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November 27, 2014 12:17

• ECtHR begins communicating with Azerbaijan on two complaints about torture and violations of right to liberty

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started to communicate with the Azerbaijan's government concerning two complaints filed by Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh), and by Mukhammed Gurbanov and Nadir Mamedov, residents of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The Azerbaijani authorities have three months to answer the questions posed by the ECtHR.

November 27, 2014 09:01

• In Chechnya, local resident surrenders ammunition to police

  A resident of the Vedeno District of Chechnya has voluntarily delivered a set of ammunition and a hand grenade to law enforcers, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a source in the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The law enforcers initiated an investigation against the man.

November 26, 2014 21:45

• Gimry Tunnel will be opened on December 1, said Abdulatipov

  It is planned to reopen the Gimry Tunnel for motor traffic on December 1, Ramazan Abdulatipov, the head of Dagestan, said today during a live broadcast.

November 26, 2014 17:30

• Resident of Makhachkala kidnapped in September found dead

  The body of Zarkipli Ramazanov, a resident of Makhachkala, who was kidnapped in September, was found in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan; the body was transported to the Makhachkala morgue.

November 26, 2014 16:07

• Dagestan: first group of Vremenny residents visit their homes with commission for assessing damage

  The commission set up to assess the damage caused to locals during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has started working in the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan. The first group of residents could get into Vremenny with the commission, locals report. According to their stories, domestic appliances and furniture in their houses was broken or stolen; even the flooring was taken away.

November 26, 2014 15:23

• Turkish citizen of Circassian origin detained in Minvody

  Erdogan Boz, a Turkish citizen of Circassian origin, who was on his way to Cherkessk to the folklore conference, was detained at the airport of the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody).

November 26, 2014 15:10

• Resident of Ingushetia sentenced to 13 years in prison for blowing up APC with OMON fighters in Chechnya

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has sentenced Khamzat Aldiev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of organizing a terror act against power agents and participation in an illegal armed formation (IAF), to 13 years in prison.

November 26, 2014 15:01

• Baku hosts action demanding release of Askerov and Guliev detained in NKR

  Today, activists of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) have marched through the streets of Baku aiming to attract international attention to the detention and trial of Dilgam Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev, citizens of Azerbaijan, in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

November 26, 2014 13:03

• Law enforcers cancel CTO regime in Untsukul District of Dagestan

  The counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime that was in force for 8 months in the Untsukul District of Dagestan has been lifted.

November 26, 2014 04:54

• Twenty-three Georgian cities hold actions against use of violence to women

  On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 23 cities of Georgia, including Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Gori, Rustavi, Batumi, Telavi, Akhaltsikhe and Marneuli, held actions "Stop violence against women!"

November 26, 2014 03:43

• In Karabudakhkent District, law enforcers planted firearms on a local, his relatives assert

  Relatives of a resident of the village of Gudben, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, report that firearms were planted on him during a search. The Karabudakhkent ROVD (District Interior Division) refused to provide any information about the detainee to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

November 26, 2014 00:56

• Rights defender Elchin Namazov arrested in Azerbaijan

  Elchin Namazov, Azerbaijani lawyer and rights defender, has been sentenced by a court to 15 days of administrative arrest, said his brother Akram Namazov, who explained to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that on November 25 the Khatai District Court of Baku found Elchin guilty under Article 310.2 (disobedience to the police) of the Code of Administrative Offences.

November 25, 2014 20:53

• Over 300 turkologists come to Moscow conference on history of Karachay-Balkar people

  The history and culture of the Karachay-Balkar people are the topics of the conference in Moscow, which is attended by more than 300 Turkic scientists from 16 countries.

November 25, 2014 19:16

• Three Makhachkala women suspend hunger strike demanding Abdulatipov's resignation

  Today, three hunger-strikers in Makhachkala have suspended their protest action for a month after they had a meeting with an official of the City Prosecutor's Office, who promised to study the problems that had forced the women to go on hunger strike.

November 25, 2014 18:16

• Russia's SC upholds verdict to figurants of terror act in Domodedovo (+video)

  Today, the Russian Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the sentence passed to four natives of Ingushetia convicted for preparing and committing the terror act at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

November 25, 2014 18:14

• Inmates stop hunger strike in Batumi prison

  Sixteen inmates of Batumi Prison No. 3 decided to stop their hunger strike after they were visited by local officials and employees of the Ombudsperson's office.

November 25, 2014 17:33

• Dagestan sets up commission to evaluate damage in Vremenny

  On November 26, the commission, set up today, will start evaluating the damage caused by a counterterrorist operation (CTO) to residents of the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan.

November 25, 2014 14:06

• Defence of convicts for terror act in Domodedovo Airport demand to revise the sentence

  Today, the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has considered the appeal complaint lodged by four natives of Ingushetia convicted for preparing and committing the terror act at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. The defence asked to review the earlier conviction.

November 25, 2014 09:20

• Mirzamagomedov convicted in Dagestan was sent out from Chelyabinsk with burns, rights defenders assert

  Nariman Mirzamagomedov, a resident of Derbent, convicted for involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) was convoyed from SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Chelyabinsk, where he was kept in the medical unit, with burns, assert the members of the Chelyabinsk Public Oversight Commissions (POCs). The convict's relatives and rights defenders fear for his life.

November 25, 2014 06:52

• "EcoWatch" appeals against the decision to liquidate it

  On November 24, the Inter-Regional Ecological NGO "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) appealed against the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Adygea to dissolve the NGO. Its activists learned about the court session after it was over; and this fact alone is enough to cancel the court judgment, activists of the "EcoWatch" believe.