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September 28, 2018 23:01

• Policeman detained in case on Gazakh resident's death

  A policeman from the Gazakh District Police Department, where local resident Elmir Akhundov died, is suspected of abuse of power, while another person involved in the case is arrested on the charge of hooliganism, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports.

September 28, 2018 22:49

• NAC confirms killing of a militant in Dagestan

  Today, a militant has been killed in the area of the Buynaksk Pass after he opened fire on law enforcers, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports. A source from the law enforcement bodies reported that the killed suspect was identified as Shamil Bilalov, a member of the Endirei grouping.

September 28, 2018 18:17

• Azerbaijani oppositionist goes on hunger strike in prison

  Mamed Ibragim, an advisor to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has started a hunger strike in a punishment cell after the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan confirmed a knife had been found with him.

September 28, 2018 18:08

• Activists detained after clashes in Kendelen set free – rights defender

  Today, Valery Khatazhukov, the head for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, has reported that activists detained during the conflict in the village of Kendelen were released after the expiration of their administrative arrests.

September 28, 2018 17:58

• A suspected militant killed in a special operation in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), law enforcers killed an armed militant from the Endirei grouping, sources report today.

September 28, 2018 13:18

• Grozny residents report law enforcers' raids on the eve of city's anniversary

  Armed law enforcers have inspected apartment buildings and private houses in Grozny, locals have reported. The police have explained the inspections by security measures in the context with celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the city.

September 28, 2018 13:11

• Law enforcers deny death of Gazakh resident after police torture

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan have refuted the allegations of Ulviya Akhundova, a resident of the Gazakh District, about the death of her brother after torture by local policemen. According to the MIA and GPO, the deceased was injured as a result of a conflict with another resident of the Gazakh District.

September 28, 2018 10:29

• Photo show in Tbilisi reminds about expulsion of Georgian refugees from Abkhazia

  Refugees from Abkhazia, who left their homeland 25 years ago, have shared their memories about the events of 1992-1993 at a photo exposition opened in Tbilisi.

September 28, 2018 10:09

• Victims of clashes in Sari Tag demand to punish law enforcers

  The case on the use of violence by law enforcers against activists and journalists in the Yerevan Sari Tag District in is not closed; it is just suspended, therefore the work of identifying those guilty continues, the Special Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia has reported. The victims treat the investigators decision as unfair.

September 28, 2018 09:59

• Four activists fined after protests in Sunzha and Magas

  The Ingush activists Bagaudin Khautiev, Isropil Nalgiev, Sarazhdin Sultygov and Musa Albogachiev were punished with administrative fines for participating in an unsanctioned rally.

September 28, 2018 06:08

• Titiev calls prosecution witnesses' testimonies at trial false

  The policemen, interrogated behind closed doors at Oyub Titiev's trial, failed to tell the court anything significant. Human rights defenders, who were present at the court session, criticized the court's decision to close the trial of Titiev's case.

September 28, 2018 06:01

• Azerbaijani oppositionist placed into dungeon before the end of his prison term

  Mamed Ibragim, an adviser to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was placed into dungeon (punishment cell) two days before the end of the prison term, his son has reported. Ibragim's relatives and colleagues fear that a new criminal case can be opened against him.

September 27, 2018 22:46

• Three Navalny supporters fined for action in Volgograd

  The court in Volgograd has ruled to fine three participants of the unsanctioned march against the pension reform by 10,000 roubles each.

September 27, 2018 22:33

• Poland denied asylum to Tumso Abdurakhmanov

  The Polish Refugee Council has refused to grant asylum to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, although agreed to provide refuge to the blogger's family, Tumso himself has stated.

September 27, 2018 22:24

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of soldier death

  The soldier Agasi Mkrtchyan, whose body was found on the defensive point of one of military units, died as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the office of the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

September 27, 2018 22:12

• Sources report demolition of posts on Ingush-Chechen border

  After the signing of the Chechen-Ingush agreement on exchange of territories between, two posts on the Chechen side of the border were dismantled.

September 27, 2018 18:58

• Nagorno-Karabakh MoD explains soldier's death by unknown circumstances

  The body of Agasi Mkrtchyan with a gunshot wound is found in the territory of a military unit, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

September 27, 2018 18:47

• French authorities arrest a Chechen native on charge of terrorism

  An 18-year-old native of Chechnya is arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror act, the French media report. The Embassy of Russia is currenty verifying the information.

September 27, 2018 18:38

• Court let journalists to attend trial in Oyub Titiev's case

  Today, the court has pronounced a decision to let journalists attend the hearing in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny.

September 27, 2018 14:32

• CTO introduced in Buynaksk District becomes the second one during a month

  In the territory of the Buynaksk District in Dagestan, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced for the second time in September. In the Kumtorkala District, the special operation became the first one in 2018.