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December 25, 2018 20:03

• Defence points violations in Mikhail Benyash's case to ECtHR

  Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer, has been detained in Krasnodar for a longer period than is permitted by the law, his advocate stated in her complaint submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

December 25, 2018 15:37

• Action against UN Migration Pact held in Georgia

  The Georgia's support for the UN Pact will result in an increased migration from Asia and Africa, protesters in Tbilisi have stated.

December 25, 2018 15:35

• On December 17-23, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of December 17-23, 2018, two persons perished in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there is no data about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 25, 2018 11:03

• Catholics of Southern Russia and Transcaucasia celebrate Christmas

  Russian Catholics are celebrating their Christmas. Festive masses are held in all Russian Catholic churches, including those in the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) of Russia, and in the countries of Southern Caucasus.

December 25, 2018 10:56

• Chechen residents and communities think it impossible to solve border dispute by Sharia

  In the dispute over the Chechen-Ingush border, one should agree with the decision of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia. The decision of the Sharia Court on this issue will be as biased as the of secular one, residents of Chechnya believe.

December 25, 2018 08:59

• European Ingushes demand to release fellow countrymen detained in Egypt

  Members of the Ingush Diaspora have held actions in Vienna, Stockholm and Paris, demanding to find and release the Ingush students detained in August in Cairo.

December 25, 2018 08:57

• Law enforcers start guarding the New Year Tree in Grozny

  On the eve of the New Year holidays, law enforcers in the capital of Chechnya have switched to the round-the-clock service. Townspeople report that access to the New Year Tree, set up in central Grozny is possible only after a personal search.

December 25, 2018 08:54

• Defence states unequal terms at Oyub Titiev's trial

  The court has rejected the defence's petition to question the owners of the stores equipped with video cameras, which could record the route of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Tights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on the day of his detention. This proves that the defence and the prosecution are in unequal conditions, Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate, has stated.

December 24, 2018 23:04

• Evidence of keeping gay Maxim Lapunov in law enforcers' basement in Chechnya published

  The refusal to initiate a torture case of Maxim Lapunov in Grozny is contradictory to the outcomes of the pre-investigation check. This was reported by the "Novaya Gazeta", which has linked the law enforcers' decision with the Kremlin policy.

December 24, 2018 20:06

• Representatives of Gukasyan family demand to transfer a Russian soldier to Armenia

  The request to transfer a Russian soldier suspected of killing Julietta Gukasyan in Gyumri to a penitentiary institution of Armenia has been transferred to an investigator, report representatives of a killed woman's daughter.

December 24, 2018 20:04

• Chechen SC refuses to release Oyub Titiev

  The court dismissed the defence appeal and left Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, in custody.

December 24, 2018 20:03

• In Georgia, opposition demands to investigate violations during presidential election

  The oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has video evidence of violations and requires the Prosecutor's Office to detain people suspected of fraud. That was announced by Levan Bezhashvili, one of the party leaders.

December 24, 2018 16:58

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 17-23, 2018

  OSCE's recognition of the facts of torture and extrajudicial executions in Chechnya; questions to President Putin from Southern Russia; special operation in Stavropol; detention in Kabardino-Balkaria of a man suspected of a murder committed 13 years ago; protest action of "Nairit" workers in Yerevan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 17-23, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 24, 2018 14:40

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of four villages

  During the last 24 hours, the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 28 times; the militaries' positions in the Gazakh and Tovuz Districts came under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

December 24, 2018 14:33

• Monument to Turkish soldiers in Dagestan reminds about controversial aspects of civil war

  Residents of Kumyk villages near Makhachkala have erected a monument to the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, who 100 years ago drove troops of General Lazar Bicherakhov out of Dagestan. Locals associate General's soldiers with violence and perceive their Turk counterparts as liberators; however, historians have no common opinion on whether the actions of the Ottoman Empire in Northern Caucasus were intervention.

December 24, 2018 10:27

• OSCE condemns persecution of journalist Khadija Ismayilova

  The persecution of journalist Khadija Ismayilova in Azerbaijan is detrimental to the freedom of expressing one's opinion in the country, Arlem Desir, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has stated.

December 24, 2018 10:23

• Residents of Chechnya complain about forced winter subbotniks

  Employees of budgetary institutions in the Grozny District of Chechnya are forced to work on cleaning the banks of the Terek River after their work hours and on weekends, local residents have complained.

December 24, 2018 10:10

• Social networks users treat staging Bulgakov in Dagestan as "diabolic holiday"

  The literary event based on the novel "Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov at the Buynaksk Medical College was called a "satanic holiday" by social media users.

December 23, 2018 11:04

• MPs to amend the law to investigate Zviad Gamsakhurdia's murder

  The amendments aimed to increase the term for investigating crimes will be adopted under the accelerated procedure; this will allow to finish the inquiry into the murder of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the first president of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Speaker of the Parliament, has promised today. The sons of Gamsakhurdia refused to stop their hunger strike after this statement.

December 23, 2018 10:56

• After release of Grigoryan, Echmiadzin residents block the road

  The townspeople, dissatisfied with the release of Manvel Grigoryan, have blocked the exit from Echmiadzin, demanding the return the Armenian MP back into custody. They blocked the road immediately after the court ruled to release Grigoryan.