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March 09, 2019 01:23

• Zurabishvili's words about NATO remind the powers of Georgian President

  The President of Georgia has not enough levers to implement her initiatives, political analysts have stated after Salome Zurabishvili's speech on the Georgia's Euro-Atlantic policies. On March 6, the opposition boycotted the president's speech in the parliament in protest against election frauds.

March 08, 2019 23:58

• March 8 celebration shows women's role in Chechen families

  Today, some residents of Chechnya have refused to celebrate the International Women's Day for religious reasons. The woman's cult is one of the national traditions in Chechnya, said Saipuddi Nataev, a historian. The eighth of March was perceived in the Caucasus as a state, not family holiday, said Sergey Arutyunov, a researcher of the Caucasus.

March 08, 2019 23:55

• ECtHR's decision reminds hundreds of cases of missing residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia

  Since 2001, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has made over 250 decisions on complaints about violent disappearances of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia, the lawyers of the "Legal Initiative" Project and the Ingush branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have stated. The ECtHR's decision on the disappearance of 17 residents of these republics has already entered into force.

March 08, 2019 23:53

• US Congress approves idea of sanctions for Boris Nemtsov's murder

  On March 7, the US Congress Committee approved a resolution calling for the investigation into the murder of the oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov and to impose sanctions against those who were involved in it. The congressmen also offered to study the foreign business assets of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

March 08, 2019 22:52

• Russian military wounded in Armenia

  Doctors assess the condition of a Russian serviceman of the Russian military base, who received a stab wound in Gyumri as stably grave.

March 08, 2019 20:49

• Police disrupt feminist march in Baku (+video)

  Policemen prevented activists from marching in protest of violence against women. They explained their actions by the fact that the march was not sanctioned. Female activists argue stating that holiday actions require no sanctioning.

March 08, 2019 15:19

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of machine gun shelling

  The units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire regime for 26 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

March 08, 2019 15:07

• Court in Chechnya postpones hearings on "Gazprom" complaint

  On March 7, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office (PO), the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya postponed the consideration of the complaint lodged by the "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Grozny" Company against the demand to write off gas debts to residents of the republic.

March 08, 2019 12:59

• Azerbaijani authorities ignore ECtHR's decision on Annagi Gadjibeili's complaint

  Annagi Gadjibeili, the head of the Azerbaijan Bar Association, is still under the ban on leaving the country, although the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the ban to be a violation of his right to the freedom of travel. Mr Gadjibeili said that he could get the needed high quality treatment only abroad, as he was loosing his vision capacity.

March 08, 2019 12:57

• Leaders of Salafi mosque in Makhachkala call on to stop pressure on parishioners

  The members of the public council and the Imam of the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala have complained about regular law enforcers' raids and detentions of parishioners. On March 12, they plan to meet the republic's prosecutor.

March 08, 2019 09:05

• "AniDag" festival organizers refrain from claims to Israfilov

  Akhmed Israfilov, detained within the case of the disruption of the anime festival and a concert of Yegor Kreed in Makhachkala, was released under recognizance not to leave, a source has reported. The festival organizers refuse to treat Israfilov as the main culprit in disrupting the event.

March 08, 2019 08:40

• UN Human Rights Council demands to release Oyub Titiev

  Russian authorities should immediately release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", experts of the UN Human Rights Council have stated.

March 08, 2019 08:33

• Ingushetia: employees of "Tesham" Fund tell about law enforcers' visit

  Ingush activists have linked the seizure of documents from the "Tesham" Charity Fund with the participation of its leaders in protests. The police carried out a routine inspection; law enforcers have no claims to the work of the Fund, "Tesham" employees have stated.

March 08, 2019 08:30

• Hundreds Azerbaijani citizens join campaign for political prisoners' amnesty

  Activists have launched a campaign in the social networks "Free all!" demanding that the President of Azerbaijan release all the political prisoners on the occasion of the Novruz holiday. Authorities are now monitoring the public opinion in social networks, initiators of the campaign believe.

March 08, 2019 08:27

• Armenian sapper wounded at demining in Syria

  The sapper, who has arrived in Syria as a member of the humanitarian contingent from Armenia, was wounded at demining.

March 07, 2019 23:59

• Reburial of Chechen resident highlights problem of disappeared persons

  Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Sharip Ismailov, who disappeared in January 1995, his relatives reported. Family members of the people disappeared during the military campaigns in Chechnya still hope to find their relatives.

March 07, 2019 23:58

• In Yerevan, bus drivers stop their strike

  The chief of the Transport Department at the Yerevan City Mayoralty convinced drivers on strike to return to the routes. The drivers who are not satisfied with the new working conditions may quit, states the Vice-Mayor of the Armenian capital.

March 07, 2019 23:55

• Azerbaijani activist arrested for 15 days

  A court decided to arrest Nidjat Abdullazade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), under the article on failure to obey to the police. PFPA members treat the charge as politically motivated.

March 07, 2019 19:55

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan to pay 22,500 euro to activist Ilkin Rustamzade

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized that the rights of Ilkin Rustamzade, a sentenced activist of the movement "Nida", to liberty and security of person were violated.

March 07, 2019 19:51

• Fighters for morality concerned over case on harassment of artists in Dagestan

  The criminal proceedings against an administrator of a Dagestani public account in a social network provoked discussions of social network users. Some of them criticized the decision to "imprison for threats," while their opponents pointed out that calls for violence against artists were unacceptable.