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September 27, 2018 14:19

• Police do not let Zaza Saralidze to set up a tent in front of Georgian parliament

  In Tbilisi, Zaza Saralidze and Malkhaz Machalikashvili have called on members of political parties to join their protest action. The appeal was voiced after the police did not let the protestors to set up a tent in front of the parliament building.

September 27, 2018 11:02

• CTO legal regime introduced in two districts of Dagestan

  Law enforcers began searching for militants in the Buynaksk and Kumtorkala Districts, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Dagestan reported.

September 27, 2018 10:55

• A Gazakh resident dies after torture at police station, his sister reports

  Teimur Akhundov, a resident of Gazakh, died after being summoned to the local district police department on September 25. His sister reported the signs of torture on his body. The police claim that the man died at the district diagnostic centre, where he was brought because he felt bad.

September 27, 2018 10:45

• Medical experts recognize Manvel Grigoryan as a seriously ill patient

  Forensic experts came to the conclusion about diagnosing with serious diseases Manvel Grigoryan, a former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and the head of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteer Union. The defence of the arrested former delegate intends to request the court to release him from custody.

September 27, 2018 08:10

• Investigation state pressure on witnesses in Gamidov's case

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has prolonged by three months the detention of Abdusamad Gamidov, a former Dagestani Prime Minister, and three other former high-ranking officials. The defendants are using their administrative resources to exert pressure on witnesses, an investigator has stated in court.

September 27, 2018 08:05

• Political analysts link Yuri Kokov's resignation with Kendelen conflict

  The events in Kendelen have shown the Kremlin that Yuri Kokov is unable to maintain stability in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Andrei Serenko believes. Dmitry Oreshkin, an independent political analyst, is sure that Moscow officials, while combating the opposition, which manifested itself during the incident in Kendelen, are safeguarding themselves.

September 26, 2018 23:03

• Law enforcers detain protesters in Sunzha

  The protesters against the transfer of a part of the territory of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia to Chechnya left the venue, when dozens of law enforcers' cars arrived there. Some activists were detained.

September 26, 2018 22:55

• Gasanguseinovs' parents suspend protest actions

  Murtazali and Patimat Gasanguseinov have decided to stop picketing for several days, because the head of Dagestan, a meeting with whom they are seeking, is away.

September 26, 2018 22:41

• Ramazan Abdulatipov's brother detained within case of Dagestani Forensic Bureau

  Rajab Abdulatipov, a Dagestani MP, was detained on suspicion of taking part in a criminal community; he will soon be charged, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported on its website.

September 26, 2018 22:34

• Kadyrov and Evkurov exchange territories

  Against the backdrop of protests in Sunzha and Magas, the heads of Chechnya and Ingushetia have signed an agreement on the mutual border.

September 26, 2018 19:03

• Sentence of Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Faramazoglu reduced by one year

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has partially granted a cassation appeal filed by journalist Fikret Faramazoglu and reduced his sentence from seven to six years of imprisonment. The defence does not agree with this verdict and will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

September 26, 2018 18:55

• Azerbaijan registers 91 cases of shelling in conflict zone

  Over the past day, units of the Armenian armed forces 91 times violated the ceasefire in various directions of the front.

September 26, 2018 18:34

• Conor McGregor's statement about Ramzan Kadyrov provokes criticism in Chechnya

  The statement voiced by Conor McGregor, who called Ramzan Kadyrov a dictator, does not hurt the leader of Chechnya, stated the Chechen Press Minister.

September 26, 2018 18:24

• Law enforcers threaten to detain participants of protest action in Sunzha

  Today, in Sunzha, being under the tight control of law enforcers, about 50 people have started a spontaneous action against the transfer of lands in the Sunzha District to Chechnya.

September 26, 2018 13:55

• Four international NGOs address ECtHR in case of Emin Guseinov

  Four international NGOs have submitted a statement to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in support of Azerbaijani journalist and rights defender Emin Guseinov. The NGOs request the ECtHR to recognize the revocation of his Azerbaijani citizenship as a persecution for freedom of expression.

September 26, 2018 13:42

• Police General accused of exceeding his power in dispersal of Nikol Pashinyan's supporters

  Levon Yeranosyan, the former Armenian police forces commander, is charged with exceeding his power in connection with the use of special equipment by law enforcers during the April mass protests. The Lieutenant General refuses to testify in the case.

September 26, 2018 11:34

• Defence of Mikhail Benyash succeeds in seeking his hospitalization

  In the course of the court hearing to pronounce the pre-trial restriction measures, medical officers diagnosed advocate Mikhail Benyash with pneumonia. The court postponed the hearing for September 28, and Mikhail Benyash was hospitalized, his advocates reported.

September 26, 2018 11:21

• Activist Bagaudin Khautiev released in Ingushetia

  Bagaudin Khautiev, the head for the Council of Youth Organizations in Ingushetia, detained by law enforcers after an unsanctioned action in Sunzha, was set free home.

September 26, 2018 11:12

• Case on violence against demonstrators in Yerevan closed

  Investigators have closed the case on the use of violence by law enforcers against activists and journalists in the Sary Tag District of Yerevan. According to the investigators, there are no defendants in the case.

September 26, 2018 01:24

• Roman Ternovsky, convicted in Rostov-on-Don declared a political prisoner

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has recognized Roman Ternovsky, a citizen of Ukraine, convicted for involvement in the "Right-Wing Sector" (an extremist organization, banned in Russia by the court) to be a political prisoner and demanded his release.