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January 23, 2019 19:36

• Editor-in-chief of "Bastainfo" website refuses to plead guilty in court

  The indictment in the case of Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the oppositional website "Bastainfo.com" has been announced at a session of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. The advocate has treated the charges as unjustified.

January 23, 2019 19:25

• Chechen authorities explain Minister's words amid new public apologies

  There are no plans to create rubrics for public apologies in Chechnya, authorities and television professionals have explained, noting that the words of Minister Djambulat Umarov were misinterpreted. This happened amid new plots with repentances.

January 23, 2019 13:35

• Video of vandalism in Dagestan points to support in social networks of public punishment practice

  Three minor guys, who confessed to vandalism, put in order the memorial "Memory" in the park of the Dagestan city of Kizlyar. Users of social networks have approved the public punishment of the guys, expressing regret that the video failed to show their faces.

January 23, 2019 13:31

• After Daudov's visit to Dagestan, authorities decide to clarify Chechnya's borders

  The Speakers of the Parliaments of Chechnya and Dagestan have decided to clarify the historical boundaries of the two republics in order to enter this information into the state real estate cadastre, the authorities of the two regions have announced.

January 23, 2019 13:25

• Kadyrov puzzles Kremlin with writing off gas debts

  The issue of writing off Chechnya's debts for the supplied natural gas has put the Russian authorities in a difficult position; the Kremlin is at a loss, experts say.

January 23, 2019 10:50

• Rights defenders link Chechen practice of public apologies with Klishas' bill

  There are no legal grounds for catching critics of the authorities and forcing them to repent, the lawyer, Evgeny Chernousov, has noted.

January 23, 2019 10:48

• Journalist Afghan Mukhtarly claims being provoked

  The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, held in jail in Azerbaijan, reports pressure on him in the colony. He said that a provocation was being prepared against him in order to put forward new charges against him.

January 23, 2019 09:23

• Ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan wins libel suit

  The court has obliged the media company to refute the data about Robert Kocharyan, containing slander and defaming his honour and dignity, and to pay over USD 800 to the second Armenian president.

January 23, 2019 09:22

• Trial on the ban to interpret Koran reminds problems with list of extremist materials

  In Samara, the Prosecutor's Office (PO) has demanded to treat Muslim literature, including the book with the interpretation of the Koran in the translation of the Azerbaijani religious philosopher Elmir Kuliev, as extremist materials.

January 23, 2019 09:20

• Azerbaijani activists stop hunger strike in support of blogger Mekhman Guseinov

  The hunger strike held in the office of the "Musavat" Party was stopped after the Prosecutor's Office (PO) closed the case against Mekhman Guseinov.

January 23, 2019 09:18

• Commission on Dagestani-Chechen border created

  The first meeting of officials of Chechnya and Dagestan to define the border between the two regions was held in Makhachkala.

January 23, 2019 00:32

• Oyub Titiev's advocates tell about obstacles for his defence at trial

  The prosecution has supported the version of the mass failure of video surveillance cameras on the day of Oyub Titiev's detention; and the court refused to examine these cameras. The court rejects all the defence's petitions and fails to provide evidence in Titiev's favour, said Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate.

January 23, 2019 00:32

• Cossack tears up poster in defence of Chechen gays at picket in Volgograd

  Vlad Pogorelov, an activist, has encountered opposition of law enforcers and Cossacks at a picket in Volgograd against persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya and other Russian regions.

January 22, 2019 21:21

• GPO upholds Gazprom's refusal to write off Chechnya residents' debts

  Chechnya's Prosecutor's Office (PO) has unreasonably filed a lawsuit against the Gazprom to write off the debts of local natural gas consumers. The PO has been instructed to support the Gazprom's appeal, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced.

January 22, 2019 21:03

• Mekhman Guseinov's case stopped after Azerbaijani president's interference

  The Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, reacted to Mekhman Guseinov's innocence statement; and investigators have stopped the new criminal case initiated against the blogger, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced. Emin, Mekhman's brother, has treated the authorities' decision as a concession to the international community.

January 22, 2019 16:06

• "Gazprom" treats rumours about writing-off billion-rouble Chechnya's gas debts as fake news

  The court's judgement on writing off the gas debts of residents of Chechnya has no amount of 9 billion roubles. The Chechen Prosecutor's Office (PO) has removed the debt amount from its press release.

January 22, 2019 16:03

• Court considering Oyub Titiev's case ignores chemists' findings

  The court has refused to add the conclusions about the incorrect investigation of the cannabis, for the keeping of which Oyub Titiev, a rights defender and the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is accused, to the case files. The court has explained this decision by violation of the rules for holding examinations.

January 22, 2019 11:30

• At least eight persons continue hunger-striking in Azerbaijan

  Activists Zafar Akhmedov, Rafig Bakhyshov and Fizuli Guseinov continue their hunger strike in the office of the "Musavat" Party. The journalist Khadija Ismayilova and activist Aigul Djafarova have stopped their hunger strike. At least five political prisoners continue their protest.

January 22, 2019 11:28

• Oyub Titiev's defence refutes main prosecution's proofs

  The examination of the cannabis, the keeping of which is imputed to Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", failed to prove its narcotic properties; and the examination results of the wash-offs from Titiev's hands contradict each other. This was stated by experts at the trial. The main proofs in the case are unreliable, said Ilya Novikov, a Titiev's advocate.

January 22, 2019 08:56

• Relatives of the woman killed in Gyumri complain to prosecutor about refusal to place the military into Armenian SIZO

  Investigators have rejected the demand of relatives of Julietta Gukasyan to transfer the Russian military, accused of killing her, from the territory of the military base to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Armenia. On January 17, the refusal was appealed against to the prosecutor's office, Arthur Sakunts, a rights defender, has informed.