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August 30, 2017 15:41

• Azerbaijan: Mekhman Aliev left in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the decision on arrest of Mekhman Aliev, the director of the Azerbaijani Turan news agency. This was reported by his advocate.

August 30, 2017 14:37

• ECtHR sanctions deportation of Dagestani native from Germany

  On August 29, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized as legitimate the decision of the court in Germany to deport to Russia an 18-year-old native of Dagestan, suspected of being involved in terrorist activities.

August 30, 2017 13:28

• Georgia asks international help to combat forest fire

  The Georgian authorities have appealed to several states for help in extinguishing the fire in the area of the Abastumani resort. Today, Ukraine and Turkey have sent aircraft to help Georgia.

August 30, 2017 12:03

• Umar Djabrailov detained after shooting in Moscow hotel

  At a Moscow hotel, the police arrested Umar Djabrailov, a businessman and a former senator from Chechnya. This has been reported today by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

August 30, 2017 10:10

• Chechen authorities announce three days off for Eid al-Adha

  In connection with the celebration of the Eid al-Adha holiday, by the decree of the Chechen leader, the days of August 31, September 1 and 2 are announced to be the days off in the republic.

August 30, 2017 09:59

• Turan team claims investigators’ pressure

  In the evening on August 29, the Turan news agency released a statement, claiming the pressure from investigators on the news agency's staff members.

August 30, 2017 09:21

• Unannounced training exercises provoke criticism of Grozny residents

  According to residents of Grozny, law enforcers failed to warn them about the antiterrorist exercises carried out in a residential quarter on August 29.

August 30, 2017 06:43

• Gukovo miners claim provocations can occur during march in Rostov-on-Don

  In Rostov-on-Don, a march of Gukovo miners should be coordinated with each municipality along the route. This was stated by the Gukovo administration. On the day of the march start, provocations may occur with the purpose to stop the action by force, members of the initiative group believe.

August 30, 2017 02:39

• Victims’ advocates criticize SC’s judgement on Dubrovka terror act

  The verdict of the Supreme Court of Russia in the case against Khasan Zakaev failed to take into account the interests of the victims and did not compensate for the damage suffered by them, assert advocates of the victims.

August 30, 2017 01:46

• Advocate reports deterioration of Igor Nagavkin's health in SIZO

  The health state of rights defender Igor Nagavkin, who on August 8 declared indefinite hunger strike in the Butyrka SIZO (pre-trial prison), worsened. This was reported by his advocate.

August 29, 2017 22:02

• Doctors’ help needed to Tbilisi hunger-striker

  Employees of the Georgian Railways continue hunger-striking in Tbilisi. Doctors provided help to activist Ilya Lezhava; another hunger-striker was prohibited to continue the protest.

August 29, 2017 20:28

• Circassian activists call to help Syrian repatriates during Kurban Bayram

  Activists of the public organization “Ochag” (Hearth) are raising funds to congratulate Syrian Circassians on the Kurban Bayram holiday.

August 29, 2017 18:31

• Authorities report payments to 45 families of fire victims in Volgograd Region

  Each of 45 families affected by the fires in the Volgograd Region was paid one-time social compensation in the amount of 10,000-50,000 roubles. This was reported by the authorities for the Volgograd Region.

August 29, 2017 18:04

• Suspected attacker on law enforcers in Kaspiysk detained

  A resident of Kaspiysk has been detained on suspicion of involvement in an attack on law enforcers at a gas station, during which one staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was killed and another was wounded.

August 29, 2017 17:17

• A video of house undermining in Khasavyurt posted on YouTube

  Today, a video published on YouTube has shown the moment of detonation of a house in Khasavyurt, where, according to law enforcers, improvised explosive devices (IED) were discovered.

August 29, 2017 15:45

• Chechen and Dagestani residents ask rights defenders to help return children from Iraq

  On August 28, Alexander Mukomolov, a member of the presidential Human Rights Council (HRC), the chairman of the permanent commission for civil participation in peacekeeping and human rights protection in Northern Caucasus, met residents of Chechnya and Dagestan, whose grandchildren and nephews had been found in Iraq and Syria.

August 29, 2017 15:02

• 158 people put on updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  Today, a working group, consisting of Azerbaijani rights defenders, NGO activists, and lawyers has released the list of political prisoners. It includes new names of journalists, including Mekhman Aliev, the director of the Turan news agency. The activists keep monitoring cases against other six persons.

August 29, 2017 13:34

• Novorossiysk Mayor's Office refuses to sanction LGBT actions

  The authorities of Novorossiysk have not allowed Nikolai Alekseev, a founder of the Moscow gay parade, to hold rallies and marches to prevent the LGBT propaganda among minors. This has been reported today by the city administration.

August 29, 2017 12:48

• In Grozny, explosion occurred for training purposes, law enforcers report

  This morning, in Grozny, an explosion occurred after a series of shots, eyewitnesses report. A large number of law enforcers were accumulated at the place of the incident, and they told local residents about training exercises.

August 29, 2017 09:23

• Governor Bocharov informed Putin about detention of man suspected of arsons

  One man suspected of causing fires in the Volgograd Region has confessed to the crime, and the second suspect has been identified. This was reported by Governor Andrei Bocharov to the Russian President.