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May 09, 2019 14:19

• Irina Rodnina school in Yerevan renamed after her words about Khojaly

  The Council of Elders of Yerevan has approved the renaming of the figure skating school named after the Russian figure skater Irina Rodnina into the Yerevan school of figure skating and hockey. The school was renamed because of the Rodnina's participation in the march in Baku dedicated to the events in Khojaly. Her participation in the event and her statements about the tragedy in Yerevan have been treated as anti-Armenian acts.

May 09, 2019 13:55

• Azerbaijan counts 27 shelling attacks in the conflict zone

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today that four pre-border villages got under fire, when opponents were shelling the Azerbaijani Army units in the Karabakh conflict zone.

May 09, 2019 11:42

• Volgograd activists stand against war in Ukraine

  In Volgograd, activists have held solo pickets against the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine. They demanded to stop the war and establish peaceful relations with the Ukrainian authorities.

May 09, 2019 11:32

• BCA upholds verdict to PFPA activists

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the verdict to the activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), convicted within the case of illegal financing the party. Their defence has stated that it will seek for an acquittal.

May 09, 2019 11:19

• Ingush Ombudsperson reports on Barakhoev custody conditions in SIZO

  After his transfer from the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Vladikavkaz one, Akhmed Barakhoev, an Ingush activist, has no complaints about his custody conditions, the Ingush Ombudsperson has stated. Instagram users point that the elder looks unhealthy.

May 09, 2019 08:23

• Activists demand to stop building demolition in Baku (+video)

  Starting May 6, local residents organized a round-the-clock watch at a building in central Baku after the owner's attempt to evict the non-commercial movie theatre "Salaam Cinema". The authorities have promised to assess the historical value of the building, built as a Molokan prayer house, and to revise plans for demolition thereof.

May 08, 2019 21:04

• Actions in support of Israel held in Georgia

  Today, the cities of Tbilisi and Kutaisi have hosted solidarity actions with residents of Israel, who mark today the Remembrance Day for Victims of Wars and Terror Acts.

May 08, 2019 20:53

• Court refuses to release person involved in Politkovskaya's murder

  Today, a court in Ryazan has refused to satisfy a petition for the conditional early relief (CER) of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), convicted of involvement in the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the court has reported. The defence will appeal against this judgement.

May 08, 2019 19:05

• Ingush activist detained at Minsk airport

  Today, Ismail Nalgiev, the coordinator of the NGO "Choice of Ingushetia", has been detained at the Minsk airport, from where he planned to fly to the Czech Republic.

May 08, 2019 18:54

• Social network users criticize idea to increase salaries of officials from Yerevan Mayoralty

  A project to increase salaries of the employees of the Yerevan City Mayoralty is on the agenda of the meeting of the Council of Elders scheduled for today. Some Facebook users opposed the project. They wrote about low pensions, teacher salaries, and problems with garbage collection and public transport.

May 08, 2019 18:42

• Over 400 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh take part in patriotic march

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, senior schoolchildren, students, and soldiers marched from Stepanakert in memory of the events associated with the liberation of Shushi.

May 08, 2019 14:29

• Georgian villager released in South Ossetia

  In South Ossetia, law enforcers handed over Amiran Meladze, a resident of the village of Kveshi, detained on suspicion of violating the border, to the Georgian authorities, the Georgian State Security Service reported on May 7. In May, the border regime will be strengthened, the KGB of South Ossetia announces.

May 08, 2019 14:17

• Sisters from Saudi Arabia leave Georgia

  Sisters Makha and Wafa Al-Subaye from Saudi Arabia, who were hiding from the persecution of their relatives, left Georgia after they had been granted asylum in a third country.

May 08, 2019 11:32

• In Baku, law enforcers detain protesters

  On May 7, Azerbaijani policemen stopped a protest action organized by relatives of those arrested within the "Ganja case" and detained several protesters and journalists.

May 08, 2019 11:17

• Malkhaz Machalikashvili suspected of preparing terror act

  The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia has reported that Malkhaz Machalikashvili, the father of Temirlan Machalikashvili, killed during a special operation in Pankisi, had the intention to commit a terror act. Machalikashvili himself has treated the SSS' statement as absurd.

May 08, 2019 11:06

• Azerbaijan excludes concession of monastery to Georgia

  The Azerbaijani part of the "David Garedja" cave complex is connected with the history of Christianity in Azerbaijan and cannot be transferred to Georgia, the Baku experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated. There are forces in Georgia seeking to aggravate the border conflict, but the authorities of both countries are not interested in it, they assert.

May 08, 2019 10:58

• After checking documents, Ingush law enforcers release rights defenders

  The employees of the Committee against Torture (CaT) and the cameraman, detained by law enforcers during filming in Nazran, were released after checking documents, Igor Kalyapin, the CaT head, has informed.

May 08, 2019 01:05

• Ueldanov's sister reports his complaints about beating in Azerbaijani jail

  Marat Ueldanov has told his relatives that he was beaten up in the Azerbaijani prison, his sister has stated.

May 08, 2019 00:47

• CaT employees detained in Ingushetia

  Law enforcers have detained Magomed Alamov and Evgeny Chilikov, employees of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT), and a cameraman, Leonid Utkin, who were filming in Nazran, the Human Rights Council under the Russian President has reported today.

May 07, 2019 23:02

• Protesters in Dagestan demand to solve land problem

  Near the village of Novokuli in Dagestan, at a rally, protesters stated that migrants' families cannot receive land plots and demanded from the authorities to take their interests into account when transferring land into ownership.