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September 13, 2014 07:45

• Experts see no sense in banning religious clothing in Pirogov University in Moscow

  The ban on wearing of religious clothing introduced at the Pirogov Medical University in Moscow is not logical. Clothing has no influence on the educational process, and the ban will lead to the opposite effect. Moreover, the very fact of the ban does not look as thoughtful.

September 13, 2014 07:07

• NGO calls on to apply tougher article to incident in Kobuleti medrese

  When the police had classified the incident with a pig's head nailed to a door of a medrese in Kobuleti as a "destruction of property", it was not correct. The criminal case is to be instituted on the fact of harassment on grounds of religion. This was stated by the "Centre for Training and Monitoring of Human Rights".

September 13, 2014 06:24

• Advocate: prosecutors at the trial of terror acts in Volgograd fail to prove defendants guilt

  According to Said Ibragimov, an advocate of Ibragim Magomedov, under the episode imputed to his client, accused of involvement in preparing the New Year terror acts in Volgograd, his cousin has been already convicted.

September 13, 2014 05:24

• Protesters in Poti have no rights to get new housing, authorities assert

  The protest action held by refugees from Abkhazia living in the Georgian port of Poti was stopped; their demand to provide them with new housing will be rejected, said the Ministry for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

September 13, 2014 04:26

• Initiative group to support Shant Arutyunyan's minor son appears in Armenia

  Classmates and friends of 15-year-old Shagen Arutyunyan, who is involved in the case against activists of the "Million Mask March," have created an initiative group to support him. The protest action in support of Shagen Arutyunyan is scheduled for September 14, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

September 13, 2014 02:29

• Leyla Yunus' advocate reports on her health problems

  In Azerbaijan, Leyla Yunus, an arrested human rights defender, faces deterioration of health state because of diabetes, and she got a foot abscess, advocate Alaif Gasanov reports. The arrested human rights defender herself reports on new cases of violence against her.

September 12, 2014 23:32

• Azerbaijani court leaves Intigam Aliev behind bars

  A district court in Baku has dismissed the petition lodged by Intigam Aliev, the head of the Legal Education Society (LES), asking to change his freedom restraint from custody to home arrest.

September 12, 2014 19:00

• Kizilyurt resident reports on kidnapping of her son

  Islam Shamsudinov, a resident of Kizilyurt, was kidnapped by men in uniform. This was reported by his mother Mavlet. A friend of the disappeared man believes that he was kidnapped by law enforcers. Officials from the Kizilyurt OVD (Interior Division) deny the detention of Islam Shamsudinov.

September 12, 2014 16:43

• Residents of Dagestan report on mass detentions of mosque-goers in Makhachkala and Derbent (+video)

  Residents of the cities of Makhachkala and Derbent complain about mass detentions of mosque-goers in city mosques. In the capital of Dagestan, the police confirmed the reports on detentions; however, law enforcers of Derbent refuted to confirm the information.

September 12, 2014 16:21

• Grozny resident complains about investigators' inaction in her son's kidnapping

  Zura Matsaeva from Grozny has stated that for almost eight months she knows nothing about her 31-year-old son Rizvan Matsaev. The latter's relatives and friends believe that he was kidnapped by some law enforcement body and complain about investigators' inaction.

September 12, 2014 15:29

• MCC rejects HRC's motion against District Court's refusal to consider complaint about registration as foreign agent

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has dismissed the appeal complaint filed by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against the District Court's decision, which had recognized the demand of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office (MPO) to get registered as a foreign agent to be legitimate, said Ulyana Solopova, the head of the press service of the MCC.

September 12, 2014 13:50

• Fizuli Mirzakhanov killed in Tabasaran District of Dagestan was wanted for involvement in terror act in Khuchni village

  Fizuli Mirzakhanov killed in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan was wanted for involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF) and in the terror act committed in the village of Khuchni one year ago. According to the investigating authorities of Dagestan, Fizuli Mirzakhanov and Djafar Khanmagomedov, who was killed together with him, declined the offer to surrender.

September 12, 2014 12:31

• Medical examination finds Pavlyuchenkov healthy enough to serve his term in colony

  A medical examination has concluded that Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, sentenced in the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", is healthy enough to serve his sentence, said Karina Moskalenko and Anna Stavitskaya, representatives of the victim party, at the Moscow City Court (MCC).

September 12, 2014 08:55

• "Kommersant": militants killed in Dagestan identified as Fizuli Mirzakhanov and Djafar Khanmagomedov

  During the special operation conducted in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, two men were killed. They have been preliminary identified as Fizuli Mirzakhanov and Djafar Khanmagomedov, members of the local militant grouping named "Yuzhnaya" (Southern), the "Kommersant" has reported with reference to sources in law enforcement bodies.

September 12, 2014 04:26

• Chief of Armenian Parliament Security Service attacks journalist, NGOs claim

  The Chief of the Parliament Security Service has used force against a journalist of the "A1+" TV Channel and hindered the journalist's work. This was stated by journalist and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Armenia.

September 12, 2014 04:18

• Zalimkhan Tkhamokov, detained resident of Nalchik, placed under home arrest

  In Nalchik, the Court has pronounced the decision on the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of one-month home arrest for Zalimkhan Tkhamokov, a KBR resident. According to his wife, on September 9, he was detained on charges of illegal possession of weapons.

September 12, 2014 03:15

• KBR: forensic examination fails to reveal causes of Timur Kuashev's death

  The forensic medical examination to reveal the causes of the death of Timur Kuashev, a journalist and civil society activist, conducted by forensic experts in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has failed to answer the question about the causes of the journalist's death.

September 11, 2014 23:39

• Man kidnapped in Makhachkala, eyewitnesses report

  The incident occurred at the corner of Batyrai and Suleiman Stalsky Streets, said one of the eyewitnesses. According to his story, 5-8 armed men, most of them in masks, arrived in two cars, pushed a young man into one of the cars and drove away.

September 11, 2014 22:50

• In Dagestan, two persons are killed during special operation in Tabasaran District

  According to the preliminary information, two persons were killed in an armed clash in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, stated a source in the law enforcement bodies.

September 11, 2014 22:50

• NAC: two men killed today in Dagestan were militants

  As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the two persons killed on Thursday, September 11, during an armed clash in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, were involved in the armed underground.