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April 29, 2017 13:52

• Political prisoner found dead at Baku SIZO

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learned about the death of the activist Mekhman Galandarov, who had been declared a political prisoner by Azerbaijani rights defenders, from Ogtai Gyulyalyev, the head of the public alliance "Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners".According to Mr Gyulyalyev, Mekhman had committed suicide, although there is still no information about his suicide note.

April 29, 2017 11:16

• Resident of Georgia suspected of abduction

  The police have identified the man who abducted, in one of the villages of the Marneuli District of Georgia, a 17-year-old girl with the aim to marry her.

April 29, 2017 04:57

• Makhachkala: policeman complains about beating up at IVS

  An employee of the temporary detention centre (known as the IVS) said that he was beaten up by an officer and fired after the incident.

April 29, 2017 02:51

• Police report identification of Varlamov’s attackers

  Policemen have located the four alleged attackers on Ilya Varlamov in Stavropol, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. According to the blogger, one of the attackers has already been detained.

April 29, 2017 01:53

• Three PFPA activists lose their jobs after oppositional rally in Baku

  Two teachers and one employee of a private enterprise, who are activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), have been dismissed from their jobs. They associate it with their opposition activities.

April 29, 2017 00:56

• Dagestani truckers threaten to hold new actions in case negotiations fail

  A commission has been set up in Dagestan with the participation of officials and members of the initiative group of protesters against the “Platon” system, intended to draft decisions on truckers’ demands. Should the solution of problems be delayed, the carriers will again gather in their protest camp, said the truckers.

April 28, 2017 23:58

• Kadyrov is among ten most trusted politicians by Russians

  Four percent of respondents have expressed their trust to Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, according to the data of the sociological study of the Levada Centre, published on April 27. According to the study, Ramzan Kadyrov closed up the top 10 politicians and public figures, who enjoy trust of residents of Russia.

April 28, 2017 22:11

• Relatives associate Abzagirov’s disappearance with his religious views

  Relatives of Idris Abzagirov, a missing resident of the village of Korkmaskala, Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he disappeared in Makhachkala on April 11, 2017.

April 28, 2017 20:42

• 150 volunteers take part in opening of the Astrakhan Navalny’s office

  Today, in Astrakhan, Leonid Volkov, the head of the electoral office of Alexei Navalny, has announced the opening of the local branch of the office. According to his story, in total 77 such offices will be opened in 65 regions of Russia.

April 28, 2017 19:02

• KChR’s leader announces May 3 a day off

  According to the decree of Rashid Temrezov, the head of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), the Revival Day of the Karachay People, marked on May 3, will be a day off, because of the anniversary – 60 year from the start of mass return from deportation.

April 28, 2017 18:07

• Imam Velitov sentenced to three years in colony

  Today, the Moscow District Military Court has found Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow “Yardyam” Mosque, guilty of publicly justifying terrorism, and sentenced him to three years in a general-security colony.

April 28, 2017 17:20

• Dagestani truckers announce end of their protest action

  Today, on April 28, long-haul truck drivers (truckers) from Dagestan have decided to wind up their camp near the village of Manas. The decision was announced today at the meeting that took place in the camp, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 28, 2017 11:55

• "Open Russia" recognized as unwanted organization on eve of mass actions

  On April 27, the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) included three organizations - the "Open Russia" (UK), the "Institute of Contemporary Russia" (USA), and the public network movement "Open Russia" (UK) - in the list of foreign and international NGOs which activities were recognized as undesirable within the territory of Russia. This was reported by the statement posted on the Russian MoJ's website.

April 28, 2017 11:06

• Resident of Volzhsky accused of using violence against policeman during action of Alexei Navalny's supporters

  Today, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has announced the completion of the investigation into the case against two participants in the action held by supporters of Alexei Navalny in Moscow, who are accused of using violence against policemen. One of the defendants is a resident of Volzhsky, who claims that he happened to be on the place of the action.

April 28, 2017 05:53

• US Department of State reports deterioration of situation with religious freedom in Azerbaijan

  Over the past year, in Azerbaijan, the situation with religious freedom has deteriorated. This conclusion was reached by authors of the annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) "2017. The situation with religious freedom in the world".

April 28, 2017 03:40

• Defence claims prosecutors' negligent attitude to complaints about torture filed by defendants in Caliphate case

  On April 27, in Rostov-on-Don, after a long break arisen from the prosecutors' check, the trial was resumed in the case against 10 young residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of an attempt to create a Caliphate in the republic.

April 28, 2017 02:49

• Armenia: rights defenders treat national minorities’ discrimination as major problem

  The lack of an anti-discrimination law in Armenia, the situation of national minorities and the problems of school education urgently require their solution by the state. This opinion was expressed by authors of the alternative report of the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) "Memorial" and the Institute of Civil Society. On April 27, the report was presented at the session of the UN Special Committee, reports Stefaniya Kulaeva, a member of the ADC "Memorial".

April 27, 2017 21:22

• BCA finds no grounds for investigating Guseinov’s torture

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the refusal of the Prosecutor's Office to launch an investigation of the application lodged by the blogger Mekhman Guseinov about torturing him after detention.

April 27, 2017 20:23

• Court refuses to exclude “EcoWatch” from register of “foreign agents”

  The Maikop City Court (MCC) has upheld the decision of the Ministry of Justice of Adygea of putting the environmental and human rights organization “Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus” (EcoWatch) into the register of organizations performing the functions of a “foreign agent”.

April 27, 2017 18:08

• Grozny residents report problems with putting on housing waiting list

  On April 24, the Regional Public Fund named after Akhmat Kadyrov allocated apartments to 15 needy families in Grozny, a source from the Grozny administration told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on the same day.