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March 31, 2017 08:35

• Chechnya adopts law on girls' right to wear hijabs in schools

  In Chechnya, MPs have adopted amendments to the Chechen law on education to allow schoolchildren to dress in accordance with their religion.

March 31, 2017 05:58

• In Caliphate case, Court decides to check complaints about torture filed by defendants

  On March 30, the North-Caucasian District Military Court continued the trial in the case of a Caliphate. One of defendants, Zaur Tekuzhev, gave the testimony, the 'Caucasian Knot' correspondent reports.

March 30, 2017 23:28

• Detained resident of Khasavyurt beaten up by police, defence states

  Kasum Arslanaliev, a resident of Khasavyurt, was beaten up by policemen in Makhachkala, his relatives and advocate have stated.

March 30, 2017 21:55

• Kuban farmer Petrov goes on hunger strike

  Today, Oleg Petrov, a farmer activist, accused of a fraud, was taken into custody upon the judgement of the Kavkaz District Court of the KrasnodarTerritory. His advocate said that Oleg went on a hunger strike in protest against his criminal prosecution.

March 30, 2017 18:27

• HRC "Memorial": three Chechen bodies fail to disclose information about detainees

  In response to rights defenders’ requests, Chechen law enforcement bodies have failed to provide concrete information about the fate of Askhab Yusupov, Ismali Bergoev and Madina Shakhbieva, who were detained during the last December armed clashes in Grozny. However, the answer received from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) indirectly confirms that Shakhbieva was killed, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

March 30, 2017 18:25

• Two persons killed in Chechen mountains

  According to law enforcers, two armed men were first to open fire, and were killed in a shootout, a law enforcement source from the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) said today.

March 30, 2017 17:30

• HRC expert Ikramudin Aliev detained in Dagestan

  Today, Makhachkala policemen, without explaining the reasons, put Ikramudin Aliev, a Dagestani journalist and an expert of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia, into their car and drove away.

March 30, 2017 14:52

• Ramzan Kadyrov acknowledges law enforcers' fault in connection with attack on National Guard

  In Chechnya, after the attack on a military unit of the National Guard of Russia, the alertness of the law enforcers will be increased. This was announced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. He has described the incident in the Cossack village of Naurskaya as a fault of the law enforcement agencies.

March 30, 2017 14:20

• Organizer of anti-corruption rally beaten up in Stavropol

  Last night, in Stavropol, unidentified persons have attacked a member of the local branch of the "Youth Yabloko", the organizer of an anti-corruption rally held on March 26.

March 30, 2017 13:29

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to family members of killed protester in Dagestan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from the Russian authorities to pay 50,000 euros in compensation for moral damage to family members of Murad Nagmetov, who was killed in 2006 during the dispersal of the anti-corruption action in the Dokuzparinsky District of Dagestan.

March 30, 2017 13:25

• South of Dagestan cleaned from militants and their accomplices - Republic's Minister of Internal Affairs

  In 2016, law enforcers carried out more than 30 special operations in Dagestan, during which 17 militant leaders were killed. This was reported by Abdurashid Magomedov, Dagestani Minister of Internal Affairs. According to him, all the southern regions of the republic are "cleaned of militants."

March 30, 2017 10:30

• Three Alexei Navalny's supporters fined in Rostov-on-Don

  On March 29, the Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don fined three citizens who spoke at a rally against corruption that took place in Rostov-on-Don on March 26.

March 30, 2017 10:08

• Chechen authorities force participant of gathering in Davydenko village to apologize for her words about law enforcers

  Maret Zanzulaeva, a resident of Chechnya, who delivered speech at a gathering held in the village of Davydenko, apologized for her statements about the land conflict and denied information about the beating of people by law enforcers.

March 29, 2017 22:55

• Jewish community treats expulsion of Sochi Rabbi as outrageous

  The verdict of the Territorial Court, which has upheld the decision to expel Ari Edelkopf, the Rabbi of Sochi and his family members, from Russia was a blow to the entire Jewish community of the country, said its representatives Berl Lazar and Mikhail Chlenov.

March 29, 2017 21:57

• CoA rejects all petitions of defence of blogger Mekhman Guseinov

  About a hundred people have come today to the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) to support the blogger Mekhman Guseinov, whose case was preliminarily heard there.

March 29, 2017 19:23

• Whereabouts of Rizvan Minazov, resident of Grozny, established

  Rizvan Minazov, a resident of the Staropromyslovsky District of Grozny, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives, is in the police station, said an activist of one of local public organizations.

March 29, 2017 17:35

• KChR’s truckers declare endless protest action

  Today, about 70 heavy truck drivers held a protest in Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) and demanded to reduce fuel excise taxes, cancel the "Platon" system and the transport tax.

March 29, 2017 16:05

• Organizer of Sochi ally in Navalny’s support arrested for eight days

  The court found Vitali Nebieridze guilty of holding an unsanctioned "He is not Dimon for us" and sentenced him to 8 eight days of arrest. The defence intends to appeal against the sentence.

March 29, 2017 13:05

• Film director Alexander Sokurov speaks for Alexei Navalny's supporters and calls Chechnya a non-Russian sector

  By taking part in the protest actions, Russian young people demonstrate their civil position, and the authorities should not suppress, but listen to it. This was stated by film director Alexander Sokurov at the "Nika" awarding ceremony. In his speech, he also called Chechnya "not very relevant to our country."

March 29, 2017 12:42

• Kuban farmer Oleg Petrov detained after search of his house

  Tonight, after a search carried out in the house of Oleg Petrov, a participant in the protest movement of Kuban farmers, the owner of the house was detained. This was reported by his wife Elena Petrova.