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January 10, 2019 11:31

• AI calls on to release Mekhman Guseinov

  Amnesty International (AI), a human rights organization, has expressed its concern about Mekhman Guseinov's health condition, who is on hunger strike in jail, and called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release him.

January 10, 2019 11:29

• Azerbaijan: arrested oppositionist Gasanov goes on hunger strike at SIZO

  The Baku court has dismissed the complaint of Azad Gasanov, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, about the refusal to transfer him to house arrest. Then, Gasanov went on a hunger strike, claiming solidarity with the blogger Mekhman Guseinov and violation of his rights at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

January 10, 2019 08:50

• Prosecution demands disqualification of judge dealing with Robert Kocharian's case

  The prosecutor and the investigator have asked the judge, who is running the case of the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, to recuse himself, because of his friendship with another figurant in the case. These petitions are artificially protracting Kocharyan's release from custody, his advocate has stated.

January 10, 2019 08:46

• Defenders of "Ak-Gel" Park demand to cancel Makhachkala development rules

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has begun considering a new lawsuit lodged by residents of Makhachkala against the construction of a temple in the "Ak-Gel" Park. They have reported violations in adopting the build-up rules of Makhachkala.

January 09, 2019 23:20

• At mourning rally, Kizlyar residents commemorate victims of 1996 terror act

  Today, residents of the city of Kizlyar have honoured the memory of the victims of the terror act committed by Chechen militants headed by Salman Raduev on January 9, 1996.

January 09, 2019 20:10

• MIA to check video about mandarin oranges for Ingush law enforcers

  The check was initiated in connection with complaints from Ingush policemen who claimed they had got a box of mandarin oranges for 52 people as New Year's gifts, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported with specifying that the fruits comprised a part of the policemen's ration. Users of social networks believe that authors of the video will be dismissed from the police.

January 09, 2019 19:42

• Azerbaijani SC upholds sentence to 12 supporters of "Muslim Unity"

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan dismissed an appeal filed against the guilty verdicts to Elchin Gasimov, the deputy chair of the movement "Muslim Unity", and other 11 members of the movement, sentenced in the Nardaran case.

January 09, 2019 14:59

• Three persons killed by explosion in Baku

  A family of three perished tonight as a result of an explosion in a private house in the capital of Azerbaijan.

January 09, 2019 14:58

• Residents of Chechnya report detentions while trying to buy alcohol

  On the New Year's Eve, in Chechnya, law enforcers held raids against sellers and buyers of alcoholic beverages; about 20 people were detained, residents of Chechnya report, noting the intensified control over the only shopping centre in Grozny, where alcohol is officially sold.

January 09, 2019 11:36

• In poster in Moscow's historical park, the dates of terror acts in Dubrovka and Beslan glued up

  A visitor to the park "Russia – My History" at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements (known as the VDNKh) has noted that the banner on the history of the country has the dates of the hostage-taking in Dubrovka in 2002 and the terror act in Beslan in 2004 glued up.

January 09, 2019 11:34

• Scientists criticize the idea of setting up traditional Tarkhon Court in North Ossetia

  The attempts of creating some social mechanisms, based on the customary law, are associated with the actualization of ethnic and national projects; however, they are not always successful, said Akhmet Yarlykapov, a political analyst.

January 09, 2019 08:29

• Prosecutor demands six months in prison for Azerbaijani oppositionist

  The defence has considered the charge against Mamed Ibragim, adviser to the Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), of possessing a knife unproved and called on the court to acquit him.

January 09, 2019 08:25

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling excavator near the border

  The Armenian Armed Forces shelled a border checkpoint near the village of Kemerli and damaged an excavator belonging to a civilian, the Azerbaijani Frontier Service reported on January 7. The Azerbaijani party rejects the investigation mechanism of border incident, proposed by Armenia, the head of the Armenian General Staff has stated.

January 08, 2019 21:39

• Ingush Mufti invites other Mufties to Ingushetia for explanations

  Against the background of harsh statements of the Muslims' Coordination Centre (MCC) of Northern Caucasus, the Mufti of Ingushetia has invited the MCC members to come to Ingushetia to get acquainted with the situation in the republic, the Ingush Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) has informed.

January 08, 2019 21:31

• Father of Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov tells about meeting his son in SIZO

  Mekhman Guseinov continues refusing food and looks unhealthy, said his father Rafig Guseinov, who has first visited his son at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) after he went on a hunger strike. The blogger completely denies the new charges, his father has noted.

January 08, 2019 18:28

• Azerbaijani oppositionists treated cruelly, defenders report

  At a trial in a case on illegal financing of the opposition in Azerbaijan, the defence has claimed that the defendants had been tortured.

January 08, 2019 18:27

• A resident of Chechnya detained after posting video with beating

  After a video with beating of a man had been posted in social networks, the police identified a suspect, reported the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Local residents and users of social networks criticized the ways of behaviour shown by the participant and witnesses of the fight.

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January 08, 2019 17:27

• In 2018, rights defenders experienced aggressive persecution in Northern Caucasus

  In 2018, the criminal prosecution of Oyub Titiev in Chechnya, the arson at the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Nazran, and the attack on Sirazhudin Datsiev in Makhachkala marked a new level of pressure on rights defenders in Northern Caucasus. However, the human rights offices in Ingushetia and Dagestan did not stop their activities, and a campaign was launched in defence of Oyub Titiev.

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January 08, 2019 16:15

• Defenders of Azerbaijani blogger Guseinov report sharp deterioration of his health

  An official from the Penitentiary Service declared that Mekhman Guseinov was on a hunger strike for just one day. A blogger's brother and an advocate state the above statement is false and the authorities try to hide the fact of the hunger strike from the public.

January 08, 2019 10:59

• Seven persons punished for unsanctioned action in Baku

  The organizer of the action in support of the hunger-striking blogger Mekhman Guseinov in Baku has been arrested for 25 days; two other protesters – for 20 days. Four other activists were fined.