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March 12, 2014 04:36

• "Musavat" activists state illegal treatment by Russian power agents who detained them in Makhachkala

  After their return to Baku, Gyulyaga Aslanly, the deputy head of the "Musavat" Party, Arif Gadjily, the head of the party's office, and Emil Salamoglu, a correspondent of the newspaper "Eni Musavat", who had been detained on March 10 in Makhachkala by Russian policemen, have declared the illegality of their detention.

March 12, 2014 02:38

• Navy exercises of Bulgaria, Romania and USA in Black Sea are show of force to Russia, experts say

  The NATO is grouping its troops around Ukraine to support the invasion of the Ukrainian Army into the Crimea after the referendum scheduled for March 16, said Konstantin Sivkov, the vice-president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems.

March 12, 2014 00:55

• Azerbaijan may have relapse of Ukrainian Maidan, opposition supporters assert

  Sooner or later, the people's revolutionary movement in Azerbaijan will get organized and repeat the events in Ukraine, since the authorities behave violently with people, supporters of the Azerbaijani opposition assert. In his turn, Rasim Musabekov, an Azerbaijani MP, is sure that there are no prerequisites for a sort of Ukrainian Maidan in Baku.

March 11, 2014 23:05

• Five natives of Dagestan who arrived from Egypt detained in Makhachkala airport, relatives assert

  In Makhachkala airport "Uytash" power agents have detained five natives of the village of Novosasitli, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who had spent more than two months in Egypt, said Rasul Maazov, a relative of one of the detainees. Today, he has turned to the HRC "Memorial" with an application about their detention.

March 11, 2014 21:52

• HRC "Memorial": situation in Crimea reminds events of Second Chechen War

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has seen similarities with the armed conflict in Chechnya in the messages arriving from the Crimea about detentions and disappearances of journalists, activists, and Ukrainian militaries.

March 11, 2014 19:53

• Rally in Yerevan demands from authorities to release political prisoners

  In Yerevan, on Tuesday, a rally-march was held in support of the arrested Retired Colonel Volodya Avetisyan and other political prisoners. The event was joined by supporters of Shant Arutyunyan, who was arrested along with 13 protesters on November 5, 2013.

March 11, 2014 19:15

• "Musavat" activists detained in Makhachkala return to Baku

  On Tuesday, Gyulyaga Aslanly, the deputy head of the "Musavat" Party, Arif Gadjily, the head of the party's office, and Emil Salamoglu, a correspondent of the newspaper "Eni Musavat", who had been detained on March 10 in Makhachkala by Russian policemen and convoyed under police surveillance to Azerbaijan, returned to Baku.

March 11, 2014 17:14

• Relatives of Khodjoyan allow rights defenders to complain to ECtHR

  In Armenia, relatives of the 77-year-old Mamikon Khodjoyan have allowed rights defenders to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against Azerbaijani authorities. It is planned that the complaint will be lodged by the Armenian NGO "Against Legal Lawlessness".

March 11, 2014 16:23

• Residents of Untsukul District of Dagestan associate CTO regime with protest actions

  Under the pretext of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced in the Untsukul District of Dagestan on March 8, searches were conducted by power agents in the village of Kharachi. Locals associate the introduction of the regime with the protest actions held in the area of the Irganai reservoir.

March 11, 2014 13:43

• HRC "Memorial": in Chechnya, Christian cemeteries are desecrated

  In Chechnya, Christian cemeteries are in poor condition - cattle graze in the territory of some of them, rubbish is dumped there, and fences are absent. This is reported by staff members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

March 11, 2014 11:05

• Moscow Court extends arrest of man, suspected of burning Koran

  The Cheryomushki District Court of Moscow has extended the measure of restraint in the form of the arrest by one month till April 9 to Alexander Sokolov, a 23-year-old resident of the Tver Region, who is suspected of hooliganism and burning of the Koran in the capital at night of January 1, 2014.

March 11, 2014 06:10

• In Armenia, Tigran Petrosyan's advocate reports on unlawful actions of investigating authorities and courts

  The accusation against Tigran Petrosyan, a participant of the protest action "Million Mask March" is unlawful, and the investigation team does nothing for the fourth month already and unjustly holds the protestor in custody. This was reported by Ara Zakaryan, the advocate of the arrested protestor.

March 11, 2014 05:52

• Armenian town of Vardenis protests against police actions

  On March 10, near the city administration of the Armenian town of Vardenis, a rally was held against the police actions. The rally was attended by a few dozen of people.

March 11, 2014 03:58

• People with disabilities: Paralympic Games boost barrier-free environment in Sochi

  Sochi has greatly improved the situation with a barrier-free environment in preparation for the Paralympic Games. However, there are still public places inaccessible to people with disabilities. This was stated by people with disabilities interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

March 10, 2014 16:52

• Lali Antiya, leader of NGO "Women for Peace", detained in Georgia

  Lali Antiya, the leader of the Georgian NGO "Women for Peace", has been detained by the decision of the court. This was reported by an official from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

March 10, 2014 14:40

• Samedbeili: "Musavat" activists detained in Makhachkala convoyed to Baku

  Gyulyaga Aslanly, Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani "Musavat" Party, and Arif Gadjily, the head of the organization staff, who were detained in Makhachkala, were released. This was reported by Arzu Samedbeili, the head of the Supreme Majlis of the "Musavat" Party. According to him, the activists "are being forcibly returned to Azerbaijan."

March 10, 2014 13:03

• In Grozny, exhibition about Syria to help youth realizing horror of war, visitors believe

  In Grozny, the exhibition of photographers from Ufa called "Material evidence. Syria" about the acts of war in the territory of Syria will last till March 17. Visitors of the exhibition say it can affect young people who sympathize with rebels and fail to understand what war really is.

March 10, 2014 11:43

• Chechen authorities make decision to pay salaries to local Orthodox priests

  Orthodox priests, who live and work in the territory of Chechnya, will be provided assistance in solving their personal problems, and they will be paid monthly salaries. This was reported by the administration of the Chechen leader.

March 10, 2014 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 3-9

  Start of Winter Paralympics in Sochi; rallies in Southern Russia in support of citizens of Ukraine and rallies in the countries of Southern Caucasus against the actions of the Russian authorities; mass poisoning of residents of the village near Baku with household gas; cancellation of the investigators' decision to close the case against the deputy in the Stavropol Territory who knocked down a pedestrian; another decision of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to revoke the license of a Dagestani bank, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 3-9, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 10, 2014 02:50

• On March 3-9, 5 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 3-9, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least five human lives, while there was no data about any wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.