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April 11, 2019 21:58

• Resident of Dagestan complains of torture after his detention

  Ramazan Alibiev, accused by the Dagestani law enforcement bodies of storing a pistol and rounds, complained that law enforcers tortured him to force him to confess to a crime, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.

April 11, 2019 21:51

• In Volgograd, people evacuated from 18 schools after threats of bombing

  Law enforcers began searching for explosive devices in Volgograd schools, hospitals, shopping centres, and office buildings after reports of bombs.

April 11, 2019 18:37

• Court leaves Robert Kocharyan under arrest

  Today, the Armenian Court of Appeal has refused to release on bail Robert Kocharyan, the second president of the country. An advocate has announced the intention to challenge the court's decision at the cassation instance.

April 11, 2019 18:25

• Relatives of Akhmed Barakhoev and rights defenders concerned over his hunger strike

  Relatives failed to convince 64-year-old Akhmed Barakhoev to stop his hunger strike. It lasts eight days and threatens his health state, reports today Ilez, a son of the Ingush Elder.

April 11, 2019 14:27

• HRC asks to check legitimacy of searches at "EcoWatch"

  The Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights under the Russian President (known as the Human Rights Council – HRC) has addressed the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory asking to check the legality of the searches conducted at residences of the activists of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus (EcoWatch).

April 11, 2019 14:19

• Georgian Muslims demand DNA analysis of Stalin's repression victims

  It is necessary to analyze the DNA of the remains found in Batumi in the mass burial of those repressed in 1937-1938, the Muslims of Georgia believe. They have demanded to rebury the remains into a neutral cemetery, which does not belong to any religious institution.

April 11, 2019 14:08

• Armenia: law on new holiday triggers debates in social networks

  The Citizen's Day will be marked on the last Saturday of April. Social network users express different opinions regarding the new holiday.

April 11, 2019 11:02

• Victims of Maraga tragedy commemorated in Armenia and NKR

  The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Armenia have held events in memory of the victims of the tragedy in the village of Maraga. We need to ensure that the international community knows what happened in the village 27 years ago, said Larisa Alaverdyan, the first Ombudsperson of Armenia.

April 11, 2019 10:50

• Svetlana Gannushkina supports arrested Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev

  Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Civil Assistance Committee, talked on the phone with the activist Barakhoev, who has been holding his hunger strike for a week already at the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison); Svetlana is ready to come to Ingushetia.

April 11, 2019 10:41

• Egyptian authorities accuse Ingush students of extremism

  The first court session on the case of Ingush students was held behind closed doors; so far, investigators have not presented any proofs of their guilt. Russian diplomats and the father of one of the detainees were not allowed to the courtroom, Yusup Abakarov, the head of the consular division of the Russian Embassy to Egypt in Cairo, has explained.

April 11, 2019 10:30

• Authorities ban blogger Mekhman Guseinov to leave Azerbaijan

  The OSCE representative has demanded to cancel the ban imposed by the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan on Mekhman Guseinov to go abroad. The ban has prevented the blogger from taking part in the events dedicated to human rights violations and the fight against corruption.

April 11, 2019 08:30

• ECtHR finds justified to blow up house of Ali Taziev's relatives

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by relatives of one of the leaders of the armed underground, Ali "Magas" Taziev, who demanded compensation for the demolition of their house in Ingushetia by law enforcers.

April 11, 2019 08:23

• Analysts point to uniqueness of Barakhoev's hunger strike for Ingushetia

  The hunger strike of the elder, Akhmed Barakhoev, at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept, is unique in that he, the leader of protests, is demanding to respect not only of his rights, but of the rights of other activists, Magomed Mutsolgov, a rights defender, has stated.

April 10, 2019 22:36

• Ingush protest leaders left under arrest

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia upheld the decision on the administrative arrests of Akhmed Barakhoev and Musa Malsagov, organizers of a rally in Magas.

April 10, 2019 22:27

• In Yerevan, court leaves Manvel Grigoryan in custody

  The Criminal Court of Appeal refused to release on bail General Manvel Grigoryan, a member of the Armenian parliament.

April 10, 2019 18:46

• ICRF to investigate beating of Kuban resident by law enforcers

  An investigator instituted a criminal case against two law enforcers for beating Evgeny Manchenko, a resident of Krasnodar, who tried to climb over the fence of his house late in the evening, the Committee against Torture (CaT) reports today.

April 10, 2019 18:37

• Azerbaijani oppositionist left under arrest for 30 days

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the defence appeal and left in custody Ramid Nagiev, a member of the youth committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested for 30 days. Activist's colleagues from the PFPA believe the arrest of Ramid Nagiev is of political nature.

April 10, 2019 14:19

• Court arrests administrator of Facebook group "Be Brave, Armenia"

  An administrator of the Facebook group "Be Brave, Armenia Open Society" became a suspect under the clause on inciting racial, national or religious hostility, the National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) reports today.

April 10, 2019 14:07

• Pashinyan treats scandal with transgender woman's speech in parliament as provocation

  A hype associated with a speech delivered by transgender woman Lilit Martirosyan from the tribune of the National Assembly of Armenia was an organized provocation against the revolution and the government, stated Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

April 10, 2019 13:57

• Criminal case opened against Yana Antonova

  A criminal case was instituted against Yana Antonova, the coordinator of the Open Russia* in the Krasnodar Territory, for involvement in an undesirable organization, and she was sent home under the obligation to visit investigators at their first request, reported advocate Alexander Valyavsky.