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June 06, 2019 21:22

• Head of "Musavat" Party demands to check data on reburial of Hadji Murad's remains

  Today, Arif Gadjily, the head of the "Musavat" Party, has discovered traces of opening of the grave of Hadji Murad in Azerbaijan and demanded an inspection of this fact.

June 06, 2019 17:58

• Top-ranking law enforcer accused of murdering Armenian activist

  Gegam Petrosyan, the former deputy commander of the police, the chief of the police headquarters, is charged with murder that was committed during clashes in Yerevan on March 1 and 2, 2008, investigators reported.

June 06, 2019 17:49

• South Ossetia decides to close border with Georgia during parliamentary elections

  South Ossetia has decided to close the border crossing points with Georgia for the period from June 8 to 11 in connection with the enhanced security measures introduced during the parliamentary elections.

June 06, 2019 17:39

• Manvel Grigoryan's health state deteriorates sharply

  General Manvel Grigoryan, a former deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia, has been transferred to a civilian hospital, the press secretary for the Penitentiary Department reports today. Manvel Grigoryan stays at the resuscitation ward in severe condition, reported a doctor from the medical centre.

June 06, 2019 14:30

• Azerbaijan claims 18 shelling attacks in border area

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army came under fire in the territory bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

June 06, 2019 14:20

• Elista policemen detained after death of pensioner

  In Kalmykia, three policemen are suspected of involvement in the death of a pensioner, and two of them are detained, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

June 06, 2019 11:17

• For the first time, Armenia doesn't support Russia in the UN on issue of Georgian refugees

  In the course of its 73rd session, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution on the status of refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia and has affirmed their right to return to their homes located throughout Georgia. For the first time, Armenia did not take part in voting on the proposed resolution and abstained.

June 06, 2019 11:03

• Krasnodar blogger needs surgery after attack

  Vadim Kharchenko, a Krasnodar blogger, said that after the attack on him, he turned to a Moscow clinic for a surgery of the stabbed arm. Policemen are seizing surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the incident and search for witnesses.

June 06, 2019 06:55

• Analysts doubt whether reburial of Hadji Murad's remains is in line with Sharia

  The ceremony of reburial of the remains of Khadji Murad, held in the village of Khunzakh on June 2, was not in line with the Sharia law, Khadjimurad Donogo, a historian, and Ziyavudin Uvaisov, a lawyer, have stated. Good grounds are needed for such a ceremony, said Imam Akhmad Anchikhsky.

June 06, 2019 06:50

• Chechen authorities leave Tumso's message about wounded local resident without reaction

  Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya gave no reaction to the statement by Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who reported that a resident of the village of Novye Atagi was seriously wounded by law enforcers. The video about this incident aroused great interest among YouTube users. Investigators must check the information about the crime, Musa Pliev, an advocate, has stated.

June 05, 2019 23:58

• Investigators voiced out details of schoolboys' murder in Tbilisi

  Mikhail Kalandiya was accused of killing a schoolboy in Tbilisi after new evidence of his involvement in the crime appeared, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. Kalandiya refuses to plead guilty.

June 05, 2019 23:52

• Rights defenders blame Azerbaijani authorities for disrupting PACE Rapporteur's visit

  The meeting of Azerbaijani officials with the Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who is preparing a report on political prisoners, has been postponed for three months. By taking advantage of the fact that the lady's visit had been scheduled for the holiday, the authorities have disrupted her speech, human rights defenders assert.

June 05, 2019 23:51

• Court extends Akhmed Barakhoev's arrest

  The Nalchik court has extended the arrest of the Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev by 3.5 months and rejected the defence's motion for the disqualification of the judge.

June 05, 2019 19:55

• Law enforcers cordon off courthouse because of trial of Ingush elder Barakhoev

  The courthouse in Nalchik, where a session is underway on extending the arrest of the Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev, was surrounded by armed law enforcers. Relatives were not allowed into the courtroom, Fatima Urusova, an advocate, has stated.

June 05, 2019 19:52

• ECtHR awards 1.64 million euros to families of missing residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russian authorities to pay compensation to relatives of 20 persons, who disappeared during special operations in Chechnya and Ingushetia.

June 05, 2019 15:54

• Armenia adopts law on compensation for victims of March 2008 events

  On 4 June, the Armenian MPs have approved the bill prescribing to pay compensations to those who suffered during the dispersal of demonstrators on March 1-2, 2008. The amount of compensation will be defined by the government.

June 05, 2019 15:50

• "European Georgia" claims pressure on voters in Tbilisi

  Opponents hinder the placement of campaigning materials in the Mtatsminda District, where the second round of parliamentary elections will take place on June 9, activist of the "European Georgia" Party report, asserting that the authorities are even using released prisoners to exert pressure on voters.

June 05, 2019 11:26

• Chechnya: Ramadan passes amid promotion of Kadyrov Fund

  In the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Chechen republic's mass media are constantly reporting about the charity events held by the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund. This is a typical activeness of the Fund during Ramadan, although such a scale is not typical for charitable funds in other Muslim regions of Russia.

June 05, 2019 11:21

• Defence of Azerbaijani oppositionist Orkhan Bakhyshly criticize verdict

  Despite the softening of his sentence, the advocates of Orkhan Bakhyshly, a young activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), intends to appeal against it to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

June 05, 2019 07:38

• Residents of Chechnya tell about traditions of celebrating Uraza Bayram

  Muslims in Chechnya celebrate the Uraza Bayram with granting Zakat, collective prayers and visiting relatives' graves.