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September 22, 2012 16:00

• Sochi hosts solo pickets against extraction of nickel near Khopyor River

  Today in Sochi, activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" have held solo pickets in support of the demands of the population of the Voronezh and Volgograd Regions to ban the development of nickel deposits in the area of the Khopyor River Hopper, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

September 22, 2012 15:00

• Protest rally of CPRF held in Stavropol

  Today, a rally was organized in Stavropol by the Territorial Committee of the CPRF: "No to housing and municipal terror!" The action was attended by over 200 people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

September 22, 2012 14:00

• Employees of Gldani Prison noted for mistreating inmates sacked

  Georgia has fired the employees of Gldani Prison No. 8, who were noted for mistreating inmates, Giorgi Tugushi, Minister of Punishment, Probation and Legal Assistance, said today.

September 22, 2012 12:00

• Cherkessk: rally against growth of utility tariffs was over 100 people strong

  Today, a rally in this city against the rise in utility tariffs was organized by the Karachay-Cherkessian Branch of the CPRF.

September 22, 2012 11:00

• Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya cancel eviction of hostels in Grozny

  The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has recognized as illegal the actions of the Republic's Department of the Russian Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimuschestvo), aimed at forced eviction of residents out of hostels in Grozny. The Department bosses have been warned.

September 22, 2012 10:00

• Over 500 hectares demined during six months in Chechnya

  More than 500 hectares of agrarian land was demined in Chechnya by servicemen of the engineer-sapper units of the federal armed forces in the past six months.

September 22, 2012 09:00

• Eight persons killed in two-day special operation in Chechnya

  Four policemen were lost and 11 more wounded in the special operation conducted on September 20-21 in the Vedeno District of Chechnya. Also four militants were killed, according to a source from the police.

September 21, 2012 23:30

• Defence in "Domodedovo" case states pressure on defendants by convoy

  Convoy guards are regularly insulting and provoking to aggression Bashir Khamkhoev, who is accused of the terror act at the Domodedovo Airport in 2011, said his advocate Tatiana Okushko. Another advocate Vladimir Kocharyan, who is defending another figurant in the case Ilez Yandiev, has also reported about pressure. An employee of the press service of the FSIN (Russian federal Penitentiary Service) refused to comment on the statements of the defence.

September 21, 2012 23:30

• In Dagestan, jury formed at trial about raping a minor

  On September 20, the Supreme Court of Dagestan began a trial against Zhairula Umarov, who is suspected of committing a sexual assault against his minor stepchild. The defendant's advocate states gross violations in the course of investigation.

September 21, 2012 23:20

• UN urges Georgian authorities to immediately investigate facts of torture in prisons

  The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned the ill-treatment of prisoners in prisons of Georgia, urging the country's authorities to immediately investigate these facts and bring perpetrators to justice.

September 21, 2012 23:20

• Trenina: defence of figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case to insist on trial by jury

  Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, refuses to plead guilty. His defence will apply for a trial by jury, said Darya Trenina, his advocate.

September 21, 2012 23:10

• Tbilisi students stop their protest against torture in prisons

  Today, the students of Tbilisi higher schools, who take part in the protest movement in connection with announced facts of prisoners' torture in Gldani Prison, have temporarily interrupted the action.

September 21, 2012 23:10

• France holds protests dated to visit of Azerbaijani President

  In the context of the working visit to France of Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, protest actions were held in Paris. The Armenian Diaspora held protest in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy against pardoning of Ramil Safarov, the killer of Gurgen Margaryan; while members of the Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas organized a protest in front of the Armenian Embassy in Paris against occupation of Azerbaijani territories.

September 21, 2012 22:10

• Lawyers in Dagestan demand to acknowledge criminal prosecution of resident of Khasavuyrt Magomedov who was shot down unlawful

  Attorneys of Zaurbek Magomedov killed near a mosque in Khasavyurt on August, 16, appealed to Khasavyurt city court asking to acknowledge criminal proceedings against the deceased unlawful. The claim has not yet been considered.

September 21, 2012 22:00

• Father of former Georgian Interior Minister holds protest near his house

  Today, Roland Akhalaya, a majoritarian parliamentary candidate of the "United National Movement" in the city of Zugdidi and a former prosecutor of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, held a protest action at his house. He said that his election campaign was impeded and accused some journalists of provocations.

September 21, 2012 21:00

• Residents of TAC "Promzhilbaza" in Karabulak stop hunger strike

  Refugees from Chechnya living in the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" in the city of Karabulak in Ingushetia have decided to stop their hunger strike, Asya Khadisova, one of the protesters, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 21, 2012 20:00

• Only 16 out of 88 families residing in the territory of "Promzhilbaza", Karabulak, have a right to live there, the authorities of Ingushetia state

  11 families of refugees from Chechnya are on a hunger strike in the territory of "Promzhilbaza",the town of Karabulak, Ingushetia. 88 families reside there but only 16 out of them are displaced persons from Chechen Republic and have a right to live there. This was declared by a representative of the Ministry of external relations, national policy, press and information of Ingushetia. Besides, not all the tenants of "Promzhilbaza" support the participants of the action of protest.

September 21, 2012 18:00

• A Dagestani provider blocked access to Google services because of the film "Innocence of Muslims"

  Internet provider "Optica-Telecom" in Dagestan blocked access to the web-sites of Google company. It was done upon instructions of supervising bodies given in the oral form. Internet operators were advised to block access to the web-sites where one could see the film "Innocence of Muslims", a source in the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.

September 20, 2012 23:50

• North Ossetia commemorates victims of Kolka Glacier

  Today, North Ossetia marks the 10th anniversary of descent of the Kolka Glacier to the Genaldon (Karmadon) Gorge. Residents of the republic and Taimuraz Mamsurov, the republic's leader, laid flowers to the monument, erected to honour the memory of the deceased and missing persons.

September 20, 2012 23:40

• Sergey Tsapok cuts his hands at trial on case of massacre in Kuschevskaya

  Sergey Tsapok, the defendants in the case of murder of 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, cut his hands at trial during jury selection. The court session was rescheduled for October 8. This was reported by a representative of the Krasnodar Regional Court.