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March 19, 2019 11:56

• AI condemns sentence to Oyub Titiev

  The trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", held in Chechnya, has demonstrated all the evils of the Russian justice, Mary Struthers, Director of the Amnesty International (AI) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

March 19, 2019 07:34

• Statements of Kadyrov's security at tournament may entail public apologies

  According to Caucasian traditions, a public insult entails a public apology. This was the comment of the ethnologist, Sergey Arutyunov, and the Orientalist, Akhmet Yarlykapov on the reaction of the head of Ramzan Kadyrov's security to the words of the Dagestan fighter, Rustam Kerimov.

March 19, 2019 07:33

• Armenia agrees to meeting of wounded Azerbaijani with his family

  The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has expressed its readiness to ensure Alvin Ibragimov, detained at the border with Azerbaijan, to meet his relatives, guaranteeing their safety. The detainee was operated on after receiving his wound and is in satisfactory condition, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsman, wrote on his Facebook.

March 19, 2019 07:31

• Brother treats sentence to Oyub Titiev as cruel

  The trial of Oyub Titiev was a great stress for the family, Yakub, a brother of the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", has stated. Yakub told about the pressure at the start of the trial.

March 18, 2019 23:30

• Residents of Chechnya complain about search of disappeared people by authorities

  The authorities are too slowly looking for the remains of Chechen residents who disappeared in 1995-2010, state their relatives. They have proposed to create a special group for exhumations.

March 18, 2019 23:28

• Armenian political analysts: Nagorno-Karabakh to return to negotiating table

  The return of Nagorno-Karabakh to the negotiating table proceeds from the interests of the peaceful settlement of the conflict, and Azerbaijan will have to agree to participate in the talks, state Armenian political analysts.

March 18, 2019 23:26

• Azerbaijani website's editor subjected to conditional sentence

  In Baku, the court sentenced Anar Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the website "Criminalaz", to 5.5 years of conditional imprisonment. The journalist and his defence insisted on acquittal.

March 18, 2019 23:24

• Court refuses to recognize former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan as victim in wiretapping case

  The Armenian Court of Appeal dismissed the claim of Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, to recognize him as a victim in a criminal case on wiretapping of phone conversations between the heads of the two law enforcement bodies. The defence announced appeals to the cassation instance and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

March 18, 2019 23:17

• Head of Chechen "Memorial" Oyub Titiev sentenced to four years of imprisonment

  The testimonies of the defence witnesses positively characterize Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Chechnya, but do not acquit him in possession of drugs, the court has decided. The human rights defender has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment.

March 18, 2019 17:32

• On March 11-17, 2019, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 11-17, 2019, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 18, 2019 17:29

• Grozny students report being forced to attend festival "Crimean Spring"

  In Grozny, more than 10,000 people attended an event organized by the Chechen authorities on the occasion of the anniversary of the Crimea's annexation, the City Mayoralty reported. Students reported being forced to participate in the festive event.

March 18, 2019 17:23

• Council under Chechen leader recognizes massive falsification of criminal cases

  The criminal prosecution of blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov was unfounded. Moreover, his case is not the only one, and other residents of Chechnya are in a similar situation, recognize members of the Council under the leader of Chechnya on the development of civil society and human rights.

March 18, 2019 17:13

• Liberated activists urge to fight for rights of political prisoners in Azerbaijan (+video)

  On March 17, more than 50 political prisoners pardoned by the President of Azerbaijan were released. They intend to continue their political and social activities.

March 18, 2019 16:11

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 11-17, 2019

  Major pardonings in Azerbaijan; special operation in the Stavropol Territory; death of a Georgian citizen after his detention on the border with Abkhazia; court's decision on a claim filed by Vremenny villagers and meeting of Salafi mosque's delegates with the Prosecutor in Dagestan; hunger strike of Gukovo miners, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 11-17, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 18, 2019 13:08

• Ten signs of fabrication in Oyub Titiev's case reported before verdict

  On March 18, in Chechnya, a court will pronounce the verdict to Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny. The defence has managed to draw attention to the trial, and that fact will positively affect the Oyub Titiev's reputation and security, his advocate believes. The HRC "Memorial" presented 10 facts proving the falsification of the Oyub Titiev's case.

March 18, 2019 13:02

• Social network users angered by Kadyrov bodyguard's words to Dagestani fighter

  The reaction of the chief of the Ramzan Kadyrov's bodyguards to the words of gratitude voiced by Dagestani fighter Rustam Kerimov, who defeated a Chechen athlete, provoked a heated debate in social networks. Users blamed Abuzaid Vismuradov for insulting the athlete from Dagestan.

March 18, 2019 12:59

• Georgia reports kidnapping of border villager

  16-year-old Givi Beruashvili, a resident of the Ditsi village on the border with South Ossetia, was kidnapped from his land plot, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reported.

March 18, 2019 12:57

• Nagorno-Karabakh demands to reconsider format of peace negotiations

  Nagorno-Karabakh should return to the negotiating table, and the Minsk Group co-chairs should propose new principles to resolve the conflict, say politicians in Stepanakert.

March 17, 2019 11:36

• Residents of Chechnya find excuses for MP's words about Russians unpersuasive

  The public statement about dislike for Russians was misunderstood, said Magomed Khanbiev, a Chechen MP, explaining that he meant militaries. Djambulat Umarov, a Chechen Minister, has supported Khanbiev, also pointing to an inaccurate interpretation of his words. However, social network users and republic's residents are sceptical of these statements.

March 17, 2019 11:27

• Over 400 persons pardoned in Azerbaijan

  On March 16, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev signed a decree to pardon 431 convicts, including more than a dozen political prisoners.