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July 13, 2013 15:01

• In Ingushetia, "Hearts Without Borders" Foundation raises 60,000 roubles for clothing to children in need

  For three days, during the campaign "Dress a child for the holiday", the "Heart Without Borders" Charitable Foundation raised 60,000 roubles to purchase clothing for children from poor families and orphans. This was reported by Mussa Bekmurziev, an Ingush blogger, an organizer of the Foundation.

July 13, 2013 13:59

• OSCE starts forming observer mission for presidential election in Azerbaijan

  The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has started forming the observer mission for the presidential election in Azerbaijan to be held in the second half of October 2013.

July 13, 2013 05:54

• In Dagestan, preliminary investigation into murder case of five persons in Kizlyar completed

  In Dagestan, investigators completed a preliminary investigation into the criminal case on the murder of four Gamzatov brothers and their nephew Magomed Omarov that was committed in Kizlyar on March 18, 2012. This was reported by Sapiyat Magomedova, an advocate from the Bar "Omarov and Co.".

July 13, 2013 04:40

• Israpil Gadadov: Magomed Guchuchaliev, killed in Dagestan, shortly before his death retired as lawyer

  In the evening on July 12, in the village of Semender, a suburb of Makhachkala, unidentified persons shot dead Magomed Guchuchaliev, the head of the Bar Association "Kavkaz". He was the father of Sirazhudin Guchuchaliev, detained by power agents on May 31 in the village of Leninkent.

July 13, 2013 03:49

• In Azerbaijan, community works of journalist Khadidja Ismailova postponed

  The Department of execution of judgments of the Binagadi District of Baku has postponed for indefinite period serving of sentence to community service by Khadidja Ismailova, a journalist of the Azerbaijani service of "Radio Liberty".

July 13, 2013 00:57

• Georgian Parliament opposes appointment of university acting rectors by Prime Minister

  The Parliament of Georgia introduced to the draft amendments to the Law "On Higher Education" a provision stating that in the event of early termination of powers of a rector of a higher education institution, a person to act as acting rector shall be appointed by electoral commission of a higher education institution and not the Prime Minister.

July 12, 2013 23:45

• Ingush court orders to evict 54 IDPs from TAC "Promzhilbaza"

  The Karabulak District Court has ruled to evict 54 residents of the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza", because they have not extended their status of internally displaced persons (IDPs), said the lawyer Mikail Mutsolgov.

July 12, 2013 23:30

• Skirmish of members of "Pre-Parliament of Armenia" and police occurs in Yerevan

  During a meeting of the initiative group "Pre-Parliament of Armenia" in Yerevan, a clash burst out between its members and the police; the coordinator of the group Garegin Chugazyan was detained.

July 12, 2013 21:06

• Armenia: picketers demand to free ANC activists convicted for hooliganism

  Today, a picket in support of the four activists of the oppositional "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), convicted of disorderly conduct and resisting the police, was held in Yerevan with participation of about 40 people.

July 12, 2013 19:26

• Azerbaijani CoA upholds complaint of "Nida" activist on violation of presumption of innocence

  The complaint lodged by Mamed Azizov, a member of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), after the refusal to accept his lawsuit about the infringement of his presumption of innocence, was granted by the Court of Appeal (CoA) of Baku, Fariz Namazly, Azizov's advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 12, 2013 17:52

• In Chechnya, court marshal Aindy Bulatov convicted for abuse of power dies in road accident

  The court marshal Aindy Bulatov, who was found on June 25 guilty of abuse of power by the court, has perished today in a motor crash on the Federal Highway "Kavkaz", said Vakha Chagaev, a senior on duty traffic policeman of the GIBDD (Road Traffic Inspectorate) of Chechnya.

July 12, 2013 13:15

• Draft law prohibiting all forms of discrimination brought for public discussion in Georgia

  The Georgian Ministry of Justice has prepared a draft law "On Prohibition of All Forms of Discrimination", which, in the authors' opinion, sets up the mechanisms for the prevention of discrimination and ensures equality of all people. The bill has been brought to public debate; the authors promise to take into account people's suggestions.

July 12, 2013 05:18

• Navruzov: Chechens were not forced out of Pugachov

  Natives of Chechnya were not forcibly evicted from the city of Pugachov, Arbi Navruzov, the chairman of the Saratov regional public organization "Vainakh", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The administration of Pugachov has confirmed the departure a number of natives from Northern Caucasus; however, the exact number of them is unknown.

July 12, 2013 04:30

• Arif Yunusov: Islamic revolution in Azerbaijan may happen not sooner than quarter of century

  Arif Yunusov, a historian and the author of the newly published book "Islamic Factor in Azerbaijan", believes that Azerbaijan continues repressing Islamists, while the state tries controlling processes in the religious community; along with that, the authorities are using the Islamic factor for propaganda purposes.

July 12, 2013 03:14

• "Khural" editor Zeinalov complains to Azerbaijani SC about his verdict

  In Azerbaijan, Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", who was sentenced to nine years in prison, has filed an appeal to the country's Supreme Court (SC), asking to stop his prosecution on the grounds of acquittal. Zeinalov's colleagues have stated the political nature of his case and intend to hold a picket in defence of his rights on July 22.

July 12, 2013 01:48

• Maxim Shevchenko: refusal to give out bodies of people killed in Northern Caucasus to relatives is absurd

  The decision not to give out to relatives the bodies of the people, many of whom have never been convicted by any court, but simply called to be militants, is an absurdity that should be overcome, a journalist Maxim Shevchenko believes.

July 11, 2013 23:25

• Akhmednabiev's advocate challenges refusal of prosecutor's office to open case on attempt on journalist

  Today, Abdurashid Sheikhov, the advocate of the assassinated "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, has filed a complaint against the actions of the prosecutor's office of the Kirov District of Makhachkala, which had refused to initiate a criminal case on the attempt to kill the journalist committed this January.

July 11, 2013 20:24

• Armenia: Khachpar villagers state long water supply outage

  Today, residents of the village of Khachpar, Ararat Region of Armenia, have gathered to a protest action demanding to solve the problem of a long-term absence of water in their houses. Should the outage persist, the villagers will hold a protest in Yerevan, said Kazar Martirosyan, the head of Khachpar.

July 11, 2013 16:24

• Court dismisses appeal filed by defence of Akif Muradverdiev, former head of presidential administration of Azerbaijan

  The Baku Court of Appeal of Azerbaijan dismissed the appeal filed by the defence of Akif Muradverdiev, the former head of the president administration, accused of smuggling, to cancel the decision of the first instance and to release the defendant on bail. The Court left Akif Muradverdiev in custody.

July 11, 2013 11:36

• HRC under Russian President insists on giving out militants' bodies to their relatives

  The Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of the Russian Federation plans to move an initiative to amend the legislation and repeal the ban on giving out militants' bodies to their families for burial. This decision was made by HRC members during their visit to Chechnya. It is planned that this issue will be raised at the meeting with Russian President in September.