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November 19, 2018 23:07

• Oyub Titiev reports to court about his detention and threats from law enforcers

  Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, has testified in court. He has described in detail the events of January 9, when he was detained on suspicion of drug possession. Oyub Titiev reported about his first detention by fighters from a rapid response team (known as GBR) and the second detention, staged "under the law" with participation of inspectors from the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) and from the investigative team.

November 19, 2018 22:53

• Georgian authorities announce large-scale debt relief on eve of presidential election

  Over 562 million US dollars of Georgian citizens' debts to banks, online organizations, and other financial institutions will be cleared off, reports today Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze.

November 19, 2018 20:20

• On November 12-18, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 12-18, 2018, at least one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

November 19, 2018 20:09

• Opposition leader released in Azerbaijan

  Today, the court has released from custody Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and obliged him to pay 1500 US dollars of fine for organizing an unsanctioned march in Baku.

November 19, 2018 19:43

• Oyub Titiev's fellow villagers doubt version of prosecutors

  Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, led a healthy lifestyle, helped people; he was a Muslim believer and could not be involved in the possession of marijuana. This has been reported today at trial by fellow villagers and rights defenders.

November 19, 2018 19:32

• Attacker on "Caucasian Knot" correspondent sentenced to conditional imprisonment

  Today, Madina Omarova, Judge at the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala, has recognized Karim Kasumov guilty of assaulting a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent and sentenced him to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment on probation for two years.

November 19, 2018 18:19

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 12-18, 2018

  Information about bombing committed by a female suicide bomber in Grozny; failed subbotnik on Ingush lands handed over to Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 12-18, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 19, 2018 13:33

• Austrian OSCE expert tasked with inquiry into human rights violations in Chechnya

  An Austrian lawyer, chosen from among OSCE experts has taken up the checking reports about human rights violations in Chechnya, said Igor Kochetkov, the executive programme director of the Russian LGBT Network.

November 19, 2018 13:24

• Azerbaijan claims 25 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The shelling of military positions was carried out from the territories that Azerbaijan regards as occupied, states the report of the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD), not specifying, however, any shelling on the border with Armenia.

November 19, 2018 11:14

• Georgian motorists hold rally against border moving in Atotsi

  Members of Georgian motor clubs have organized a motor rally from Mtskheta to the village of Atotsi, Kareli District, in order to show their negative attitude to Russia's actions in Georgia. Up to 150 cars arrived to the border line from Tbilisi.

November 19, 2018 11:04

• Rosgvardia agent killed in Dagestan

  An employee of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard), who interfered into a conflict that broke out among visitors of a cafe in Makhachkala, was killed during a shootout. Two more men were wounded.

November 19, 2018 10:53

• Eleven Baku detainees accused of violating rally rules

  Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and ten activists detained along with him have been accused of violating the rules of mass actions; they face up to two months of administrative arrest, the MIA has reported, while oppositionists assert that the detention of activists and the charges against them are unjustified.

November 19, 2018 10:45

• Media report details of Grozny suicide bomber's life

  Karina Spiridonova, the alleged suicide bomber, who blew herself up 75 meters from a checkpoint in Grozny, attended a school in a village in the Chelyabinsk Region, was raised in an incomplete family and was fond of pedagogy, some media have stated.

November 18, 2018 08:42

• Passports and note appear on Internet after suicide bombing of Chechen woman

  After the woman's self-explosion at a checkpoint in Grozny, the Russian and two foreign passports of Karina Spiridonova, a citizen of Adygea were posted on the Internet, as well as a note addressing Allah.

November 18, 2018 08:41

• Activists detained in Nazran arrested for 5 days

  Ruslan Yandiev, a blogger, and Magomed Mutsolgov, a namesake of the head of the "Mashr" organization, were awarded with 5 days of administrative arrest, Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the Ingush branch of the "Yabloko" Party, has stated.м

November 18, 2018 08:40

• Chechnya: explosion of suicide bomber was third terror act in the region since start of year

  On Saturday, near the checkpoint in the outskirt of Grozny, an explosion occurred. In 2018, it was preceded by two other terror acts committed in Chechnya. The responsibility for the both earlier incidents was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

November 18, 2018 08:39

• Activists demand to release detainees at Baku march

  About 100 people gathered at the police station and demanded to release the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the head of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and other people detainees during the march in Baku.

November 17, 2018 15:21

• Chechnya: authors of game about vampires apologize for the game plot

  The references to Chechnya will be removed from the table game, which has caused criticism because of the disrespectful reference to the prosecution of gays in the republic, the game designers have assured.

November 17, 2018 15:16

• Two protest leaders detained in Ingushetia

  Law enforcers have detained activists Barakh Chemurziev and Akhmed Pogorov, who, together with other residents of Ingushetia, gathered today in the Sunzha District in order to go to the border with Chechnya to hold a subbotnik (a voluntary clean-up day) there.

November 17, 2018 10:45

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict on "Nardaran case"

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed the complaint of the theologian Zulfugar Mikailov and 11 other convicted believers. The defence intends to appeal against the verdict at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).