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September 06, 2019 15:27

• In Ingushetia, victims in torture case oppose release of Timur Khamkhoev

  The court postponed the consideration of an appeal concerning the conditional early relief (CER) of Timur Khamkhoev, who was sentenced in the case on torture used at the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) in Ingushetia. The court pronounced a too lenient sentence for Timur Khamkhoev, and he should not be released earlier than his sentence expires, the victims say.

September 06, 2019 15:11

• Investigators report their version of conflict on bridge between Chechens and Dagestanis

  In Dagestan, a criminal case has been instituted on the use of violence against a policeman during a conflict at the "Gerzelsky Bridge" checkpoint near the border with Chechnya. The incident did not affect the relationship between the two peoples, the Chechens from the border regions with Dagestan believe.

September 06, 2019 10:57

• ECtHR awards compensation to Azerbaijani activists

  Azerbaijani authorities should pay almost 80,000 euros to 12 activists, arrested and fined for participating in peaceful protests, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided.

September 06, 2019 10:40

• Azerbaijani journalist stops hunger strike

  Ikram Ragimov, an Azerbaijani journalist demanding to reconsider his verdict under the extortion case, has begun eating after 29 days of his hunger strike.

September 06, 2019 10:33

• Authors of "Chiki" movie tell details of shelling attack on film crew in KBR

  After the shooting incident on September 4, in the dwelling settlement of Prokhladny, the filming of the "Chiki" movie continued, the producer of the movie has informed. The attacker shouted insults at the film crew, and his bullet hit the car with important equipment, the film director has added.

September 06, 2019 10:27

• Experts treat oath of Dagestani residents to IS as manipulations

  An examination of the video depicting the oath given by four residents of Buynaksk to the leader of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court), has shown that they were affected by an off-screen manipulator, the defendants' advocate has stated.

September 05, 2019 23:58

• Interpol's refusal to search for Chechen Bakaev raises issue of granting political asylum to him

  The annulling by the Interpol of a circular on the search for Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, is an important victory of his advocates over Russian authorities, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.

September 05, 2019 23:55

• Woman from KBR complains about ban on calls to her husband-inmate

  Lola Shomakhova, the wife of Rustam Missirov, a convicted disabled resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has stated that she is unaware about her husband's condition because of the ban on calling him. She has asked the head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) to transfer Rustam from the colony in the Omsk Region closer to the Caucasus.

September 05, 2019 19:04

• 500 Russian soldiers and officers conduct military exercises in Armenia

  In Armenia, artillerists of the Russian military base have conducted military exercises to destroy a manoeuvre enemy.

September 05, 2019 19:01

• Activists highlight problem of women's social insecurity in Chechnya

  In the Chechen society, there is a growing tendency to condemn dissent, which exacerbates the social disempowerment of women and the problem of domestic violence, report activists of public organizations. According to the activists, the number of complaints from victims of domestic violence in Chechnya, Dagestan, and Karachay-Cherkessia grows every year.

September 05, 2019 16:42

• Ramzan Kadyrov instructs his relative to enlarge city of Argun

  On September 4, members of the City Council of Argun approved Khas-Magomed Kadyrov as the City Mayor. Among the tasks assigned to his relative, Ramzan Kadyrov mentioned mergence of the nearest villages to Argun, development of the social sphere, and attraction of investments.

September 05, 2019 16:37

• Film by Kabardino-Balkarian director included in programmes of two film festivals

  The film "Dylda" directed by Kantemir Balagov, a director from Kabardino-Balkaria, is included in the programme of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was also presented at the Telluride Film Festival in the US and was listed on the European Film Academy Award.

September 05, 2019 10:02

• Examination states psychological trauma of mother of Ingush torture victim

  The examination has found that the mother of Magomed Daliev, who died from torture in the Ingush police, has survived a psychological trauma because of the death of her son and suffered material damage in connection with the loss of the breadwinner.

September 05, 2019 09:59

• Instagram users would not condemn shooting in KBR because of film about prostitution

  The decision to make a film about prostitution in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) was criticized by Instagram users. Many of them expressed support for the man who opened fire on the film crew in the dwelling settlement of Prokhladny, and suggested that in other republics of Northern Caucasus the reaction could be still harsher.

September 05, 2019 09:56

• South Ossetia is concerned about the Georgian police post near the border

  The Georgian block-post should not be built near the border, the South-Ossetian MPs have stated amid the construction works undertaken by the Georgian side near the village of Sinaguri. The post is being removed for the convenience of local residents, the Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) has explained.

September 05, 2019 09:51

• Chechen Diaspora criticizes German authorities after Khangoshvili's murder

  The German authorities bear part of the responsibility for the death of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of Pankisi, because they failed to provide him with asylum and put him on the list of extremists, participants of the rally held in Berlin believe. They demanded not to deport natives of Chechnya to Russia, except for Ramzan Kadyrov's supporters.

September 05, 2019 09:48

• Interpol stops searching for suspect of attacking law enforcers in Chechnya

  The Interpol has cancelled the circular on the search for a native of Chechnya, Ali Bakaev, suspected in Russia of organizing an attack on "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) agents in the village of Naurskaya. This happened after an advocates' complaint, said Mansur Sadulaev, the head of the "Vayfond" human rights organization.

September 05, 2019 09:43

• Defence informs ECtHR about law enforcers' threats to Dagestani who complained of torture

  A complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on torture and threats of torture applied and addressed to Omar Abdurashidov, accused of financing terrorism, was filed on September 3, his advocate Sapiyat Magomedova has stated. She has added that her client is in a depressed state and claims pressure from law enforcers.

September 05, 2019 09:38

• Relatives state life threat of hunger-striking Azerbaijani journalist

  Ikram Ragimov, the Azerbaijani journalist, who is on his hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in protest against his arrest for extortion, has his kidneys failed, his cousin has stated.

September 04, 2019 19:01

• Brothers of beaten Ingush girl not accepted to school

  Brothers of a girl from Ingushetia who fell victim to violence were not accepted to school, since their mother had no residence registration, reported the chief of the police juvenile affairs department. The girl herself stays in the hospital, and she needs several plastic surgeries.