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July 29, 2013 15:05

• Trial on lawsuit of HRC "Memorial" demanding to abolish its registration as foreign agent rescheduled for September 13

  The court session on the claim of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against the actions of the Prosecutor's Office, which had demanded that the Centre should get registered as a foreign agent, initially scheduled for July 31, has been postponed till September 13, the HRC reports.

July 29, 2013 13:10

• Margvelashvily refuses to debate one-to-one with Bakradze before presidential election in Georgia

  Georgy Margvelashvily, the presidential candidate from the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream", has rejected the proposal of his opponent from the pro-presidential oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party David Bakradze to hold the debate one-to-one.

July 29, 2013 12:33

• Court session on Anna Politkovskaya's murder postponed until July 31

  The trial on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", that takes place at the Moscow City Court (MCC), has been postponed until July 31 because of the absence of Murad Musaev, the advocate of the defendant Djabrail Makhmudov.

July 29, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 22-28

  Announcement of Georgian presidential candidate by the "United National Movement"; attack on rabbi and resignation of government in Dagestan; start of trial at the Moscow City Court of Anna Politkovskaya's murder case; protests in Yerevan against increase of public transport fares; hunger strike of doctors at Stavropol Children Hospital and reinstatement of its sacked chief physician; Jewish ethnographic expedition over cities of Southern Russia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 22-28, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 28, 2013 17:53

• In Makhachkala, relatives of missing persons rally against arbitrariness of secret services

  On Sunday, in Makhachkala, a rally against tyranny of secret services was held. It was attended by about 100 persons, including relatives of Shamil Abdulaev and Shamil Kadyragaev, who were kidnapped on June 6. The relatives of the kidnapped persons claimed that law enforcers had been involved in kidnapping them.

July 28, 2013 15:12

• In North Ossetia, detained Ingush resident tortured, his advocate asserts

  In North Ossetia, law enforcers impede the work of the defence of Arthur Podgorny, a 20-year-old resident of Ingushetia, and torture him to confess to murder of a man. This was stated by the advocate of the young man. In turn, the law enforcement bodies deny the information.

July 28, 2013 11:40

• Volgograd cancels public hearings on construction of hotel in Predmostnaya Square

  Public hearings on the construction of a hotel in Predmostnaya Square were cancelled because of the project's non-compliance with the town planning regulations. This was reported by Irina Solovyova, Acting Mayor of Volgograd. Natalia Latyshevskaya, a deputy of the regional Duma, started the work on a new draft law for public hearings.

July 28, 2013 09:59

• In Azerbaijan, public organizations prepare "Map of Public Monitoring" for presidential election

  On the eve of the presidential election, in Azerbaijan, the project "Map of Public Monitoring" is created, with the help of which voters will be able to report violations committed during the pre-election campaign and during the voting itself. This was reported by Anar Mamedli, one of the organizers of the project.

July 27, 2013 19:56

• Community of Nasyr-Kort mosque in Ingushetia demands to stop pressing Imam Chumakov

  The Muslim community of the Nasyr-Kort mosque has addressed the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the broad local public stating that recently the republic's authorities and the official clergy had been pressing the imam of the mosque Khamzat Chumakov.

July 27, 2013 18:29

• Political scientists: David Bakradze became presidential candidate on Saakashvili's decision

  As suggested by Kakha Kakhishvili, the head of the Centre for Election Studies, David Bakradze, the presidential candidate of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, was nominated by Mikhail Saakashvili.

July 27, 2013 17:05

• Marjory van den Broeke: European Parliament not yet decided on sending observers to Azerbaijani election

  The European Parliament will decide whether to send its observers to the presidential election in Azerbaijan in September, said Marjory van den Broeke, the head of the press service of the European Parliament.

July 27, 2013 16:16

• Volgograd holds rally demanding govt's resignation

  A rally under the slogan: "Decent life to war children!" organized by the Stalingrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) was held in Volgograd on July 27.

July 27, 2013 15:37

• Nuriev: low-level officials only are made accountable for corruption in Azerbaijan

  As stated by Alimamed Nuriev, the head of the research fund "Constitution", engaged in corruption issues, mainly low-level officials are brought to criminal liability for corruption in Azerbaijan.

July 27, 2013 11:42

• Relatives of Kochubekov, killed in Makhachkala, point to inconsistencies in power agents' data

  According to Aisha Selimkhanova, an employee of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), relatives of Kochubek Kochubekov, who was killed in a shootout in Makhachkala, claim inconsistencies in the data released about the shootout by power agents.

July 27, 2013 10:45

• Court extends Said Amirov's custody till November 11

  On July 26, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the arrest of the dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov.

July 27, 2013 10:28

• 70 bloggers and journalists take part in "Barcamp Artsakh 2013"

  The forum "Barcamp Artsakh 2013", held in Nagorno-Karabakh on July 24-28, has involved 70 bloggers, IT and media professionals.

July 27, 2013 06:57

• In Sochi, Mardiros Demerchyan is suspected of false denunciation

  The Investigating Committee of Sochi has opened a criminal case against the builder Mardiros Demerchyan on suspicion of false denunciation.

July 27, 2013 04:44

• Biyakai Magomedov: new Prime Minister of Dagestan not to claim the post of republic's leader

  Abdusamad Gamidov, the new chairman of the government of Dagestan, has never "meddled in politics" and will not try to become the first person in the country, the lawyer Biyakai Magomedov, the former editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Chernovik," is sure.

July 26, 2013 22:57

• Georgia's Ministry of Correction: five of hunger-striking prisoners are seriously ill

  As stated on July 26 by Archil Talakvadze, Deputy Minister of Correction, Probation and Legal Assistance of Georgia, five of the prisoners who are holding a hunger strike in the prison of Rustavi have serious health problems.

July 26, 2013 18:17

• Arrest of theologian Talekh Bagirzade extended till September 30

  On July 26, the Nariman District Court of Baku extended for another two months, until September 30, the arrest of the theologian Talekh Bagirzade, accused of illegal possession of drugs. His defence did not agree with the ruling and intends to appeal it at the Baku Court of Appeal.