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December 21, 2019 16:07

• Residents of Chechnya distrust Amaev's video appeal

  A statement by Mairbek Amaev, a resident of Grozny, who has denied any links of his disappearance with law enforcers, has sparked disputes on the Instagram. The Amaev's story that he had spent a week without telling his family about resting with friends in Pyatigorsk, does not look like the truth, local residents believe.

December 21, 2019 15:55

• Five persons detained after assassination attempt on Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya

  On December 20, the police detained a suspect of attacking Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya, a son of the country's first president, and four other persons, who failed to report about the prepared crime.

December 21, 2019 15:37

• Gaprindashvili's relatives demand meeting with Georgia's Prime Minister

  Relatives of the Tbilisi doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was convicted in South Ossetia for violating the border, insist on setting up a coordinating council for addressing issues regarding his liberation. The Georgian Bar Association has imposed on Russia the responsibility for Gaprindashvili's life and freedom.

December 21, 2019 13:42

• Relatives of defendants in "Ganja case" hold protest action in Baku

  At the protest action held in the yard of the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA), relatives of those accused under the "Ganja case" have demanded the release of the defendants.

December 21, 2019 13:25

• US calls on South-Ossetian authorities to release Gaprindashvili

  The US Embassy in Georgia has demanded the release Vazha Gaprindashvili, an orthopaedist, convicted in South Ossetia for violating its border with Georgia.

December 21, 2019 13:13

• Family links attack on Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya with case of his father's death

  Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya, a son of Zviad Gamsakhurdiya, the first president of Georgia, had feared for his life, while seeking punishment for the alleged killers of his father, his friends and relatives have stated.

December 21, 2019 13:00

• Law enforcers gather data of parishioners of Makhachkala mosque

  On December 20, law enforcers conducted their regular raid near the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. One of the believers said that later those, whose personal data are recorded during such raid, have talks with their district policemen. In the opinion of journalist, Idris Yusupov, the data collection has to do with the so-called "prophylactic registration".

December 21, 2019 08:24

• Ingush activists complain about custody conditions in Pyatigorsk SIZO

  The six Ingush activists, whose cases are being considered in Zheleznovodsk, have declared unacceptable custody conditions in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and transportation to the court.

December 21, 2019 08:13

• Tbilisi activists express support to family of deceased teen

  Parents of the young people who perished in Georgia over the past three years have criticized law enforcement bodies in the context of the high-profile case of the schoolboy's suicide after interrogation.

December 20, 2019 23:46

• Magas rally participant Adam Badiev left in custody

  Today, in the Stavropol Territory, the court has extended for three months the detention of Ingush activist Adam Badiev. The defence has announced the intention to appeal against the extension of the arrest and the decision to consider the case outside Ingushetia.

December 20, 2019 22:21

• Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili sentenced in South Ossetia

  Today, the Leningor District Court has found Tbilisi doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili guilty of violating the border and sentenced him to a year and nine months of imprisonment. The Georgian authorities announced they would seek the release of Vazha Gaprindashvili with the mediation of international institutions.

December 20, 2019 18:52

• Georgian investigators: law enforcer threats teenager before his suicide

  A questioning of a teenager at a police station lasted more than six hours and took place at night, while an investigator threatened the minor with creating problems for his relatives, the State Inspector General reports the details of a case on the schoolboy's suicide. The investigator is arrested.

December 20, 2019 18:12

• Lawyers treat expulsion of Grozny college students as excessive measure

  In Grozny, the ban on shooting videos in a building of the College of Culture and Arts does not comply with the requirements of the law, and expulsion of students for re-singing a rap hit at the educational institution can be challenged in court, lawyers suggest.

December 20, 2019 13:05

• Sokurov's status reduces his chances of falling victim to pressure after dispute with Kadyrov

  The fame of film director Alexander Sokurov, who questioned the right of Ramzan Kadyrov to the title of Hero of Russia, minimizes the likelihood of pressure on him from the Chechen authorities, note experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 20, 2019 12:50

• Participants of Karachayevsk conference demand compulsory study of native languages

  Schools are not supplied with mother tongue textbooks, classrooms do not meet modern requirements, and many teachers are poorly prepared, emphasize participants of the conference. They have adopted an appeal to the parliament of the republic with a request to take the legislative initiative and invite the Russian State Duma to repeal the amendments to the Law "On Education in the Russian Federation".

December 20, 2019 11:44

• Samvel Babayan blames court for unwillingness to consider his citizenship claim

  A court in Stepanakert has postponed the consideration of the lawsuit lodged by Samvel Babayan, a former commander of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), who demands to restore his citizenship. The court session was postponed for the eighth time, since the court doesn't want to consider his lawsuit, Mr Babayan is sure.

December 20, 2019 11:20

• Commander of Kadyrov regiment ranks all offenders as "traitors"

  Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the Chechen patrol-and-post service (PPS) regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov, has explained to his subordinates that all the offenders should be treated as "traitors."

December 20, 2019 08:33

• "Hromadske": son of disgraced Chechen suspected of attempting Deputy in Kyiv

  Ukrainian law enforcers put a son of a former Chechen presidential candidate on the wanted list in connection with the attempt on a Deputy of the Kyiv Regional Council. Abuev presented himself as "a participant in the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasus" and suggested a fighter of the "Azov" battalion to apologize to Kadyrov, the "Hromadske" TV Channel has found out.

December 20, 2019 08:21

• Mairbek Amaev's father asks police to find his son

  The Grozny police have accepted the application submitted by the father of Mairbek Amaev about the disappearance of his son; policemen warned him that it could take a month to check the application.

December 19, 2019 21:27

• Change of investigator in case on torture of Kuban resident encourages rights defenders

  The Prosecutor's Office cancelled the decision to close a case on torture by law enforcers of Yevgeny Bunin, a resident of the Tuapse District, and entrusted the case to another investigator, reported the Committee Against Torture (CaT). The human rights defenders express the hope that the new investigation will be effective.