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July 20, 2019 12:24

• Ingush activists stop hunger strike in Nalchik SIZO

  Outraged by the information about the beating of Bagaudin Myakiev, a member of the Council of Ingush Teips, the activists, who went on a hunger strike in the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison), decided to stop their protest after the meeting with the officials of the prosecutor's office, the members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Kabardino-Balkaria have informed.

July 20, 2019 08:16

• Law enforcers raid "Tangim" mosque during Friday namaz

  Cars of the parishioners of the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala were stopped on the road immediately after the Friday namaz (prayer) under the pretext of breaking traffic rules, the believers told the "Caucasian Knot".

July 20, 2019 08:07

• Missirov's complaint raises the discrimination issue of Caucasus natives in colonies

  Zaur Shokuev, a member of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, has appealed to Irina Kasyanova, the Ombudsperson of the Omsk Region, after Rustam Missirov, an inmate and a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, submitted a complaint about violations of his rights.

July 19, 2019 22:33

• Baku Mayoralty refuses to sanction opposition's march-rally

  The Baku authorities have failed to sanction an action of the oppositional Popular Movement of Azerbaijan (PMA), scheduled for July 20; the movement calls for speeding up the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The organizers have treated the refusal to sanction the demonstration as a violation of the freedom of assembly.

July 19, 2019 22:22

• Okruashvili challenges Khalvashi's rights for "Rustavi-2"

  The shares of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company were just formally documented for Kibar Khalvashi, while they were actually bought out by the oppositionist Irakli Okruashvili, the latter's advocates have asserted. They demanded to arrest the assets of the "Rustavi-2" for the period of litigation with Khalvashi.

July 19, 2019 19:29

• New appointment of Izrayilov emphasizes Kadyrov's lack of trust in personnel

  Abdulkakhir Izrayilov, who headed the administration of the leader and government of Chechnya, was appointed the Chechnya's supervisor to the Caucasus Directorate of the "Rostechnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Ecological, Technological, and Nuclear Issues). In Chechnya, the senior positions are occupied by the same officials from the "Ramzan Kadyrov' team," local residents notice.

July 19, 2019 19:16

• Passengers of flight from Moscow to Yerevan injured in aircraft emergency

  A flight of the plane on route from Moscow to Yerevan was interrupted because of smoke in the cabin. According to various sources, 5-10 passengers needed the help of doctors.

July 19, 2019 15:07

• Azerbaijan claims machine gun attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 26 times within 24 hours, reports today the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

July 19, 2019 14:36

• Law enforcers treat clashes in Ijevan as a planned provocation

  All people injured in clashes in Ijevan have been discharged from the hospital, reports the spokesperson for the Armenian Ministry for Public Health. An action held by people engaged in logging was a planned provocation, officials declared.

July 19, 2019 11:22

• Residents of Chechnya condemn Chechen girl for contacting crisis centre

  Social network users have blamed the girl from a Chechen family, who escaped to a crisis centre, for trespassing traditions, and criticized her behaviour during the interview with the "Grozny" TV Company.

July 19, 2019 11:05

• Political analysts doubt the ban on sale of weapons from USA to Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijan has not bought weapons from the United States, but has all the means to protect its sovereignty, political analysts in Baku said in their comments on a possible ban on the supply of American weapons to Azerbaijan.

July 19, 2019 08:40

• Change of "Rustavi-2" owner gives authorities chance to control TV Company

  Authorities have achieved the transfer of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company to Kibar Khalvashi in order to influence the company's editorial policy, the Georgian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 19, 2019 08:23

• Arrested Ingush activist beaten up in Nalchik SIZO

  In the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison), law enforcers have beaten up Bagaudin Myakiev, the arrested member of the Ingush Council of Teips, his advocate, Fatima Urusova, has informed.

July 18, 2019 23:19

• New "Rustavi-2" owner fires Gvaramiya from the post of director general

  Kibar Khalvashi has appointed his advocate Paata Saliya the general director of the "Rustavi-2". Nika Gvaramiya refused to leave the post of the head of the TV Company, stating that his contract is valid until the end of 2020.

July 18, 2019 23:01

• Story of Chechen woman taken out of Moscow emphasizes problem of forced marriages

  A report shown in the evening on July 17 by the "Grozny" TV Company, in which a girl taken out of Moscow denied the information about her coercion to marriage, has caused distrust among residents of Chechnya. A marriage against will is not uncommon in Northern Caucasus, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 18, 2019 22:37

• Residents of Georgia come out to action in support of "Rustavi-2"

  In case of a change in the owner of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, residents of Georgia are at risk of losing access to objective information on the situation in the country, participants of the action held at the building of the TV Company have voiced out their concerns today.

July 18, 2019 19:06

• ECtHR agrees to return "Rustavi-2" to Kibar Khalvashi

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized as legitimate the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Georgia to transfer the assets of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel to Kibar Khalvashi, the former owner of the TV Company. The businessman himself promised not to interfere in the editorial policy of the TV Channel, but threatened to dismiss Nika Gvaramiya from the position of general director.

July 18, 2019 18:48

• Azerbaijani soldier wounded on border with Armenia

  The Armenian armed forces shelled the Azerbaijani positions with large-calibre weapons and wounded soldier Djeikhun Bairamov, the State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan reports today.

July 18, 2019 18:31

• Nikol Pashinyan criticizes protesters in Ijevan

  13 people are detained and other six are left under recognizance not to leave on suspicion of disorderly conduct and an attack on law enforcers in Ijevan, investigators report today. The Armenian Prime Minister has called the demands of the protesters unreasonable.

July 18, 2019 14:39

• Opposition treats disruption of picket in Baku as a violation of freedom of assembly

  Law enforcers had no reasons to disrupt an unsanctioned picket organized by activists of the "Musavat" Party in front of the Iranian Embassy, since no permission of the Baku authorities is required to hold protest actions, state members of the "Musavat" Party.