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August 17, 2013 12:14

• Baku Mayoralty sanctions rally in support of Rustam Ibragimbekov

  The Mayoralty of Baku has sanctioned the rally appointed for August 18 by the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) in support of the presidential candidate, the screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov.

August 17, 2013 10:21

• Armenian authorities call benefactors to help in building housing for Syrian Armenians

  The Armenian Ministry of Diaspora has invited philanthropists to help in building the district "New Aleppo" intended for the Armenian refugees from Syria who live today in Armenia. The Ministry adds that any contribution from any donator will be welcomed.

August 17, 2013 09:20

• Chechen schools are ready for new school year

  The institutions of general education of Chechnya have completed their preparations for the new school year, the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Chechnya has reported. Parents of pupils are afraid that the initiative of introduction of the mandatory school uniform for pupils will not be successful.

August 17, 2013 08:23

• CEC of Chechnya made ballot papers for blind and visually impaired voters

  Visually impaired voters will be able to take part in the parliamentary elections in Chechnya by using special ballots in Braille produced by the Central Election Commission (CEC), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the CEC.

August 17, 2013 06:56

• In Armenia, court on fight at "Harsnaqar" Restaurant postpones consideration of victims' petition

  The consideration of the motion of the suffered party in the case of beating of military doctors in the parking lot of "Harsnaqar" Restaurant in Yerevan has been postponed until the final court decision. Earlier, the victims asked the court to recognize the clothes they wore on the day of the fight as substantial evidence.

August 16, 2013 23:50

• In Sochi, trial of Secretary of Regional "Communists of Russia" to continue on August 21

  Today, Mikhail Abramyan, Secretary of the Krasnodar Regional Branch of the Party "Communists of Russia", was discharged from Hospital No. 2 of Krasnodar. The court session on his case will take place on August 21.

August 16, 2013 21:52

• In Azerbaijan, CoA upholds Tural Abbasly's arrest

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the decision of the administrative arrest for 15 days of the head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party Tural Abbasly.

August 16, 2013 21:35

• Armenia: protesters demand to release imprisoned ANC activists

  An action demanding to release four activists of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), convicted for hooliganism and disobeying the police, was held today in Yerevan.

August 16, 2013 17:26

• Georgia: Professor Lado Papava wins election of TSU Rector

  Today, Vladimir (Lado) Papava was elected to the post of the Rector of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) named after Djavakhishvili. The voting took place against the students' protest demanding to provide freedom to the university.

August 16, 2013 16:04

• Relatives of kidnapped resident of Makhachkala state that said that law enforcers fail to search him

  The law enforcement authorities of Dagestan are not engaged in the search of Sakhrab Abakargadjiev, a resident of Makhachkala, who was kidnapped by masked men on May 20, his relatives assert. The spokesman of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) claims that the search of Sakhrab is underway.

August 16, 2013 13:34

• In Dagestan, detained Sabina Abakarova complains about being beaten in SIZO, FSIN Department denies everything

  On August 2, Sabina Abakarova, suspected of illegal possession of arms, was beaten at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Makhachkala. The Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) denies the fact of beating and reports that a verbal altercation occurred between Sabina Abakarova and a SIZO staff member.

August 16, 2013 04:30

• In Grozny, picketers claim that media highlight murders of Caucasian natives with prejudice

  On August 15, Grozny hosted a picket, participants of which demanded to solve promptly the murder of three natives of the republics of Northern Caucasus that was committed on August 9 in Moscow and also to stop the "anti-Caucasus hysteria" in the Russian media.

August 16, 2013 03:20

• In Baku, CoA dismisses appeal of journalist Khadidja Ismailova

  The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the verdict of the District Court to sentence Khadidja Ismailova, a journalist of the Azerbaijani Branch of the "Radio Liberty", to administrative penalty in the form of 220 hours of community service. Anar Gasymov, the journalist's advocate, called the Court's decision unlawful and stated that the relevant complaint will be filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

August 16, 2013 02:17

• Vadim Karastelev claims verdict to activists Gelendzhik HRC unprecedented

  The materials of the case against human rights activists of the Gelendzhik Human Rights Centre (HRC) contain a lot of doubtful points, and the sentence is unreasonably tough. This was stated by Vadim Karastelev, an expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group. The investigation into the case can face provocations.

August 16, 2013 01:47

• Red Cross staff members fail to visit soldier Akop Indjigulyan in Baku

  In Yerevan, relatives of soldier Akop Indjigulyan, who was captured in Azerbaijan on August 8, met Dragana Rankovic, Emissary of the Armenian Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Emissary has assured them that the Red Cross takes steps to arrange a meeting with Akop Indjigulyan. However, by the evening of August 15, the meeting did not take place.

August 15, 2013 16:29

• Georgia again postpones destruction of MIA's archive with citizens' privacy records

  The destruction of a part of the archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, containing video and audio records accumulated as a result of illegal secret surveillance and tapping of citizens' private life has been delayed again but will happen soon.

August 15, 2013 15:22

• Prosecutor's Office insists on separating the case of wounded figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case into separate proceedings

  The Prosecutor's Office has offered to open a separate proceeding in relation to Djabrail Makhmudov, accused of complicity in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and continue the trial. Djabrail was wounded in the evening on August 14. His advocate Murad Musaev is against it, saying that his client will recover quickly and be able to participate in the sessions.

August 15, 2013 14:58

• Inquiry into Natalia Estemirova's murder extended till October 14

  As announced by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) the period of investigation into the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has been extended until October 14, 2013.

August 15, 2013 13:36

• Krasnodar court upholds extension of Professor Savva's arrest

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the August 8 ruling of the Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar, to extend the detention of Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

August 15, 2013 11:26

• Azerbaijan: at trial of editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado" investigator Kerimov testifies

  At the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, at the trial of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of the Talysh), investigator Djeikhun Kerimov from the Nizami District Police of Baku, said that he had the right to appoint a search of the defendant's rented apartment.