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April 16, 2014 03:37

• In Dagestan, Ruslan Rasulov demands to punish policemen who detained him

  Ruslan Rasulov, Chairman of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Union to Protect Human, Citizens' and Peoples' Rights and Freedoms", has appealed to the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office. He asks to bring to justice staff members of the Soviet ROVD (District Interior Division) in Makhachkala.

April 15, 2014 23:53

• Defendants in Nalchik attack case claim violation of their rights at SIZO

  Starting today, four defendants in the case of the attack on Nalchik have announced an indefinite hunger strike in protest against Azamat Akhkubekov's placement into the dungeon, said one of their advocates.

April 15, 2014 19:40

• Rostov Regional Court upholds verdict to Sergey Reznik

  The panel of judges of the Rostov Regional Court has upheld the verdict passed by the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don to the journalist and blogger Sergey Reznik.

April 15, 2014 19:03

• Source: five people killed in special operation in Makhachkala

  On April 15, five persons were killed by law enforcers during a special operation in Makhachkala township of Stepnoy; three of them have been preliminarily identified, said a Dagestani law enforcement source.

April 15, 2014 17:44

• Azerbaijani journalist Parviz Gashimli goes on hunger strike in SIZO

  Parviz Gashimli, an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist, kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) has gone on a hunger strike in protest against violation of his rights, said his advocate Elchin Sadygov.

April 15, 2014 16:02

• Sumerinli: enlightenment can reduce non-combat losses in Azerbaijani Army

  As reported by the Centre of Military Journalistic Studies named "Doctrine", since the beginning of 2014, human losses in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made 28 people; 19 of them are the so-called "non-combat" losses. In the opinion of Djasur Sumerinli, the head of the Centre, the problem of great non-combat losses cannot be solved without a complex of measures.

April 15, 2014 13:47

• In Sochi, court fines David Khakim with 20,000 roubles for solo picket in support of Evgeny Vitishko

  Today, the Sochi Tsentralny District Court has recognized activist David Khakim guilty for holding a solo pickets near the building of the city administration on February 17.

April 15, 2014 13:34

• Advocate requests to question former police head in case of Dagestani resident's disappearance

  Advocate representing the interests of family members of a resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan who disappeared in 2012 has sent an appeal to the head of the Investigating Committee for Dagestan. The advocate requests to question staff members of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) in the case of the Akav Khalidov's disappearance.

April 15, 2014 13:02

• Trial on claim filed by HRC "Memorial" against Prosecutor's Office is postponed till May 23

  Court hearing on the claim of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which challenges the request of the Prosecutor's Office to get registered as a foreign agent, has been postponed till May 23 because of illness of a judge.

April 15, 2014 09:50

• Sociologists explain Russians' optimism towards situation in Caucasus by Crimea's accession

  The population of Russia expresses a surge of optimism in relation to the situation in Caucasus. This was proved by the data of the recent survey led by the Levada Centre, conducted on March 21-24, compared to the survey conducted in this January.

April 15, 2014 07:39

• 76 participants from Caucasian regions attend Yerevan conference "Caucasus is our common home"

  The conference "Caucasus is our common home" held in Yerevan gathered 76 persons from all regions of Caucasus. Only the delegation from Azerbaijan failed to come to Armenia, and they took part in the event online.

April 15, 2014 02:30

• Ingush Ombudsman: two detainees from Maiskoe are kept in Vladikavkaz SIZO

  Aliskhan Gurazhev and Mustafa Barkinkhoev, residents of the village of Maiskoe of North Ossetia, accused of possession of drugs, are kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Vladikavkaz, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the office of the Ombudsman for the Republic of Ingushetia.

April 15, 2014 01:15

• Defendant in Politkovskaya's murder case declares innocence

  At the trial in the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", held at the Moscow City Court on April 14, Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, one of the defendants, categorically declared his innocence of the crime.

April 14, 2014 21:53

• "Musavat" to call for boycott of European Olympic Games, if political prisoners are not released

  The Azerbaijani oppositional "Musavat" Party has urged the authorities of the country to release political prisoners. Otherwise, the party plans to address the democratic countries of the world to boycott the upcoming European Olympic Games-2015 to be held in Baku, said Gyulyaga Aslanly, the deputy chairman of the "Musavat".

April 14, 2014 20:24

• Azerbaijan: police would not set activist of "Promoting Democracy" Tofig Gasymov free after his arrest expired, NGO reports

  In Azerbaijan, Tofig Gasymov, an activist of the public organization "Promoting Democracy", which operates in the Salyan District, was not released after the completion of his administrative arrest. A criminal case was opened against him under the article of "extortion by threats", said a source from his NGO.

April 14, 2014 20:15

• SC of the KBR quashed deportation of Syrian student

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has partially upheld the complaint lodged by Otkhman Ayal, an ethnic Circassian and now a Syrian national, and reversed the decision to deport him, said a source from the local department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS).

April 14, 2014 15:00

• Ammunition and smoke bomb found in hideout in KBR

  Employees of the inter-municipal district "Baksanskiy" of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) found a hideout near the cemetery in Baksan with ammunition and a smoke bomb, said the press service of the Republic's MIA.

April 14, 2014 13:40

• Georgia: about 1500 persons take part in action "We Choose Europe"

  The action-concert "We Choose Europe" was held in Tbilisi on April 13 in Europe Square, in the old town. It was attended by about 1500 people, both ordinary citizens and NGO activists and politicians. They expressed Georgia's desire to join the European Union and to be a European nation.

April 14, 2014 12:51

• New Armenian Premier to form his new government within 20 days

  According to Eduard Sharmazanov, the press secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Abramyan's candidacy was approved by the RPA's executive body.

April 14, 2014 09:45

• Power agents found no militants in Urus-Martan District of Chechnya

  Law enforcers failed to find any possible members of the armed underground in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, where on April 12 a militant who rendered resistance was killed, a source from the republic's law enforcement bodies told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.