was presented a new charge – under the article of a large-scale embezzlement, under which he is under a threat of up to 12 years in prison.

December 15, 2014 13:57

• AI reports threats to Dagestani lawyers Magomedova and Suslanov

  The Dagestani lawyers Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov receive threats associated with their activities, said the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) and invited to sign an appeal for their defence.

December 15, 2014 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 8-14

  Burned down houses of militants' relatives in Chechnya; condemnation by Russian rights defenders of principle of collective responsibility, and the subsequent incidents with them in Grozny; end of hunger strike in Dagestan demanding to restore Tarki District; Geneva discussions on safety in Southern Caucasus; attacks on oppositionactivists in Armenia; next humanitarian convoy from Russia to Donbas; special operations in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria, during which nine suspected militants were killed, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 8-14, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 15, 2014 08:32

• CE's Venice Commission is positive on Azerbaijani amendments to NGO legislation

  The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe (CE) has issued a positive opinion on the amendments passed in Azerbaijan to the law "On Non-Governmental Organizations", said Tatiana Baeva, the spokesperson for the commission.

December 15, 2014 08:16

• AI and HRW stand up for Chechen rights defenders

  Employees of the Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have stood up for the Chechen Committee against Torture (CaT), indicating the damage of CaT's property and attempts to put pressure on rights defenders.

December 15, 2014 03:40

• Native of Dagestan kidnapped in Stavropol, his relatives assert

  Djamal Makhmudov, a native of Dagestan, disappeared in Stavropol after a search of his house. He is a figurant in the case of recruitment and financing the militants travelling to Syria, his relatives were told at the Centre to Combat Extremism.

December 15, 2014 02:41

• On December 8-14, fifteen people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from December 8 to December 14, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus brought harm to at least 15 people; of them, 14 people were lost, and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 14, 2014 22:24

• Baku protesters threaten to boycott European Olympic Games

  In Azerbaijan, participants of protest actions in Baku intend to boycott the 2015 European Olympic Games, should the demands of their resolution be neglected, and the Azerbaijani authorities fail to release political prisoners, said Isa Gambar, the former leader of the "Musavat" Party and now the head of the "National Centre of Strategic Thought".

December 14, 2014 17:30

• Grozny: policemen confiscate equipment from lawyers of CaT's JMG

  Policemen have searched lawyers of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of the Committee against Torture (CaT) and confiscated their mobile phones, cameras and laptops, rights defenders report.

December 14, 2014 16:36

• Head of radio station "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" treats broadcasting suspension as politically motivated

  The suspension of the radio station "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" is unjustified and politically motivated, said Zaur Gadjiev, the editor-in-chief of the radio, who believes that the actions of state structures are contrary to the law.

December 14, 2014 00:39

• HRC head warns Chechen authorities against illegal actions towards CaT employees

  Mikhail Fedotov, the Chairman of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of the Russian Federation, has got involved in the situation around the staff of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of the Committee against Torture (CaT), acting in the territory of Chechnya.

December 14, 2014 00:24

• Charge of recruiting militants put forward in Chechnya against citizen of Georgia is untrue, says defence

  The accusation of the 25-year-old citizen of Georgia Beslan Tsintsalashvili, who will face trial for an alleged persuasion of two residents of Chechnya to terrorist activities in the "Islamic State" grouping, is "very flimsy" and untrue, said Luiza Killaeva, the defendant's advocate.

December 13, 2014 23:59

• Reforms of Islamic education cause disputes at Muslim Forum in Moscow

  A reform of the system of Islamic education was the major topic of debates at the International Islamic Forum held in Moscow. The issue was raised on setting up an academy to unite the existing Islamic Universities, said Khadjimurat Gatsalov, the Mufti of North Ossetia.

December 13, 2014 23:29

• Fire in the office of the Committee against Torture in Grozny

  The ignition that occurred in the residential building in Grozny, where the office of the Joint Mobile Group of the Committee against Torture (CaT) is located, is liquidated, said the Chechen Ministry for Emergencies (MfE); nobody suffered.

December 13, 2014 21:27

• CaT reports about chasing of its mobile group in Grozny

  The members of the mobile group of the Committee against Torture (CaT) of Chechnya, working in the republic, were followed by unidentified armed men, said a source from the committee.

December 13, 2014 17:39

• Grozny hosts rally against terrorism

  On Saturday, December 13, a rally against terrorism was held in the Chechen capital. The police said that 50,000 took part in the event.

December 13, 2014 16:51

• Two natives of Northern Caucasus complain of unfair detention in Moscow while trying to buy currency

  A man from North Ossetia and a woman from Kabardino-Balkaria, delivered on December 12 to the Basmanny ROVD (District Interior Division) of Moscow after they tried to buy foreign currency at one of local banks report restriction of their rights and interrogation without reason by agents of the FSB and the Centre to Combat Extremism of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department).

December 13, 2014 15:50

• Federal Court of Sochi upholds decision on case of Pastor Kolyasnikov

  The Federal Court of Sochi has upheld the decision of the magistrate court in the case of Alexei Kolyasnikov, the leader of a religious group "Community of Christians", who was found guilty of holding an unsanctioned meeting in a cafe.

December 13, 2014 14:53

• Residents of Chechnya report detentions of young people by power agents after militants' attack on Grozny

  On December 9-11, Chechnya saw at least two cases of detention of young people by power agents, as reported by residents of the city of Argun and the dwelling settlement of Avtury of the Shali District of the republic. The Chechen MIA claimed that for the last few days there were no complaints from citizens about any kidnappings of their relatives.