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July 20, 2013 03:36

• Off-the-schedule check of political parties is on in South Ossetia

  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of South Ossetia has announced an unscheduled inspection of political associations concerning the membership of militaries in political parties. The procedure began on July 8 and will be over on July 31.

July 20, 2013 00:41

• PFPA activist Dashgyn Melikov put in prison hospital in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, the health condition of Dashgyn Melikov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is kept in custody, has deteriorated; and he was taken into the prison hospital, said his father Alisafa Melikov.

July 19, 2013 23:04

• At press conference on July 31 Dagestani lawyers plan report massive violations of their clients' rights to defence

  In Dagestan, the rights of detainees to defence are massively violated, lawyers assert. They intend to raise the issue at a press conference scheduled for July 31 at the Bar building in Makhachkala, Dagestan.

July 19, 2013 22:29

• Baku CoA leaves three young activists, sentenced to 15 days in jail, behind bars

  Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has separately considered the complaints of youth activists Ulvi Gasanli, Majid Mardjanly and Kenan Gasymly, who are kept under administrative arrest. Young people asked to declare the illegality of their arrest and release them from detention. The complaints were dismissed.

July 19, 2013 20:55

• Timur Aliev appointed Chairman of Human Rights Council under head of Chechnya

  The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed Timur Aliev as the Chairman of the Human Rights Council, the press service of the Chechen president and government has reported.

July 19, 2013 19:40

• In Volgograd, participants of hearing on embankment reconstruction claim it was falsified

  NGO activists have claimed a falsification that took place at Volgograd public hearing on the project of embankment reconstruction; they now intend to cancel its results in court.

July 19, 2013 14:33

• Detainees kept in SIZO of Cherkessk tried to riot, says a lawyer

  On July 18, the suspects kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Cherkessk attempted to launch a rebellion, said the advocate of one of them, adding that it was caused by violations made by law enforcers.

July 19, 2013 12:08

• Alexei Navalny released from custody

  On July 19, the Kirov Regional Court released Alexei Navalny, a convicted opposition member and a blogger, a candidate for the position of Mayor of Moscow, on recognizance not to leave the country during the appeal process.

July 19, 2013 10:43

• About 100 persons gathered in Rostov-on-Don to support Alexei Navalny

  On July 18, in Rostov-on-Don, in Lenin Square, people gathered spontaneously in support of Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition figure and blogger. Participants of the gathering state that the action, the details of which were spread in social networks, was attended by about 100 persons.

July 19, 2013 09:26

• Participants of conference in Nalchik insist on developing programme for conservation of Kabardian and Balkar languages

  The public conference in Nalchik discussed the problem of conservation and development of national languages Kabardian and Balkar ones. Participants of the conference expressed the need to increase the enrolment of students in the departments of national languages at the local higher education institutions.

July 19, 2013 04:44

• Said Amirov's advocate confirms his client's transfer from hospital to SIZO

  Said Amirov, who was dismissed from his position of Mayor of Makhachkala and accused of killing an investigator, was transferred back to SIZO (pre-trial prison) from the hospital, to which he was earlier brought for the medical examination.

July 19, 2013 04:06

• Activists of "Karata" promise to go on mass hunger strike if Akhmednabiev's murder is not solved

  Public organization "Karata" appealed to Ramazan Abdulatipov asking to engage investigators of the Russian Investigating Committee in solving the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev. In case the murder is not solved till September 5, the activists will go on an indefinite hunger strike.

July 19, 2013 00:59

• In Volgograd, participants of gathering in support of Alexei Navalny call his verdict unfair

  On July 18, in Volgograd, activists held a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for organizing the embezzlement of the property belonging to the state enterprise "Kirovles". The participants of the action called the court's decision unfair.

July 18, 2013 22:52

• In Pyatigorsk, policeman bans Navalny supporters to spread leaflets

  Actions in support of Alexei Navalny, a candidate for the Mayor of Moscow, who was sentenced today to five years in prison, were held in Stavropol and Pyatigorsk at the same time.

July 18, 2013 20:59

• Krasnodar: about 200 people hold "silent flash mob" in support of Alexei Navalny

  A flash mob in support of Alexei Navalny, a candidate for the Mayor of Moscow, who was sentenced on July 18 to 5 years in prison on charges of embezzlement of the property of the state-owned company "Kirovles", was held in Krasnodar with participation of about 200 people.

July 18, 2013 20:43

• Dagestani MIA announces killing of people earlier claimed as kidnapped by relatives

  The two persons killed during a shootout with power agents in the Lak District of Dagestan, have been preliminarily identified as Shamil Abdulmedjidov and Magomedtagir Timirchiev, the press service of the republic's MIA has reported. Abdulmedjidov and Timirchiev had been earlier put on the so-called "Khadjalmakhi execution list" and were kidnapped, their relatives assert.

July 18, 2013 19:29

• NAC: people killed in Kabardino-Balkaria were preparing a series of terror acts

  Four men, who were killed in the Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, were preparing a series of terror acts in the republic, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported.

July 18, 2013 13:52

• Baku court leaves "Nida" activist Zaur Gurbanly in custody

  The Nasimi District Court of Baku has rejected the motion lodged by the defence of Zaur Gurbanly, an activist of the civil movement "Nida" and a blogger, asking to put him under home arrest instead of custody.

July 18, 2013 10:58

• Helsinki Commission of US Congress calls on Azerbaijan's authorities to ensure democratic presidential election

  The Commission in the US Congress for Security and Cooperation in Europe (the US Helsinki Commission) discussed the situation with democracy in Azerbaijan on the eve of the upcoming presidential election in the country.

July 18, 2013 01:59

• In Khasavyurt, one more local resident, mentioned in "Khadjalmakhi execution list", kidnapped

  In the suburban dwelling settlement of Vinsovkhoz of Khasavyurt, Shamil Abdulmedjidov, a local resident, born in 1983, was kidnapped. Earlier, the name of the kidnapped man was included in the "Khadjalmakhi execution list," and he became the second man from the list, whose disappearance was reported on the last day.