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March 26, 2019 22:05

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensations to 19 Georgian citizens

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded from 2,000 to 15,000 euros to 19 Georgian citizens expelled from Russia in 2006.

March 26, 2019 21:53

• Activists suggest extending Magas action

  The participants of the rally held in Magas have supported the activists' proposal to submit a notification to the authorities about the continuation of the action. Moscow should pay attention to the protest of residents of Ingushetia, the human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov, believes.

March 26, 2019 21:43

• Resident of Dagestan sentenced to 24 years in prison for assaulting law enforcers

  Today, the North-Caucasian District Military Court has found Shamil Yusupov guilty of creating a gang, attempting to kill policemen and stealing weapons, and sentenced him to imprisonment at a high-security colony.

March 26, 2019 18:12

• Magas rally demands Evkurov's resignation

  The participants in the today's rally against the law on referendum have expressed distrust to the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and demanded his resignation.

March 26, 2019 18:04

• Kadyrov's relative heads Chechen centre for training special forces

  On March 25, Abdul-Kerim Kadyrov, a cousin of the head of Chechnya, was appointed the head of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) Department Training Centre.

March 26, 2019 14:19

• Thousands gathered for a protest in Magas

  Today, residents of Ingushetia have gathered in central Magas, responding to the call of the organizing committee of the rally against the referendum law.

March 26, 2019 14:08

• ICRF claims no traces of beatings on body of Kadyrov's security

  The surveillance camera records and the examination of the body of Ayub Tuntuev, a former security of the Chechen leader, have failed to confirm his relatives' version about his death after beating in a colony, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated. However, the advocate of the inmate is sure that the version of his client's suicide is absolutely unacceptable.

March 26, 2019 11:11

• Threats to Abdurakhmanov point to vulnerability of Chechen refugees in Europe

  Authorities of European countries are fundamentally underestimating the danger to dissidents in Chechnya and continue expelling immigrants from Northern Caucasus to their homelands, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated. Tumso Abdurakhmanov received new threats after blood feud was declared to him by Magomed Daudov.

March 26, 2019 11:04

• Some 240 Georgian social workers are on strike

  Across Georgia, about 240 social workers involved in protecting women and children have stopped their activities and announced an indefinite strike demanding to improve their working conditions, Raisa Liparteliani, a deputy chair of the Association of Independent Trade Unions of Georgia, told the "Caucasian Knot".

March 26, 2019 10:56

• Ex-inmate adjudges 50,000 roubles for torture in Elista colony

  The Elista City Court has reduced the amount of compensation for moral harm in favour of the Akhmed Saliev, a former prisoner, from 2 million to 50,000 roubles, the "Zone of Law" has informed.

March 26, 2019 08:33

• In Northern Caucasus, week of March 18-24 did without victims of armed conflict

  During the week of March 18-24, 2019, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded. There were no reports about casualties or wounded persons.

March 26, 2019 08:28

• Supposed accomplices to suicide bomber Spiridonova detained in Dagestan

  At least three people have been detained in the Khasavyurt District on suspicion of complicity with Karina Spiridonova, who, according to the Chechen authorities, committed a suicide bombing in November 2018 at a checkpoint in Grozny, said a law enforcement source.

March 26, 2019 08:18

• "Golos" defines overstatement scale of voter turnout in Northern Caucasus

  The disposal of documents on the 2018 Russian presidential election, which should be held today in the country's regions, is essential for investigating violations, said Roman Udot, a board member of the "Golos" (Vote) Movement in Defence of Voters' Rights, after the vigorous analysis of video records from polling stations.

March 25, 2019 21:30

• Ingush activist accuses law enforcers of Internet blackouts during rallies

  Activist Murad Khazbiev requested the court to assess the legality of the Internet and mobile communication blackouts during protest actions against the border agreement between Ingushetia and Chechnya. Activists learned from the "Roskomnadzor" that the blackouts took place because of the instructions issued by the law enforcement bodies, reported Andrei Sabinin, an advocate of Murad Khazbiev.

March 25, 2019 21:14

• Pavel Grib declares going on hunger strike

  A hunger strike of Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, sentenced to six years of imprisonment on the charge of incitement to a terror act, will be held in a separate cell with video surveillance, reports today the chairman of the Public Oversight Commission for the Rostov Region.

March 25, 2019 19:27

• Social workers go on strike in Georgia

  Today, in five cities of Georgia, employees of the Social Security Agency have refused to go to work. They demand from the Ministry for Public Health to improve their working conditions. Human rights defenders have called on the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to verify the information about the threats of dismissal for social workers on strike.

March 25, 2019 19:17

• Azerbaijan reports 22 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  Positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in a border village, has been shelled 22 times a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

March 25, 2019 13:57

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on March 18-24, 2019

  Conviction of Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev; change of the leader of the main oppositional force and NATO exercises in Georgia, – read about these and other events in the Caucasus that occurred from March 18 to March 24, 2019, in the weekly review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 25, 2019 13:49

• Minvody residents commemorate victims of 2001 terror act

  The commemorative events were held on March 24 in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody) on the anniversary of the terror act committed in 2001.

March 25, 2019 13:40

• Brother and advocate claim torture of resident of Ingushetia

  A brother of Said Barkinkhoev, a 27-year-old resident of Ingushetia, detained on suspicion of robbery, claimed he had been tortured. Visit Tsoroev, an advocate of the detainee, said that he had fixed traces of torture on his client.