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October 11, 2014 06:24

• In Dagestan, deputy claims police limit his rights by putting him on "Wahhabi list"

  Magomedrasul Aigumov, the deputy of the Gubden rural assembly of deputies, has complained about the unlawful actions of policemen, who include him in the "Wahhabi list". According to Magomedrasul Aigumov, he is repeatedly stopped at checkpoints and detained for several hours for verification.

October 11, 2014 01:56

• Author of the video showing the incident with OMON at Historic Mosque in Moscow reports being threatened

  Ali Charinsky, a Dagestani blogger, the author of the video depicting the incident at the Historic Mosque in Moscow, which has scored over 2 million viewings on the YouTube, receives threats from unknown persons. Charinsky himself told it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 11, 2014 01:15

• Russian MoJ initiates lawsuit to dissolve Russian "Memorial"

  The Russian Supreme Court has scheduled for November 13 the consideration of the claim filed by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to dissolve the Russian organization "Memorial". This has been announced by the Russian Supreme Court.

October 10, 2014 20:16

• Journalist Khadija Ismailova reports being slandered by Azerbaijani MNS

  The Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismailova has stated, after the session on Friday on the lawsuit against her lodged by the former oppositionist Elman Tyurkoglu, that the country's Ministry of National Security (MNS) had slandered her.

October 10, 2014 19:24

• Georgian NGOs call on MIA to deal with politically-motivated dismissals at Tbilisi Mayoralty

  Members of the Association of Young Lawyers, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, and the Transparency International Georgia, have reported on the dismissals of officials of the Tbilisi Mayoralty for political grounds. The activists have called on the law enforcement bodies to check the facts and respond to them.

October 10, 2014 18:37

• In Dagestan, ROVD boss involved in Eradil Asanov's murder

  The Police Lieutenant Colonel, the Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan, is suspected of abuse of power that led to the death of a 22-year-old young man at the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Nogai District.

October 10, 2014 17:49

• KBR: Psykhurei villagers adopt resolution against desecration of cemeteries

  At the gathering of residents of the village of Psykhurei of the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), people were discussing events related to the special operation conducted at the local cemetery, during which Zaurbek Orshokdugov and Nurabi Tlepshev were killed.

October 10, 2014 17:35

• In Dagestan, Nadir Abu Khalid is placed under home arrest for two months

  Islamic preacher Nadir Abu Khalid, who has been detained in Dagestan and who is suspected of illegal possession of weapons, is placed under home arrest for two months.

October 10, 2014 15:11

• AI and Greenpeace launch online campaign in support of Evgeny Vitishko

  On Friday, the organization "Amnesty International" (AI) and the Greenpeace have launched an online campaign in support of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, who is serving his sentence in a penal colony and who was recognized by the human rights defenders as political prisoner.

October 10, 2014 15:10

• Patimat Nasibova detained in Dagestan is charged with involvement in IAF

  Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who was detained as a result of a special operation, is suspected of aiding and abetting members of an illegal armed formation (IAF). This was reported by an advocate of Patimat Nasibova.

October 10, 2014 14:21

• In Ingushetia, law enforcers detain suspected attacker of policemen in Karabulak

  In Ingushetia, law enforcers have detained a militant, who was a member of the "Karabulak" criminal grouping and who took part in planting bombs and shelling of policemen in September. This was reported by the Ingush FSB.

October 10, 2014 13:07

• Investigators detain 12 suspects of fighting in Minvody hospital and arrest 10 of them

  In total, 12 persons were detained within the case about the fight in the hospital of the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody); 10 of them are under arrest. Investigators suspect a total of 18 people of involvement in the crime. According to Vladimir Vladimirov, the Governor of the Stavropol Territory, the crime became possible "because of a merge of the crime and power" in Minvody.

October 10, 2014 12:33

• Detention of Nadir Abu Khalid may trigger new conflicts in Dagestan, experts assert

  Nadir Abu Khalid detained in Dagestan is one of the most prominent Islamic preachers among the Russian-speaking young Muslims, and his detention may provoke an aggravation of tension in Dagestan, experts believe.

October 10, 2014 06:01

• "Rosobrnadzor" suspends license of Secular Institute of Caucasian Nations

  The "Rosobrnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Supervising Education) has suspended, until December 20, the license for educational activities of the Secular Institute of Caucasian Nations, the press service of the Agency reports.

October 10, 2014 00:32

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay over one million euros to relatives of 18 missing Chechen residents

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision in the case concerning 18 residents of Chechnya, who disappeared in 2000-2006. The ECtHR has found Russia guilty and obliged the country to pay to the complainants the compensation totalling to 1,080,000 euros.

October 09, 2014 23:37

• Patimat Nasibova detained after special operation in Kirovaul found in Makhachkala

  The whereabouts of Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, detained after the special operation, has been established, said her advocate Elena Denisenko. According to her story, Nasibova is at the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) No. 1 of Makhachkala.

October 09, 2014 22:47

• Yerevan hosts protest against Armenia's accession to EurAsEC

  A protest action against Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Community (EEC, or EurAsEC) was held in Yerevan on Thursday. The protesters demanded from the country's leadership to reject the idea, since Armenia, in their opinion, will lose its sovereignty after the accession.

October 09, 2014 21:23

• ICRF: investigation into Eradil Asanov's murder will take up to 30 days

  Until present, no criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the murder of Eradil Asanov, a resident of Dagestan, who was shot dead on October 6 in the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the village of Terekli-Mekteb.

October 09, 2014 16:46

• Women from Vremenny fail to enter their settlement, where special operation is underway

  Women from the settlement of Vremenny of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, where the special operation is underway, have decided to disperse without waiting for a trip to the village. The women were promised that the headquarters would clarify the possibility for entry to the village. This was reported by a source in the village administration.

October 09, 2014 15:29

• Moscow hosts pickets in support of Azerbaijani political prisoners

  On Thursday, Moscow hosts pickets in support of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, organized by the Committee "Civil Assistance".