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April 04, 2019 23:39

• Dagestani parliament notes unofficial nature of its criticism of Chechen authorities

  A message on the unacceptability of the unilateral determination of the border with Chechnya was not an official statement of the parliament and was published only for the media, reports the press service for the National Assembly of Dagestan.

April 04, 2019 23:20

• Court leaves Azerbaijani activist under arrest

  In Baku, a court dismissed an appeal filed by Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested under the article on disobedience to the police. The activist associated the criminal proceedings against him with his video appeal to President Ilham Aliev.

April 04, 2019 20:36

• Court fines Deputy Mufti of Ingushetia for participating in rally

  In Magas, a court imposed a fine of 20,000 roubles on Musa Meiriev, the deputy chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Ingushetia, for participating in an unsanctioned action.

April 04, 2019 16:01

• Ingush elder urges to refrain from unrests after activists' arrests

  In his video message, Akhmed Barakhoev, a co-chairman of the Ingush Council of Teips, who was arrested for 10 days, asked the youth to refrain from illegal actions.

April 04, 2019 15:58

• Cleaning park around Kadyrov's residence estimated at about RUB 35M

  Chechen authorities have announced a tender for servicing the territory around Ramzan Kadyrov's residence. A total of 34.88 million roubles have been allocated for this from the republic's budget.

April 04, 2019 15:53

• Rights defenders criticize Azerbaijani authorities for arresting Mamedov

  The re-arrest of Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, is an example of the government's intolerance of criticism, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated. The Mamedov's arrest discredits the proclaimed the Azerbaijani authorities' course to reforms, Bashir Suleimanly, the head of the Institute of Civil Initiatives, believes.

April 04, 2019 11:23

• Authorities order Kadyrov's fellow villagers to dismantle their houses

  Residents of the Khosi-Yurt village are dismantling their houses located at the family estate of Ramzan Kadyrov, since the authorities decided to expand the park in the village centre. In two weeks, people should take out all their necessary things; then, the houses will be demolished, residents of Chechnya have reported.

April 04, 2019 11:19

• Azerbaijani activist tells about conversation with policemen after his post in support of Mamedov

  Giyas Ibragimov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, was summoned to the Baku police after placing a post on the Facebook in support of the arrested activist Bairam Mamedov. Law enforcers talked to him and let him go, advising him to avoid such publications, the activist said.

April 04, 2019 11:14

• NKR activists urge to set up Day of Defender of Combat Positions

  Activists of three NGOs from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Armenia have marked the anniversary of the April 2016 war with a motor rally. They called on the authorities to establish the Day of the Defender of Combat Positions on April 2 in memory of the perished warriors.

April 04, 2019 08:37

• Ingush activist holds anti-corruption picket in Moscow

  After detention of protesters in Ingushetia, an activist, Batyr Bogatyryov held a solo picket in Moscow, demanding paying attention to the absence of struggle against corruption in the republic.

April 04, 2019 08:33

• Social network users condemn arrest of Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev

  By resorting to repressions, Ingush authorities are depriving people of their right to assembly, Facebook users have commented on the news about the arrest of Akhmed Barakhoev. Some of them believe that the court judgement is contrary to the Ingush custom of honouring the elderly.

April 03, 2019 22:57

• Defence expresses concern over health of Akhmed Barakhoev arrested in Magas

  Being kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Akhmed Barakhoev will suffer a negative impact on his health state because of his diseases which are to be treated on an outpatient basis, reports Basir Ozdoev, an advocate of the activist.

April 03, 2019 22:56

• Organizer of Magas rally sentenced to 10 days of arrest

  Today, the court has found that Barakh Chemurziev, the head of the movement "Support of Ingushetia", had violated the rules for organizing a rally in Magas.

April 03, 2019 17:57

• In Ingushetia, nine activists arrested within two days

  During two days, in Ingushetia, three leaders of protests and six participants of a spontaneous rally on the "Caucasus" highway were sentenced to 10-day arrests.

April 03, 2019 17:43

• NAC reports about two militants killed in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Suspects killed today in Kabardino-Balkaria were involved in an attack on policemen in the Baksan District and in the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed.

April 03, 2019 14:51

• Abkhaz activist released from police after locals' protest

  Djansukh Adleiba, the leader of the initiative group to close the landfill in Sukhumi, was detained in Abkhazia. Local residents went out to the rally in his defence; and after a few hours Adleiba was released.

April 03, 2019 14:46

• Five activists detained in Ingushetia

  After searches, law enforcers detained the Ingush oppositionists, Bagaudin Khautiev and Zarifa Sautieva, activists have reported.

April 03, 2019 14:39

• Azerbaijani activist Bairam Mamedov claims torture

  On April 2, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the complaint against the arrest of Bairam Mamedov. After his allegations of torture, the BCA obliged the Prosecutor's Office to investigate the activist's complaints. His defence doubts that an efficient investigation will be conducted.

April 03, 2019 09:51

• Mourning events for victims of April War held in NKR

  The participants of the commemoration of those killed during the April 2016 war in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) laid flowers to the warriors' monuments; and memorial lessons were held in the educational establishments of the unrecognized republic.

April 03, 2019 09:47

• Armed incident in KBR is third this year

  The driver's shelling attack on policemen committed in the Baksan District has become the third armed incident since the start of the year in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).