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July 12, 2014 07:39

• More than 60 people collect help to refugees in South Ossetia

  The city of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, has opened a centre for collection of humanitarian aid for the people who left the area of the antiterrorist operation conducted now in the Lugansk and Donetsk Regions of Ukraine. Residents of South Ossetia are bringing clothes, personal hygiene items, toys and household appliances.

July 12, 2014 06:59

• Azerbaijani oppositionist detained in Georgia seeks asylum

  Dashgyn Agalarov, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan was detained in Georgia. Azerbaijan has initiated his extradition procedure, while Georgian rights defenders demand to provide him with political asylum, as Nana Kakabadze, the head of the NGO "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 12, 2014 05:41

• NGO: violations fixed on the eve of second round of municipal elections in Georgia

  The NGO "Fair Elections" reports about pre-election violations registered before the second round of elections to local self-government bodies in Georgia. In particular, rights defenders have revealed facts of illegal campaigning and pressure on officials and candidates.

July 11, 2014 22:05

• Azerbaijan: journalist Mirkadirov rejects treason charge in evidencing to investigators

  The Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, who was arrested on charges of treason, has testified, for the first time during nearly three months of his custody, to investigators. He has completely denied the charges against him, said Elmar Suleimanov, one of his defenders.

July 11, 2014 19:10

• In Dagestan, leader of anti-corruption board "Atly-Boyun" treats search of his house as intimidation attempt

  Today, the house of Gadjigishi Bambatov, the chairman of the Dagestani organization "Atly-Boyun Public Anti-Corruption Board", located in the Leninkent neighbourhood of Makhachkala, was searched. Bambatov claims that the search was an attempt to put pressure and intimidate him to force him to give up his struggle with land frauds.

July 11, 2014 14:41

• Militants claim responsibility for killing ex-head of Kizilyurt GOVD and policeman near Khasavyurt

  As reported by statements posted on the websites that support North-Caucasian militants, the latter took responsibility for assassinating Aitemir Salimgereev, the former head of the GOVD (City Interior Division) of Kizilyurt, and a police major in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan.

July 11, 2014 14:15

• NAC: militants killed in Dagestani village of Echeda were leaders of "Tsumandin" grouping

  This morning, a law enforcement source has reported that a supposed member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), who opened fire at law enforcers from the roof of the mosque, was shot dead in the Dagestani village of Echeda. His accomplice was killed after power agents blocked the mosque.

July 11, 2014 13:23

• In Azerbaijan, Court dismisses complaint filed by oppositionist Bananyarly about her torture at police department

  The Nasimi District Court has considered the complaint filed by Kyamala Bananyarly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), against the refusal of the Prosecutor's Office to institute criminal proceedings on her complaint about the fact that she had been subjected to torture at the police station. The Court has dismissed her complaint.

July 11, 2014 09:43

• FSB reports on suspension of three checkpoints on Russian-Ukrainian border in Rostov Region

  In the Rostov Region, operation of three checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border has been suspended because of the ongoing shooting in the adjacent Ukrainian territory in the closest vicinity of the Russian border. This was told to the agency "Interfax-South" by Vasily Malaev, Spokesperson of the Border Guard Service of the Russian FSB for the Rostov Region.

July 11, 2014 04:01

• Ex-head of Kizilyurt GOVD was murdered with utmost cruelty - source

  In Dagestan, a "Caucasian Knot" source from the law enforcement agencies has reported the details of the murder of Police Colonel Aitemir Salimgereev committed in Kizilyurt. Attackers handcuffed the owner of the house to a metal heating pipe and tied him with a cord. Then, they inflicted multiple stab wounds to him and cut off the Aitemir Salimgereev's head.

July 11, 2014 03:42

• Dagestan: detainee Isa Abdulkadyrov claims self-slandering after beaten up by policemen

  On July 10, Isa Abdulkadyrov was detained in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. He has told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he had been beaten by policemen and that he had been forced to incriminate himself.

July 11, 2014 02:49

• HRC "Memorial": face and hands of Sabina Abakarova accused of possessing "shahid belt" bear no traces of hexogen

  In Dagestan, at the trial in the case against Sabina Abakarova, a local resident accused of illegal possession of weapons, the court has started to consider the written evidence. The defence has reported the results of the examination, which revealed no traces of explosive substances on the defendant's hands and face.

July 11, 2014 00:55

• Attackers on ex-presidential candidate receive long prison terms in Nagorno-Karabakh

  On July 10, in Nagorno-Karabakh, the court of first instance sentenced Ara Avetyan and Sergey Arutyunyan to 11 and 9 years of imprisonment, respectively, on charges of attempting to assassinate Vitaly Balasanyan, ex-presidential candidate, a deputy of the National Assembly.

July 10, 2014 23:57

• At trial of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog prosecutor asks six years in prison for four defendants

  The state prosecutor asked to sentence four out of 16 Jehovah's Witnesses, tried in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region, to six years in a general-regime colony, said Victor Zhenkov, an advocate. According to the press release of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, received today by the "Caucasian Knot", prosecutors failed to formulate the essence of the presented charges.

July 10, 2014 22:19

• Russia's MFA: checkpoint "Gukovo" in Rostov Region shelled from Ukraine

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has stated that today, as a result of actions of Ukrainian power agents, the checkpoint "Gukovo" located on the Russian-Ukrainian border was shelled by artillery; nobody was hurt.

July 10, 2014 20:49

• Defendant in Yegor Scherbakov's murder case states at trial that he had not signed interrogation protocols

  At the trial for the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow district of Biryulyovo, the defendant Orkhan Zeinalov said he did not sign any protocols of the interrogations, which, according to the case files, had been held during the preliminary investigation, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

July 10, 2014 15:35

• Azerbaijani MoJ makes Shakhin Novruzlu's pardon petition public

  Shakhin Novruzlu, an activist of the "Nida" movement, who was sentenced to six years in prison, has appealed to President Ilham Aliev for clemency, adding that he decided to give up any further political activities, the Penitentiary Service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported today.

July 10, 2014 13:22

• In Chechnya, people expel family members of suspected policeman's killer from their village, district administration asserts

  Relatives of Khusein Dakhtaev, who was suspected of the shooting of Akhmed Dopaev, a staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and who was killed on July 3 in Grozny, were expelled from the village of Goi-Chu of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, where they used to live. According to the district administration, the decision was made and pronounced at the gathering of villagers of Goi-Chu.

July 10, 2014 09:56

• Police fail to respond to complaints about beating of detained Dagestani resident, his advocate asserts

  An advocate of Imangazali Magomedov, a resident of the village of Shaumyan of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, suspected of illegal possession of weapons, has filed a complaint to the head of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). According to the advocate, local investigators and policemen ignore the complaints filed against the facts of beating of her client during his arrest.

July 10, 2014 08:34

• In Rostov Region, Court fines "Union of Don Women" for acting without registration as "foreign agent"

  In the Rostov Region, a magistrate has fined the public organization "Union of Don Women" 300,000 roubles for a charge of political activities without entering the register of "foreign agents".