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May 15, 2019 20:36

• ECtHR demands from Russia explanations on complaint of Sochi schoolboy about torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russian authorities to answer on how efficiently the torture complaint of Georgy Sveshnikov, a Sochi schoolboy had been investigated. This was reported by the head of the Krasnodar branch of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

May 15, 2019 20:33

• Hideout with weapons found near Dagestani village

  A hideout with weapons and ammunition that belonged to the alleged militants, killed this January has been liquidated in Dagestan, the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) has reported.

May 15, 2019 15:09

• Baku police disperses protest action held by fire victims in "Diglas"

  In Baku, the entrepreneurs, who suffered from a fire in the "Diglas" Shopping Centre, held a protest action demanding compensation for their suffered damage.

May 15, 2019 15:02

• Employees of shelter for domestic violence victims tell about law gaps

  Problems of domestic violence victims have aggravated after the decriminalization of this violence; moreover, rapists very often manipulate victims of family conflicts, employees of shelters for domestic violence victims have stated in their comments on the incident that happened at the Makhachkala centre for the protection of motherhood and childhood. According to their version, the legislation on the protection of mothers' and fathers' rights in Russia is defective.

May 15, 2019 11:30

• OSCE mission fixes no violations in the Karabakh conflict zone

  The officials of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) have visited the troops contact line and revealed no violations of the ceasefire regime, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have reported.

May 15, 2019 11:27

• Afghan Mukhtarly's defence Protection states obstacles to complaint to ECtHR

  The complaints on the cases of the journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, and the oppositional politician, Nemat Panakhly, sent by mail to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, failed to leave Azerbaijan within a month, Elchin Sadygov, an advocate, has stated. He believes that the sending of letters is delayed intentionally.

May 15, 2019 08:28

• Soldier dies at exercises in Armenia

  Ararat Khechumyan, a serviceman of the automobile company, turned over in a combat vehicle during exercises and died, investigators have reported.

May 15, 2019 08:25

• Two "Nida" activists expelled from university in Baku

  After his release from prison, Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, was not allowed to continue his studies at the Baku Slavic University. Mamedov's associate, Giyas Ibragimov, has been also expelled from the same university.

May 15, 2019 08:21

• Advocates treat Cherkesov's struggle against ban on praying in jail as promising

  Aslan Cherkesov, who is challenging the legality of the ban on administering namaz (prayer) in colony, received no rights defenders' reaction within six days, said his advocate. In Chechnya, the court earlier passed a positive decision on a similar convict's complaint.

May 14, 2019 23:56

• Armenian ex-president Robert Kocharyan reports about dispersal of protests in 2008

  The police dispersed the protest actions in March 2008, since the special services reported that protestors were taking up arms, reported Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia.

May 14, 2019 23:52

• Analysts associate detentions in Chechnya with attack on law enforcers claimed by IS

  The detention of nine suspected militants in Chechnya was preceded by a statement released by the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") about an attack on law enforcers in the Urus-Martan District. The law enforcement bodies called the jihadists' statement the disinformation, but a special operation might have been triggered by it, said scientists engaged in the studies of the Caucasus.

May 14, 2019 23:48

• Supporters and opponents of Robert Kocharyan gather outside court building

  David Grigoryan dismissed the motion filed by advocates of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan concerning disqualification of the judge. The police warned supporters and opponents of Robert Kocharyan, gathered in front of the court building, against provocations.

May 14, 2019 23:37

• Veterans of special services doubt version about detention of militants in Chechnya

  Sergey Goncharov, the president of the Alpha Anti-Terrorism Unit Veterans' Association, and Gennady Gudkov, the retired FSB Colonel, doubt the credibility of the reports about the detention of militants in Chechnya. Political analyst Alexander Perendjiev suggests that people undesired by the Chechen authorities could be declared militants.

May 14, 2019 17:32

• Nagorno-Karabakh demands to resume trilateral format of negotiations on conflict

  The agreement of May 12, 1994, signed by Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh remains the basis of the ceasefire regime, maintenance of peace and security in Southern Caucasus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

May 14, 2019 17:20

• Analysts believe in possible compromise in Azerbaijani-Georgian dispute around David Gareja complex

  The disputable monasteries on the border with Azerbaijan are Georgian monuments, state historians. Religious sites often provoke conflicts, but Georgia and Azerbaijan have every reason to agree peacefully, said analysts.

May 14, 2019 12:10

• Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office threatens rights defender with criminal punishment

  The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan threatened human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev with criminal responsibility for his posts in social networks.

May 14, 2019 12:06

• Two residents of Georgian border village released in South Ossetia

  Vasily Patarkatsishvili and Dmitry Izergishvili, residents of the Kvemo Chugali village, located on the border with South Ossetia, were released, the State Security Service of Georgia reported.

May 14, 2019 10:08

• Media fix downgrade of Dagestani leader's rating

  At the same time, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, demonstrates one of the highest ratings.

May 14, 2019 10:02

• Ismail Nalgiev, Ingush activist, arrested for two months

  The court has arrested in absentia the Ingush activist, Ismail Nalgiev, for two months, his advocate Andrei Sabinin and law enforcement sources inform.

May 14, 2019 09:59

• Sources report detention of nine militants in Chechnya

  Members of a militant grouping have been detained in Chechnya with their weapons and grenades, the "Interfax" has reported, citing its source.