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July 17, 2014 05:40

• 250 signatures to appeal demanding to investigate Natalia Estemirova's murder handed over to ICRF

  Human rights activists have collected 250 signatures to the petition addressed to the leadership of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a demand to make every effort to investigate the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

July 16, 2014 23:17

• Batyr Pukhaev, former MP of South Ossetia, goes on hunger strike in Tskhinvali IVS

  Batyr Pukhaev and his brother Igor Pukhaev were detained on July 11; and on July 14, the Tskhinvali Court ruled to arrest them for two months and place them into the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) in Tskhinvali.

July 16, 2014 19:39

• Azerbaijan campaigns in defence of Gasan Guseinli

  A group of Azerbaijani civil society activists has announced a start of an international campaign in defence of the rights of Gasan Guseinli from the city of Ganja (Gandzha), the head of the Educational Centre "Intellectual Citizen", who was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.

July 16, 2014 17:37

• Two wounded Ukrainian border guard hospitalized in Rostov Region

  On Wednesday, July 16, two Ukrainian border guards were heavily wounded on the Rostov section of the Ukrainian-Russian border.

July 16, 2014 14:00

• Moscow court to consider lawsuit to Zhirinovsky on protection of honour and dignity regarding his statements about Azerbaijanis

  The Tver Court of Moscow has accepted for consideration a lawsuit on protection of honour and dignity against the MP of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky for his statements concerning the Azerbaijani people. This was reported by Ekaterina Korotova, the press secretary of the above court, who is quoted by the RAPSI.

July 16, 2014 13:51

• ICRF suspects boxing coach of killing KChR's MP

  Investigating authorities of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have announced the names of two residents of the republic, wanted on suspicion of murdering Mukhamed Kunizhev, a Deputy of the Republic's National Assembly.

July 16, 2014 13:08

• David Narmaniya offers Georgian Parliament to draft attestation rules for employees of Tbilisi Mayoralty

  On July 15, David Narmaniya, the newly elected Mayor of Tbilisi, held his first consultation with the Chairman of the Georgian Parliament on the issue of attestation rules for current and future employees of the Mayoralty.

July 16, 2014 09:23

• Resident of Pyatigorsk tried twice to commit suicide in Cherkessk SIZO in protest against incriminated sexual abuse

  A resident of Pyatigorsk, accused of a sexual assault against a minor, was on a hunger strike in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Cherkessk for 11 days. His protest action was announced on July 2 after he attempted to commit suicide right at the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia, where his criminal case was considered.

July 16, 2014 08:43

• Rights defenders and politicians ask head of FSIN to prevent harassment of Evgeny Vitishko

  A number of human rights activists and politicians have sent an appeal to Gennady Kornienko, Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) of the Russian Federation about inadmissibility of baiting of the Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko in Colony-Settlement No. 2 of the Tambov Region.

July 16, 2014 06:28

• At commemoration of Natalia Estemirova in Moscow AI activists collect signatures to petition to ICRF

  Five years after the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", an action "Flowers for Natalia" was held in Moscow, organized by activists of the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI).

July 16, 2014 05:21

• ECtHR rejects claim of Georgia native challenging the law on combating organized crime

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found no violation in the case of Izet Ashlarba, a citizen of Georgia, who was convicted for links with the organized crime.

July 15, 2014 18:03

• Azerbaijan extends arrest of journalist Rauf Mirkadirov until November 21

  In Azerbaijan, the arrest of journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, accused of treason, has been extended by other four months. This decision was made by the Nasimi District Court of Baku in satisfaction of the petition lodged by the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan.

July 15, 2014 17:47

• Said Amirov's advocates challenge the verdict at court

  The advocates of the dismissed Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, convicted on charges of planning a terror act, have filed a complaint against the verdict, said Vladimir Postanyuk, the head of the defence group.

July 15, 2014 16:13

• North Ossetia: three KBR residents accused of stealing over 300 million roubles of maternity capital

  Three residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are accused of involvement in a criminal grouping engaged in cashing the maternity capital in North Ossetia and KBR, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

July 15, 2014 15:50

• MCC completes judicial investigation into Yegor Scherbakov's murder in Biryulyovo

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has completed the judicial investigation into the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow district of Biryulyovo; the parties' debates are scheduled for July 21.

July 15, 2014 14:35

• In Azerbaijan, case of Emil Mamedov, head of NGO "Democracy Promotion", sent to court

  According to investigators, the preliminary inquiry into the case of Emil Mamedov, the head of the NGO "Democracy Promotion", acting in the country's south, is over; and in the near future the case will go to court.

July 15, 2014 14:05

• In Chechnya, two locals suspected of aiding armed underground

  As reported by the Investigating Department (ID) for Chechnya of the ICRF, two residents of the village of Katar-Yurt, Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, are suspected of aiding members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

July 15, 2014 13:06

• Abkhazian presidential candidate Beslan Eshba fails his language test

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia has registered four candidates for the early presidential election scheduled for August 24. The former Deputy Prime Minister Beslan Eshba was denied registration – in the opinion of the linguistic commission, he is not fluent enough in the official state language.

July 15, 2014 11:00

• Today is five years after death of Natalia Estemirova

  Exactly five years have expired since the kidnapping and death in Chechnya in 2009 of Natalya Estemirova, an employee of the Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

July 15, 2014 03:43

• Ammunition confiscated from local in Chechnya

  In south-east of Chechnya, in the foothill Shali District, law enforcers detained a 39-year-old local resident, on whom cartridges to automatic firearms were found during personal search.