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January 18, 2012 18:00

• A missing resident of Makhachkala Zurab Batyrbekov found in an investigative isolation ward

  A twenty-four-years old resident of Makhachkala Zurab Batyrbekov who had been considered missing was found in one of the investigative isolation wards of the town. The detainee's attorney reports that he is suspected of participation in paramilitary groups.

January 17, 2012 23:50

• Armenia hosts action in defence of Tegut forest

  In Armenia, on January 15, the initiative groups "Let's save Trchkan Waterfalls" and the "Tegut Protection Group" organized information and ecological campaign to the Lori Region.

January 17, 2012 23:10

• In Baku, private taxi drivers hold protest action

  On January 16, a group of Baku private taxi drivers held a protest action near the building of the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan. They were protesting against the Ministry's intentions to ban the use of private cars, whose drivers were not licensed to render service to the population.

January 17, 2012 23:00

• Two Dagestani, whose relatives reported their kidnapping, were found at police station

  In Dagestan, human rights defenders investigate the circumstances of disappearance of two residents of the village of Komsomolskoe of the Kizilyurt District of the republic, who were found at IVS (temporary detention facility). According to witnesses, to whom relatives of the disappeared persons refer, young men were kidnapped by law enforcement agents. The human rights defenders were told at the police station that the young men were detained for violation of public order in state of alcoholic intoxication, policemen also reported on grenades found among the young men's belongings.

January 17, 2012 22:50

• In Derbent power agents beat up a local resident, eyewitnesses assert

  On January 16 in Derbent, OMON (riot police) agents beat an unknown man, the eyewitnesses of the incident report.

January 17, 2012 22:50

• Persons, killed in special operation in Chechnya, were earlier kidnapped by power agents, relatives assert

  Residents of Chechnya, who were declared by the authorities as killed during a special operation, were earlier kidnapped Ali Aidamirov, Khalid Dushaev, and Israil Adizov. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with reference to relatives of the killed persons.

January 17, 2012 22:40

• Teen Sharvili Ramazanov beaten in Dagestan examined by Derbent doctors

  As reported by Tsukver Ramazanova, the mother of Sharvili Ramazanov, a boy of 14 from the village of But-Kazmalyar, who was beaten in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, was examined by doctors in Derbent, after the district hospital had refused to take him.

January 17, 2012 22:30

• In Turkey, Hrant Dink's killers sentenced to life imprisonment

  On January 17, the Turkish court sentenced the two persons accused of involvement in the murder of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish newspaper "Agos", printed in Istanbul, to lifelong imprisonment.

January 17, 2012 22:10

• Lawyer: they tried to move Nalgiev into ward for prisoners

  Tonight at the hospital, armed and masked men tried to move Ilez Nalgiev, the ex-head of the criminal police of the city of Karabulak, who was wounded on January 12 by an explosion triggered near his house, into the ward for prisoners, said Aza Yandieva, Mr Nalgiev's advocate.

January 17, 2012 22:00

• Armenia: relatives of victims of riots on March 1, 2008, meet PACE co-rapporteur

  Today, John Prescott, Co-Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), met in Armenia with relatives and friends of those who perished during the events on March 1, 2008. Parents of the casualties claim that they were not satisfied with the meeting with John Prescott.

January 17, 2012 21:30

• The fate of the residents of Nazran kidnapped in December remains unknown

  Two young men, Ababukar Yevloev and Isa Bulguchev, disappeared on December, 27, in Magas, Ingushetia. A criminal case according to clause "abduction" was initiated on the fact of their disappearance, however up to date the fate of the missing people is unknown.

January 17, 2012 21:10

• Oppositionists in Armenia complained to Co-reporter of PACE about investigation of the events of March, 1, 2008

  During a meeting between representatives of Armenian National Congress and Co-reporter of PACE John Prescott held on January, 16, the oppositionists complained of an inefficient investigation of the events of March, 1, 2008, in Armenia.

January 17, 2012 21:00

• According to physicians, the state of a wounded policeman in Kabardino-Balkaria is stable

  The physicians estimate the state of a policeman wounded during firing in Baksan as stable. This was reported by Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Kabardino-Balkaria.

January 17, 2012 20:00

• A policeman accused of running down four pedestrians in Volgograd region acknowledged himself guilty

  A police major who brought down four pedestrians in the town of Pallasovka, Volgograd region, acknowledged himself guilty. This was reported by Andrey Fedotov, Chief of Pallasov inter-district Investigative department of Committee of Inquiry of Russia in the region.

January 17, 2012 19:00

• A citizen of the Russian Federation detained in Georgia for accusation of illegal crossing the border

  Servicemen of frontier police in Georgia detained citizen of the Russian Federation Armen Gasparyan. He is accused of illegal crossing the Armenian-Georgian border.

January 17, 2012 18:00

• State web-sites of Azerbaijan underwent a mass hacker attack

  On January, 16, a number of governmental web-sites in Azerbaijan underwent a mass hacker attack. In particular, web-portals of Head of the state Ilham Aliev, the Ministry of Interior Affairs, the Ministry of Communications and Information technologies, the ruling party "Eni Azerbaijan" and the Constitutional Court were attacked.

January 16, 2012 22:40

• Court marshals' premise was not damaged at shelling in Dagestan, said the service

  The Federal Service of Court Marshals (FSCM) of Russia has refuted the information that the building of their unit in Buinaksk, Dagestan, was damage during shelling. According to the service, the shooting was opened at another building.

January 16, 2012 22:40

• Workers of construction companies hold rally in Grozny

  About a hundred former workers two Turkish construction companies - "Penta" and "Bora-Inshaat" - have held a rally in Grozny to demand payment of wage debts.

January 16, 2012 22:30

• German Ombudsperson demands from Azerbaijan to release political prisoners

  In the run-up to the "Eurovision" song contest to be held in Azerbaijan, Markus Loning, the Ombudsperson at the German Government, demanded to release all Azerbaijani political prisoners. He urged the participants of "Eurovision" to state that they would sing only in a free country.

January 16, 2012 22:30

• Official Tbilisi asks Azerbaijan and Turkey for help with arrest of Georgian women in Malaysia

  The Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) continues consultations with the Malaysian party concerning two Georgian citizens suspected of illegal drug trafficking. This was reported by Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister, who added that the Azerbaijani and Turkish parties were invited to help in tackling the issue.