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October 31, 2014 20:31

• Five mosque-goers detained in Makhachkala, eyewitnesses report (+video)

  After a mass brawl of worshipers with policemen near a mosque in Makhachkala, five persons were detained, as reported by eyewitnesses of the incident. The police have confirmed the information about the detention.

October 31, 2014 18:55

• In Chechnya Ruslan Kutaev has his imprisonment reduced by two months

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has completed considering the complaint against the verdict to Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus, and decided to reduce his prison term from 4 years down to 3 years and 10 months, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the SC.

October 31, 2014 17:31

• Rostov journalist Alexander Tolmachov appealed against his conviction

  Alexander Tolmachov, who was sentenced by the Kuschevskaya District Court to nine years in a high security colony, has lodged an appeal complaint to the Krasnodar Territorial Court. Another appeal was also lodged by one of his advocates – Eduard Uskov. Other advocates are also preparing their complaints.

October 31, 2014 16:33

• Volgograd: at trial on terror acts Dadaev again refuses to plead guilty

  The defendant Alautdin Dadaev was questioned today at the trial on terror acts in Volgograd, said his advocate Selim Magomedov. The defendant confirmed his earlier evidence about his innocence.

October 31, 2014 12:14

• PFPA activist Mukhammed Mirzali arrested in Azerbaijan

  Mukhammed Mirzali, an activist of the youth branch of the Goichay district organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 20 days of administrative arrest. The court found him guilty of disorderly conduct (minor hooliganism) and disobeying the police.

October 31, 2014 09:58

• ECtHR asks Russia to clarify the case of inmate of Stavropol penal colony

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated the complaint filed by Sergey Butrin, an inmate of the Stavropol penal colony, who went blind and got several serious chronic diseases at penitentiary institutions. In his complaint to the ECtHR, Sergey Butrin indicates intolerable detention conditions during serving his sentence and complains about the courts' dismissal of his request for release because of his health state.

October 31, 2014 09:37

• Volgograd mothers of large families see no reaction to their pickets in Moscow

  Mothers of large families from the Volgograd Region held a series of solo pickets in Moscow. They demanded to fulfil social obligations of the state to them. According to the picketers, the authorities have hardly responded to their protest actions.

October 31, 2014 08:56

• Ingushetia cancels celebration events for jubilee of its first President Ruslan Aushev

  Ingushetia has cancelled the celebrations in connection with the 60th birthday of Ruslan Aushev, the first President of Ingushetia, at his request. This was reported by Shamsudin Bokov, the Press Secretary of the leader of Ingushetia.

October 31, 2014 00:29

• In Moscow, Pirogov Medical University to introduce medical uniform instead of ban on religious clothes

  In Moscow, the problem with wearing religious clothes in the Pirogov Medical University has been solved: Muslim female students will be allowed to attend the university, including in hijabs; however, wearing of medical uniform is mandatory.

October 30, 2014 22:33

• HRC "Memorial" releases list of 46 political prisoners

  Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has published a list of persons recognized as political prisoners. The list includes 46 persons, namely, Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus, Zarema Bagavutdinova, a member of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), Evgeny Vitishko, an ecologist from the KrasnodarTerritory, and others.

October 30, 2014 18:09

• Seven hunger-strikers continue demanding Abdulatipov's resignation

  Maksud Gadjiev, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Akhvakh People", has joined the hunger strike demanding the resignation of the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov. Maksud Gadjiev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his goal is to draw – by means of the action – attention to the issue of indigenous minor nations of Dagestan.

October 30, 2014 15:46

• In Volgograd, about 80 persons came to commemorate victims of political repressions

  Today in Volgograd, about 80 people have commemorated the victims of political repressions. The rally was held at the monument to victims of political repressions "Stretching into the Sky". It was organized by local authorities, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 30, 2014 13:21

• In Azerbaijan, one of advocates is withdrawn from protection of rights of Leyla Yunus

  In Azerbaijan, Djavad Djavadov, one of the advocates of arrested rights defender Leyla Yunus, has been withdrawn from the defence. According to him, investigators have motivated the withdrawal by the fact that he is involved in the case against Leyla Yunus as a witness.

October 30, 2014 12:41

• Azerbaijani filmmaker Eldaniz Guliev fined for libelling MIA head

  Today, a verdict has been announced to the filmmaker Eldaniz Guliev, charged with insult and defamation under the lawsuit filed by the Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov. The court has sentenced Guliev to a fine of 1000 manats (about 1227 US dollars) and 480 hours of community works.

October 30, 2014 12:32

• Defenders of sentenced Rostov journalist Alexander Tolmachov disagree with Court's verdict

  Defenders of Alexander Tolmachov, a Rostov journalist and publisher, who has been sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for extortion, intend to challenge the verdict announced by the Kuschevskaya District Court of the Krasnodar Territory. According to the public defender of the journalist, the Court has ignored the defence arguments in the case.

October 30, 2014 11:43

• In Dagestan, District Court re-takes Patimat Nasibova into custody

  On October 29, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala made a decision to re-take into custody Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul, who was detained after the special operation.

October 30, 2014 09:40

• Native of Yeisk becomes defendant in case of private jet crash at Vnukovo Airport

  Svetlana Krivsun, a native of the town of Yeisk of the Krasnodar Territory, has become one of the defendants in the criminal case of the private jet crash that occurred at the Moscow Vnukovo Airport on October 21. She is under house arrest and interrogated as a defendant.

October 30, 2014 09:30

• In Grozny, relatives of disappeared persons obtain 60 genetic passports

  In Grozny, in the Press House, relatives of 60 disappeared and kidnapped citizens obtained the so-called "genetic passports". According to representatives of local NGOs, obtaining genetic passports significantly increases the chances to learn about the fate of disappeared persons.

October 30, 2014 03:22

• Relatives of murdered rights defender Maksharip Aushev ask to transfer investigation to Ingushetia

  Relatives of Ingush rights defender Maksharip Aushev have appealed to the Russian President, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), and the leader of Ingushetia with a request to resume the investigation and send the criminal case to Ingushetia.

October 30, 2014 02:24

• Natives of Northern Caucasus picket Pirogov Medical University in protest against ban on religious clothing

  In Moscow, natives of Northern Caucasus hold solo pickets demanding to lift the decree issued by the Rector of the Medical University named after N. I. Pirogov. The decree bans "clothing indicating particular nationality or religion", and it is to come into force on November 1, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.