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June 13, 2013 08:52

• Chochaev: construction of Islamic Centre in Nalchik suspended indefinitely

  The construction of the Islamic Centre in Nalchik has been suspended since September 2012 for technical reasons; and the date of resumption of the work is unknown, Sharafutdin Chochaev, the Rector of the Islamic University named after Abu Hanifa, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 13, 2013 08:45

• Picket against political repression held in Volgograd

  On June 11, the Volgograd regional branch of the "People's Alliance" Party held a picket against political repressions and politically-motivated persecutions. The action was organized by seven picketers, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

June 12, 2013 13:16

• Khadija Ismailova: I peacefully protested against suppression of protests in Ismailly

  The journalist Khadija Ismailova, sentenced to public works in Azerbaijan, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the documents about her administrative offence had been drawn up illegally, because policemen wrote about what had never happened. Earlier, she was fined by 400 manats (about 510 US dollars), which Ismailova had refused to pay.

June 12, 2013 13:03

• In Dagestan, human rights activist accused of breaching CTO regime

  Zarema Bagautdinova, an activist of the Dagestani regional public organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) was summoned to the magistrate court on charges of breaching the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, said an officer of the court. Bagautdinova associates this accusation of an administrative offense with her human rights activities.

June 12, 2013 12:45

• Lawyers stop striking in Armenia

  The two-day strike of lawyers against non-transparent of the Armenia Court of Cassation (CoC) is over today, said the lawyer Sona Margaryan. So far, the CoC has not expressed its attitude to the lawyers' strike.

June 12, 2013 12:26

• Ecologist Suren Gazaryan receives residence permit in Estonia

  Suren Gazaryan, a member of the Russian Coordinating Council of Opposition and an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" from Krasnodar, has been granted a residence permit in Estonia.

June 12, 2013 12:12

• NAC: two "suicide belts" found and neutralized in Dagestan

  According to the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), on June 11, two terror acts were prevented in Dagestan. The Committee reports that two "suicide belts" similar to those found in the republic on June 7, were neutralized in Makhachkala and Kaspiisk.

June 12, 2013 11:51

• Azerbaijani journalist claims confiscation of book on Karabakh conflict by customs

  Employees of the State Customs Committee (SCC) of Azerbaijan have confiscated from Shakhin Rzaev, a journalist and the director of the regional office of the British Institute for War and Peace Coverage, the book entitled "Karabakh Diary. Green and Black" by the Armenian author Tatul Akopyan. This was stated by Rzaev, who treats the actions of customs officials as illegal.

June 12, 2013 11:47

• Sochi: tenants in Akatsij Street state violation of their rights by authorities

  In Sochi, residents of No. 5A in Akatsij Street are preparing an appeal complaint against the decision of the court, which had prescribed to demolish a toilet and a wood shed, thus depriving them of elementary amenities. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed its concern about the fate of the house tenants.

June 12, 2013 11:41

• Ruslan Kurbanov: illegal immigration should be counteracted at borders, not in Moscow mosques

  According to experts, the special operation of detaining in a Moscow house of worship of natives of Northern Caucasus republics and Azerbaijan was conducted by the police with obvious violations, which can lead to radicalization of Muslims.

June 12, 2013 11:06

• Dagestani residents state deliberate understatement of USE points

  Residents of Makhachkala assert that members of Examination Boards at the Unified State Examination (USE) are deliberately understating pupils' points, fearing a negative reaction of the federal centre to high results of Dagestani schoolchildren.

June 12, 2013 11:02

• Daud Garakoev elected Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ingush People's Congress

  The delegates of the Ingush People's Congress held in Moscow have stated the increasing socio-economic problems in the republic and called to get back to the direct election of the head of Ingushetia. The Congress elected its Executive Committee of seven people, which will be chaired by Daud Garakoev, who is also a member of the All-Ingush Civil Council.

June 12, 2013 10:57

• Three persons kidnapped in Makhachkala, relatives of one of them report

  Relatives of Shamil Abdulaev, a resident of Makhachkala, report that he was kidnapped on June 6 by armed men in masks. Along with him, and Abdulaev's friend and an occasional passerby were also kidnapped, said one of his relatives.

June 11, 2013 14:00

• Azerbaijan: journalist Khadija Ismailova sentenced to public works

  On Monday, the Binagadi District Court in Baku sentenced the well-known Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismailova to the alternative administrative penalty of 220 hours of public works, instead of the earlier appointed fine of 400 manats (about 510 US dollars).

June 11, 2013 13:54

• In Armenia, lawyers are on strike against working methods of the CoC

  The strike of Armenian lawyers launched on Monday is now 201 persons strong. The strike will continue till June 11. The Armenian lawyers had planned in advance their two-day strike on June 10 and 11 in protest against the work methods of the Court of Cassation (CoC), in which they see arbitrariness.

June 11, 2013 13:45

• Kotovo, Volgograd Region, ignores the law "On Education", a local reports

  In the city of Kotovo, Volgograd Region, the authorities fail to enforce the law "On Education", in particular, there are no free school textbooks; and parents have to buy them for their own money. This is stated in the letter, addressed by a local resident Valery Solomennov to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

June 11, 2013 13:13

• PFPA activists complain of being attacked by unidentified persons in Lenkoran

  On 9 June, in the city of Lenkoran, 200 km to the south of Baku, a group of leaders of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) was attacked. The car, in which they arrived in the city for a meeting of the local branch of the PPFA was damaged, the activists also suffered and the meeting was disrupted.

June 11, 2013 13:00

• Djandieri: Georgian legislation is not yet able to protect citizens from secret surveillance

  The Georgian has reported creation of a commission to monitor the destruction of the archive with secret recordings of citizens' private life. However, in the opinion of the Deputy Minister of Justice David Djandieri and NGO activists, in order to protect citizens from the uncontrolled collection of personal data is necessary to make a number of amendments to the national legislation.

June 11, 2013 12:44

• A gas explosion occurred in Khasavyurt; three victims are in critical condition

  On June 10, in a private house No. 13 in Vinsovkhoznaya Street in Khasavyurt, a gas explosion occurred, after which four people were hospitalized, including a child. The victims of the explosion of household gas in Khasavyurt are in critical condition, said a source from the Khasavyurt Central Hospital.

June 11, 2013 12:36

• Tatiev, head of organizing committee of congress of Ingush people put in custody until August 6

  The court of the city of Magas has ruled to put Iles Tatiev behind bars until August 6 inclusive. Iles Tatiev was detained on June 7 on suspicion of embezzling 20 million roubles from the "Rosselkhozbank".