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December 14, 2018 09:05

• KChR resident complains about investigators dealing with torture case

  Guzer Khashukaev, a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who had claimed being tortured after his detention, asked Russian authorities for help in the inquiry into his case. According to Khashukaev, the law enforcers, who had tortured him, continue working.

December 14, 2018 08:46

• Russian soldier arrested on suspicion of killing Gyumri woman

  The court has ruled to place a serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, suspected of killing a local woman, into custody.

December 13, 2018 21:02

• Law enforcers report details of case on raising money in NCFD for terrorists

  Under a pretext of holding charitable actions, natives of North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) were raising money to finance the "Islamic State" and "Dzhebhat-An-Nusra", recognized as terrorist organizations.

December 13, 2018 21:01

• Murder in Gyumri reveals problems with Russian military base

  The lack of complete information about the investigation into the murder of Julietta Gukasyan, a resident of Gyumri, and the detention of a Russian soldier intensified the protest mood of citizens dissatisfied with the proximity to the military base. The local residents recalled other incidents involving Russian soldiers and suggested tightening control over them.

December 13, 2018 20:31

• Ingush teips declare mourning for people killed in Nazran

  The congress of Ingush teips has sent a request to the Prosecutor's Office to objectively investigate the incident in Nazran, in which two persons, including activist Muslim Khashagulgov, were killed. The elders declared in the republic the mourning for the killed persons.

December 13, 2018 14:17

• NGO activists tell about women's legal vulnerability in Georgian village

  In Georgia, women from ethnic and religious minorities are not aware of their rights, the NGO "Democratic Initiative of Georgia" has found out. Violence, including domestic one, remains a problem; many women cannot access justice because they lack knowledge of the Georgian language, activists assert.

December 13, 2018 14:10

• Meskhetian Turks tell about difficulties in moving to Georgia

  The seminar "Minorities in the Caucasus – Way to Stability" in Tbilisi has discussed the return of Meskhetian Turks to Georgia. According to their story, when addressing Georgian officials, they face various problems, up to refusal to accept documents for obtaining citizenship.

December 13, 2018 11:36

• Azerbaijan claims two villages shelled in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 23 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

December 13, 2018 11:34

• AI demands to completely remove charges from lawyer Benyash

  The Amnesty International (AI) has stated that the termination of the criminal prosecution of lawyer Mikhail Benyash in the case of obstruction to justice can only be welcomed as a half- measure.

December 13, 2018 10:43

• Picket held by father of shepherds killed in Dagestan ends in talks with authorities about rally

  On Wednesday, December 12, in Makhachkala, Murtazali Gasanguseinov went out to a picket aiming to draw attention to his sons' murder case. It ended with a reception at the Mayoralty, where an official of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) explained how to correctly apply for a rally.

December 13, 2018 10:38

• Armed incident in Nazran is the eighth since the start of the year in Ingushetia

  The attack on employees of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) was the second clash of law enforcers with alleged militants in Nazran, and the eighth armed incident in the republic since the start of the year.

December 13, 2018 10:33

• Two persons killed by explosion at shopping centre in Nazran

  In the evening on Tuesday, December 11, an explosion occurred at the "Kovcheg" Shopping Centre in Nazran; according to eyewitnesses, Khaniev, a seller of fragrances, and Muslim Khashagulgov, an activist and the security head of the shopping centre, were killed.

December 12, 2018 22:29

• Afghan Mukhtarly complains about tapping his conversations with his wife in colony

  The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who is serving his prison sentence in Azerbaijan, cannot call from the colony by a payphone; and his conversations through the call centre are tapped, his wife has stated.

December 12, 2018 22:22

• ECtHR recognizes violation of Chechen refugees' rights by Lithuania

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensation to a Chechen family, to which Lithuania refused to grant asylum.

December 12, 2018 18:17

• Mikhail Saakashvili calls for protests on inauguration day of new president of Georgia

  Mikhail Saakashvili has called on Georgian citizens to go out to hold protest actions on December 16, the inauguration day of the president-elect Salome Zurabishvili.

December 12, 2018 18:13

• Dagestani authorities ignore request of Avars from Kenkhi village

  The request of the Avar residents of the village of Kenkhi, Sharoi District of Chechnya, to build a road connecting the village with the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, remained unanswered. This year, roads were built only in the village itself; but there is no road to the border of Dagestan, said Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the village.

December 12, 2018 15:56

• Ingush journalists report about blocking of their Instagram accounts

  Instagram accounts of the independent edition "The Magas Times" and Ingush journalist Isabella Evloeva and a number of other accounts are not available. Journalists complain about threats and attempts to hack accounts which became more frequent after an October rally.

December 12, 2018 15:50

• Azerbaijan registers cases of shelling in region bordering Armenia

  Over the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled in four villages, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

December 12, 2018 15:48

• HRC reminds Putin: rights of Chechens Tsetiev brothers and Razhapov violated

  Tsetiev brothers and Khamid Razhapov, natives of Chechnya, freed from the charges of attacking rescuers, had been under criminal prosecution for several years. This was announced by Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Human Rights Council (HRC), at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Fedotov proposed to create a group to assess the legality of court's decisions.

December 12, 2018 12:54

• Police stop action held by family members of soldiers killed in Azerbaijan

  The police stopped a rally held by family members of soldiers killed during the Karabakh conflict. Protesters are trying to get compensation from the authorities. The authorities claim that the money was paid back in the 1990s, but they don't provide any supporting documents, the protestors say.