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April 10, 2019 11:28

• Two children brought from Syria to KBR

  Two boys from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), whom their parents had taken to Syria a few years ago, have been brought to Russia. They have to undergo rehabilitation.

April 10, 2019 11:18

• Chechen authorities break their promises to paralyzed woman

  Over the past two years, Lizan Isakova, a paralyzed resident of Grozny, received no help from Chechen authorities, although back in 2017, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, ordered to improve her living conditions. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has turned to Daudov, recalling his unfulfilled promises given to the disabled woman.

April 10, 2019 11:08

• Defence tells about Titiev's custody conditions in colony

  Oyub Titiev has been taken to a settlement colony in Argun and placed into quarantine, his advocate Pyotr Zaikin and Oleg Orlov, the board chair of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have informed.

April 10, 2019 08:30

• Dispersal of anti-Soviet rally in Tbilisi accelerated collapse of USSR

  On the 30th anniversary of the dispersal of demonstrators in Tbilisi by Soviet troops, six streets of the Georgian capital were named after the casualties. The crackdown of protesters on April 9, 1989, was the starting point for the restoration of Georgia's independence, Bondo Kupatadze, Doctor of History, has noted.

April 10, 2019 08:24

• Two men wounded at shooting in Ingushetia

  On April 9, at the building of Muftiate in Nazran, a resident of Ingushetia shelled two men from a traumatic pistol, the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. The conflict broke out among members of two local teips (family clans) because of a monetary dispute, a source said.

April 10, 2019 08:17

• Advocate tells about Aslan Cherkesov's placement into dungeon

  Aslan Cherkesov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, convicted for killing a football fan, is regularly extended his stay in the dungeon (punishment cell, also known as ShIZO) and tortured, said Maria Bogdanova, his advocate.

April 09, 2019 22:40

• Ingush activist Ibragim Dugiev detained, his relatives report

  Today, law enforcers have searched a house of rally participant Ibragim Dugiev and taken the activist away with them, his relatives report. The day before his detention, Ibragim Dugiev voluntarily visited investigators, and they had no claims against him, one of the protest leaders reported.

April 09, 2019 22:29

• In Krasnodar, activities of EcoWatch paralyzed after search

  Law enforcers seized information carriers and mobile phones from the office of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and thus paralyzed the NGO's activities, stated Andrei Rudomakha, the coordinator of the EcoWatch.

April 09, 2019 22:19

• Resident of Chechnya sentenced for involvement in attack on Budyonnovsk

  Today, the court has found Ruslan Islamov guilty of participation in the gang led by Shamil Basaev and an armed attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995 and sentenced him to 11 years of imprisonment.

April 09, 2019 19:13

• Blogger Malizaev's video about kidnapping attempt provokes scepticism in Chechnya

  Blogger Minkail Malizaev, who lives in Germany and who criticizes the authorities of Chechnya, has reported that unidentified persons attempted to kidnap him. The blogger's version raised doubts among some Internet users and residents of Chechnya. Sceptics noted that the kidnappers suspiciously easily abandoned their plans.

April 09, 2019 19:03

• General Prosecutor's Office: suspect of Paul Khlebnikov's murder extradited to Russia

  The authorities of Ukraine have extradited to Russia Magomed Dukuzov, accused of assassinating Paul Khlebnikov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, the RIA "Novosti" quotes today Yuri Chaika, General Prosecutor of Russia, as reporting.

April 09, 2019 18:55

• Law enforcers block EcoWatch office in Krasnodar

  Law enforcers in masks have blocked entrances to the office of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) in Krasnodar and they are seizing PCs and office equipment, activist Viktor Chirikov reports today.

April 09, 2019 14:52

• Armenian human rights defenders declare society's unwillingness to discuss LGBT issues

  It is still not safe to discuss the problems of the LGBT community, notes Nina Karapetyants, the head of the Helsinki Association of Armenia. After the "velvet revolution," the country is slowly removing a taboo on discussion of the LGBT issues, believes Arthur Sakunts, the head of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office.

April 09, 2019 14:35

• Investigation into attack on journalists in Kropotkin suspended

  A preliminary investigation into a case on an attack in 2017 on a crew of Radio Liberty in the Krasnodar Territory was suspended due to the fact that no suspects had been found, Radio Liberty reports.

April 09, 2019 11:06

• Complaint against Pavel Grib's verdict sent to court

  On April 8, a complaint has been sent to the North-Caucasian District Military Court against the verdict to Pavel Grib, who was sentenced to six years under the case of a terror act, said his advocate.

April 09, 2019 10:57

• Films by directors from Kosovo and France regarded as best at SIFF-2019

  In Abkhazia, the Second Sukhumi International Film Festival SIFF-2019 is over. The Grand Prix was shared by the films "She" by the Kosovo film director Mora Raka and "Monsieur Endersen" by Thomas Scohy from France.

April 09, 2019 10:45

• Protest action after transgender's speech in parliament held in Yerevan

  About 200 people took part in the protest action after the speech of the transgender, Lilit Martirosyan, the chair of the NGO "Party of Law" at the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia.

April 09, 2019 08:12

• Tbilisi authorities promise housing to explosion victims

  The head of the district self-government has promised to temporarily resettle all the families affected by the gas explosion in a high-rise apartment building in Tbilisi. The city Mayor has stated that gas leak detectors will be installed in residential buildings.

April 08, 2019 23:45

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 1-7, 2019

  Arrests of Ingush activists after protests in Magas; attack on policemen in Kabardino-Balkaria; anniversary of the April 2016 war in Nagorno-Karabakh, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 1-7, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 08, 2019 21:55

• Female picketer demands to stop Mikhail Benyash's case

  Activist Yana Antonova went on a solo picket in Krasnodar in support of the lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, who was accused of using violence against a policeman at detention.