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August 14, 2014 23:00

• Mikhail Saakashvili put on Georgia's internal wanted list

  Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian President, who is accused of three criminal cases, has been put on the domestic wanted list, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia reports.

August 14, 2014 21:31

• Rights defenders call on Ingush authorities not to duplicate public organizations by creating Committee of Soldiers' Fathers

  To assist conscripts, the Ingush authorities will create the Committee of Soldiers' Fathers (CSF). However, according to rights defenders, the organization in its activities should not duplicate the functions of the existing public institutions.

August 14, 2014 18:13

• Advocates complain about violation of prisoners' rights in Makhachkala SIZO-1

  Dagestani advocates report on the existence of a special unit "G" in the territory of the SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Makhachkala, to where defenders' access is hindered and where prisoners' rights are violated.

August 14, 2014 18:02

• Azerbaijani GPO bans rights defender Gyunai Ismailova to leave country without permit

  On Thursday, Gyunai Ismailova, a lawyer of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), was interrogated by investigators from the Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office as a witness in connection with a criminal case against a number of local and foreign NGOs.

August 14, 2014 15:56

• Natalia Zubarevich: food sanctions to hurt economy of North-Caucasian regions

  The ban on foreign goods imports to Russia can lead to shortages of certain food products, such as beef. This opinion has been expressed by Natalia Zubarevich, Professor of Russian Economic and Social Geography from the Moscow State University (MSU).

August 14, 2014 14:39

• Evgeny Vitishko files complaint to ECtHR

  Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, sentenced on charges of infliction of damage to the fence around the land plot known as "summer cottage" Alexander Tkachov, Krasnodar Governor, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and filed a complaint about violation of freedom of speech.

August 14, 2014 13:05

• NCFD police report on militants' hidings found in Dagestan, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria

  In a number of regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), police found hidings with a large number of weapons, ammunition and explosives belonging to members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), the Department for the NCFD of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

August 14, 2014 10:09

• Lawyer Denga Djavatkhanov kidnapped by unidentified persons in Dagestan released

  Denga Djavatkhanov, a staff member of the Kizilyurt Bar Association, has stated that he was detained and unlawfully kept by force for three days by law enforcers. The Kizilyurt police do not confirm the detention of Denga Djavatkhanov.

August 14, 2014 06:15

• Ukrainian law enforcers: several Chechen combatants request corridor for leaving Donbas

  Combatants from Chechnya, who are fighting on the side of the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, have asked leaders of the antiterrorist operation (ATO) in Ukraine to provide them with the possibility to leave the combat zone, the ATO press centre reports.

August 14, 2014 01:39

• Karabakh conflict parties exchange accusations of ceasefire violations

  On August 12-13, the Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire on the contact line for about 55 times, the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh reports. In its turn, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accused the opposing side of violation of the truce.

August 13, 2014 23:13

• In Azerbaijan, court arrests activist Murad Adilov

  In Azerbaijan, the court has arrested Murad Adilov, an of the activist Sabirabad district organization of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), suspected of illegal possession and sale of drugs.

August 13, 2014 22:32

• In Azerbaijan, theologian Talekh Bagirzade sentenced under new charge

  In Azerbaijan, a Shiite theologian Talekh Bagirzade, who is serving his two-year imprisonment on earlier charge, has been sentenced on new charge of possessing prohibited items in the SIZO (pre-trial prison). The term of imprisonment of Talekh Bagirzade has been extended for four months.

August 13, 2014 19:55

• AI expresses concern over health of arrested Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus

  The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has expressed its concern about the deterioration in health state of Leyla Yunus, who was arrested in Azerbaijan.

August 13, 2014 18:05

• Azerbaijani court upholds detention of rights defender Intigam Aliev

  In Azerbaijan, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint filed by the human rights defender Intigam Aliev about his arrest and left him in custody. The defence does not agree with the BCA's decision and intends to file a motion to change the pre-trial restriction measure to home arrest.

August 13, 2014 17:47

• Acting head of KBR promises to engage best professionals in investigation into Timur Kuashev's death, Alexander Mukomolov asserts

  Yuri Kokov, the acting head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has announced engaging the best professionals in investigation into the death of Timur Kuashev, a journalist and a social activist.

August 13, 2014 16:06

• Batyr Pukhaev stops hunger strike in Tskhinvali IVS for health reasons, his relative asserts

  Batyr Pukhaev, a South Ossetian businessman, who is kept together with his brother Igor at the Tskhinvali IVS (temporary detention facility) on charges of treason and an attempt of coup d'etat, has stopped his two-week hunger strike for health reasons.

August 13, 2014 15:29

• NAC reports liquidation of 158 militants in Northern Caucasus since start of year

  In the course of special operations conducted in Northern Caucasus this year, law enforcers have eliminated 158 active militants, including 25 militants' leaders. This was reported by Alexander Bortnikov, the Chairman of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

August 13, 2014 14:41

• Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is accused of embezzling more than 5 million US dollars from budget

  In Georgia, former President Mikhail Saakashvili is charged with embezzlement of budget funds amounting to more than 8.8 million laris (more than 5 million US dollars), the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office reports.

August 13, 2014 13:56

• In Dagestan, dismissed Police Lieutenant Colonel demands prosecutorial inquiry

  In Dagestan, Police Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Kislitsky, who was dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for driving in state of alcoholic intoxication, appealed to the Russian General Prosecutor's Office to investigate the circumstances that led to his dismissal.

August 13, 2014 10:46

• Suspected organizer of terror acts in Dagestan and Stavropol Territory detained in Sarajevo, "Kommersant" reports

  In the Sarajevo Airport, the police have arrested Khabib Khabibov, included in the international wanted list, the "Kommersant" reports with reference to a source from the law enforcement bodies. The Russian investigating authorities treat him as active militant and accuse him of promoting terrorism.