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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.

April 27, 2017 14:50

• Power agents report tension decrease in Northern Caucasus

  In the first quarter of 2017, the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) saw a drop in the number of terrorism-related crimes by 37.5%.

April 27, 2017 13:57

• Jehovah's Witnesses of Southern Russia report problems after liquidation judgement

  In Southern Russia, the religious communities of Jehovah's Witnesses expect massive persecutions after the judgement of the Russia’s Supreme Court (SC) to liquidate the communities in Russia as extremist ones.

April 27, 2017 13:25

• Ilya Varlamov identifies deputy of Stavropol City Duma among attackers

  The attack on Ilya Varlamov involved a deputy of the Stavropol City Duma, one of the directors of a commercial company. This was reported by the blogger himself.

April 27, 2017 11:45

• Defendants confess of plotting attempt on Ramzan Kadyrov, investigator reports

  The investigation into the case of plotting of an assassination attempt on the leader of Chechnya has almost been completed, and defendants have confessed to the crime. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

April 27, 2017 09:40

• CoE’s Human Rights Commissioner favours granting asylum to gays from Chechnya

  On April 26, when presenting his report for 2016 as part of the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, emphasized that the countries of the Council of Europe (CE) should stand up for the protection of members of LGBT community representatives.

April 27, 2017 09:30

• In KChR, truck drivers refute Dmitry Medvedev's data on protesters

  Only in Cherkessk, more than 500 entrepreneurs engaged in transportation activities have stopped their work. This was stated by truck drivers when they commented on the statement made by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on 480 protestors on strike against the "Platon" system throughout Russia. Truck drivers of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have sent a report about disinformation to the address of Dmitry Medvedev.

April 27, 2017 06:40

• NKR: Cabinet of Ministers proposes to involve unemployed people in public works

  The government of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has approved the project on involvement of unemployed citizens in temporary public works.

April 27, 2017 05:41

• Ukrainian MIA calls on to increase pressure on Russia in connection with verdict to Ruslan Zeitullaev

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine has condemned the verdict pronounced by the North-Caucasian District Military Court against Ruslan Zeitullaev, recognized as the organizer of the Crimean unit of the terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir", banned in Russia.

April 26, 2017 17:52

• Participants of "Memorial" contest report pressure

  The participants of the contest for high school pupils "The Man in History; Russia – the 20th Century", which is annually held by the International "Memorial", faced pressure in the form of intimidation and suspicious questions, said the participants and organizers of the contest.

April 26, 2017 16:04

• Awarding of "Memorial" contest winners accompanied by detentions

  Two persons were detained in Moscow for holding a non-sanctioned protest near the building, where today the winners of the contest for high school pupils "The Man in History; Russia – the 20th Century" were awarded.

April 26, 2017 14:49

• Davydov's video clip about Koran and Bible put on extremist materials list

  The video clip "Joke about Koran" by blogger Ilya Davydov has been put on the federal list of extremist materials based on the decision of the Zavodskoy District Court of Grozny, the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported. The "Sova" Information-Analytical Centre has treated this decision as unjustified and groundless.

April 26, 2017 13:02

• In Stavropol, unidentified peoples attack blogger Ilya Varlamov

  After his arrival to Stavropol, photo blogger Ilya Varlamov was attacked by unidentified people, who poured brilliant green on him.

April 26, 2017 12:11

• Chechen law enforcers report on 16 militants killed during three months

  In the period from January to March, in Chechnya, 16 militants were killed and 51 people were detained on suspicion of involvement in the armed underground. This was reported by officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya. The law enforcers have also noted a multiple increase in those figures as compared with the same period of 2016.

April 26, 2017 10:45

• PACE includes harassment of gays in resolution on human rights violations in Northern Caucasus

  PACE deputies have adopted a resolution in which they criticized the human rights situation in Northern Caucasus. The resolution deals with harassment of human rights defenders, suppression of dissent, intimidation of journalists, and violation of women's rights.

April 26, 2017 05:59

• Azeri experts concerned over demographic consequences of selective abortions

  Activists of the Azerbaijani civil society are concerned over the sexual imbalance among newborns. According to experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", the problem arose in connection with the spread of selective abortions done in order to prevent the births of girls.

April 26, 2017 04:01

• Chamber of Czech MPs condemns Armenian Genocide

  The lower house of the Czech Parliament has adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey.