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September 19, 2014 19:15

• Zarkipli Ramazanov kidnapped in Makhachkala, says his father

  Musanip Ramazanov has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his son Zarkipli Ramazanov was kidnapped in Makhachkala by some strangers. The father has turned to the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) for help, stating that the kidnapping took place in Dzerzhinsky Street, near the place where Zarkipli works.

September 19, 2014 16:09

• Said Amirov's advocates to complain to ECtHR

  As reported by Vladimir Postanyuk, an advocate of Said Amirov, the dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala, who was convicted for plotting a terror act, a complaint against Amirov's verdict will be lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

September 19, 2014 14:55

• Chechnya: Prosecutor's Office and CEC fixed no removals of "Golos" observers from polling stations (+video)

  On September 14, in Chechnya, observers from the Association "Golos" (Vote) were not removed from polling stations, as it was allegedly prescribed by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) in the document, a photocopy of which was posted in the Internet, the Republic's Prosecutor's Office said today.

September 19, 2014 07:02

• Russian MoD intends to recruit 500 soldiers from Chechnya

  500 young men from Chechnya are expected to be called to military service in the Russian Army. The Chechen authorities do not rule out that the number of recruits will grow over the years.

September 19, 2014 06:03

• Untsukul residents complain about power agents' decision to close Gimry Tunnel

  According to local residents, the situation in the Untsukul District of Dagestan is quiet; however, the closure of the Gimry Tunnel by law enforcers in the search for militants creates great inconvenience for residents of the Untsukul District.

September 19, 2014 05:35

• Kalmykia: oppositional parties state election violations

  Members of the opposition parties report on a large number of violations in connection with the early voting committed in the course of the elections to the Elista City Council held on September 14.

September 19, 2014 05:03

• Sochi public stands against removal of protected status from 28 monuments of nature

  In Sochi, participants of public hearings speak against the proposal to withdraw the status of protected areas from 28 natural monuments. It was stated at the hearing that the Sochi natural monuments were subjected to deliberate destruction.

September 19, 2014 04:15

• US Prosecutor's Office demands Tsarnaev's presence at trial

  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, suspected of involvement in the terror act in Boston, is to appear at the trial, the prosecutor has states. The victims of the terror act supported the request of the Prosecutor's Office.

September 18, 2014 21:02

• BBC treats attack on journalists in Astrakhan as pre-planned action

  The attack on the filming crew of the BBC in Astrakhan was a pre-planned action and had to do with the fact that the journalists were investigating reports about deaths of Russian servicemen in the area of the Russian-Ukrainian border, the BBC reports. Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on the Freedom of the Media, has urged the Russian authorities to ensure a transparent investigation into the incident.

September 18, 2014 20:33

• In Dagestan, PEC member demands to punish policemen who detained him

  Gayirbi Gayirbiev, a member of a precinct election commission (PEC) has addressed the bosses of law enforcement bodies of Dagestan and Russia with a demand to prosecute the policemen of the Levashin District of Dagestan, who detained him when he tried to prevent a voting fraud at the polling station.

September 18, 2014 18:47

• European Parliament calls on Azerbaijani authorities to release five rights defenders

  The European Parliament has disseminated an appeal addressed to Azerbaijani authorities urging to immediately release Arif and Leyla Yunus, Rasul Jafarov, Intigam Aliev and Gasan Guseinli. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that all the above activists of Azerbaijani human rights organizations have been criminally prosecuted.

September 18, 2014 18:05

• Russia's SC rejects complaint of Amirov's defence against Military Court's verdict

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has upheld the verdict of the North-Caucasian District Military Court passed to the dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, who was convicted on charges of plotting a terror act.

September 18, 2014 15:37

• ECtHR awards 60,000 euros of compensation to persons involved in one of Natalia Estemirova’s last cases

  The European Court of Human Rights has pronounced its decision in the case of "Makaeva vs. Russia". In Russia, the case was investigated by Natalia Estemirova and Akhmed Gisaev, employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Aima Makaeva, a resident of Grozny, the applicant in the case, filed a complaint about kidnapping of her son Apti Zainalov by law enforcers. The ECtHR has found out that the kidnappers were state agents. Furthermore, the ECtHR has found violations of the applicant's rights and awarded the mother of the kidnapped man a compensation of 60,000 euros.

September 18, 2014 15:12

• ECtHR awards over one million euros to families of 16 missing Chechens

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision in the case of the disappearance of 16 residents of Chechnya in 2001-2006. The ECtHR has found Russia guilty of human rights violations and obliged the country to pay more than one million euros of compensation to 43 applicants residing in Chechnya.

September 18, 2014 13:30

• Krasnodar: "EcoWatch" activist Shevchenko attacked while filming tree pruning

  On September 17, in Krasnodar, Dmitry Shevchenko, the deputy coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), was attacked while he was filming the process of tree pruning in the course of the reconstruction works conducted in the Friendship Park. An unidentified man, who led the works, knocked out a video camera from the activist's hands, the website of the "EcoWatch" reports.

September 18, 2014 11:20

• Residents of Chechnya report on law enforcers' kidnapping of young woman in hijab

  In central Grozny, law enforcers drove a young woman dressed in Muslim clothing away to some unknown place. Eyewitnesses of the incident are not aware of her further fate. They believe the young woman was kidnapped. Officials from the law enforcement bodies refused to comment on the information.

September 18, 2014 09:24

• BBC reporters attacked in Astrakhan

  In Astrakhan, while filming a story of the deaths of Russian soldiers near the border with Ukraine, members of the Moscow BBC office were attacked by unidentified men. At present, the reporters are in Moscow, and they are in safety, the Russian BBC service reports today.

September 18, 2014 06:38

• Moscow hosts solo picket in support of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko

  On September 17, in Moscow, in front of the building of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, a solo picket was held in support of Evgeny Vitishko, a Krasnodar ecologist, serving his sentence at the penal settlement-colony in the Tambov Region. The solo picket was held by Sophia Rusova, the Adviser to the Chairman of the "Yabloko" Party, the press service of the political organization reports.

September 18, 2014 01:51

• GPO checks investigation into case of attack on journalist Tapdyg Farkhadoglu in Baku

  The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has started a check of the media reports about the biased investigation into the beating of journalist Tapdyg Farkhadoglu (Guliev). Prosecutors have assigned the re-investigation to be conducted under the personal supervision of the General Prosecutor, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

September 17, 2014 22:20

• Human rights defenders and diplomats comdemn impunity in Akhmednabiev case

  Participants of the discussion held on the sides of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva have condemned the impunity for the murder of the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspendent Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev and other journalists.