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March 30, 2018 16:03

• Rights defenders call on to appeal to President Putin about Oyub Titiev's case

  The human rights organization "Committee Against Torture" has announced a campaign in support of Oyub Titiev and invited everyone to send an electronic appeal to Vladimir Putin with a request to transfer the Oyub Titiev's case to investigators outside Chechnya.

March 30, 2018 15:42

• Abkhazian experts feel disappointed about Geneva Discussions

  On March 28, participants of the 43rd round of the Geneva Discussions failed to approve the declaration on the non-use of force in Transcaucasia. The format of the Geneva Discussions was initially unsuitable for concluding an agreement on the non-use of force. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 30, 2018 15:31

• Azerbaijani journalist wounded in France

  Rakhim Namazov, a journalist, who was granted asylum in France after being persecuted in Azerbaijan, was seriously wounded today when his car was shelled.

March 30, 2018 09:00

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine gun shelling

  Within the last 24 hours, units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire for 95 times at different frontline sections, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

March 30, 2018 04:13

• Sochi court marshals disrupt activist Barkhatova's solo picket

  A solo picket against corruption, held by Irina Barkhatova, a resident of Sochi, was stopped by court marshals, who detained the woman.

March 30, 2018 02:39

• Georgian miners warn about strike

  Negotiations of officials of the "Georgian Manganesi" Company with the miners, who demand to improve their working conditions, did not take place, as the company's special manager got to hospital. Miners promised to wait for ten days and then to go on strike.

March 30, 2018 00:30

• HALO Trust sappers undergo surgeries in Stepanakert after mine explosion

  The health condition of the two wounded sappers after they were operated on remains grave, one of them lost his legs, said the director of the Stepanakert medical centre.

March 29, 2018 20:37

• OSCE Observation Mission criticizes pre-election situation in Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijan presidential election campaign is held in the absence of rivalry and against the backdrop of severe restrictions on the freedom of speech, the report of the Observation Mission of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has stated.

March 29, 2018 19:58

• HRW, UN and the CoE condemn attack on Datsiev

  Russian authorities must stop persecuting rights defenders in Northern Caucasus, find and punish the perpetrators of the attack on Sirazhudin Datsiev, the head of the Dagestani branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", the Human Rights Commissioners of the United Nations (UN) and the Council of Europe (CoE), and the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization have stated.

March 29, 2018 17:52

• Gasanguseinovs' representative tells about possible revenge of Dagestani law enforcers

  On March 28, the YouTube video channel posted a video appeal of Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the Gasanguseinov shepherd brothers, killed by Dagestani law enforcers in August 2016.

March 29, 2018 16:51

• Political analysts blame Georgian authorities for threat to visa-free travels

  During the year of visa-free regime, over 196,000 citizens of Georgia visited the Schengen zone, Nino Djvakhadze, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, said on March 27.

March 29, 2018 15:28

• Georgia demands from Russian diplomat to leave the country

  The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated today that one of the employees of the interests section of the Russian Federation at the Swiss Embassy should leave the country within the next seven days. The Georgian authorities explain this as a solidarity gesture with Great Britain.

March 29, 2018 11:07

• Investigator dealing with Titiev's case refuses to check video records

  The investigator in charge has orally granted one of the two motions submitted on March 20, in which the advocate of the rights defender Oyub Titiev asked to conduct an investigative experiment in connection with Titiev's arguments about the falsification of evidence of illegal drug possession, the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" has stated today.

March 29, 2018 10:54

• HALO Trust sappers killed by explosion in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Three people were killed and two others wounded, when the car of the HALO Trust international organization got on a mine and blew up in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), a source said.

March 29, 2018 10:09

• In Chechnya, three Azerbaijani citizens sentenced for crossing state border illegally

  In Grozny, the court has sentenced three Azerbaijani citizens accused of illegally crossing the state border of the Russian Federation to several months of imprisonment to be served in a settlement colony.

March 29, 2018 05:12

• Armenians hold corrupt power responsible for fire in Kemerovo

  For the second day, residents of Yerevan bring flowers and soft toys and light candles in memory of the victims of the tragedy in Kemerovo, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported on March 28. On the territory of the diplomatic mission, the state flag is lowered as a sign of the mourning announced in Russia. The Russian Embassy opened a book of condolences.

March 29, 2018 04:13

• Sokiryanskaya reports numerous threats to "Memorial" employees in Dagestan

  Threats addressed to the Dagestani branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", its leader Sirazhudin Datsiev, and the employees were expressed quite regularly, Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya Director of the Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, has stated.

March 28, 2018 20:23

• "Communists of Russia" demand annulling election results at 13 polling stations in KChR

  Maxim Suraikin, the leader of the "Communist of Russia" Party, who had been one of candidates for taking part in presidential election, has filed lawsuits demanding to abolish voting results at 13 polling stations in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR).

March 28, 2018 19:28

• Board of Nasyr-Kort Mosque urged Chumakov to remain its Imam

  After considering Imam Khamzat Chumakov's statement about his intent to leave the post of the Imam, the members of the board of the Nasyr-Kort Mosque in Ingushetia, recommended him to remain in the post. The Board's decision is of a recommendatory nature and legally does not oblige Chumakov to anything, said Bagaudin Khautiev, a community member.

March 28, 2018 18:55

• "Muslim Unity" activist complains about law enforcers' pressure

  Khalig Siyabov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, told about his beating up after detention and linked the pressure exerted on him by law enforcers with the movement leaders' call to boycott the presidential election.