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June 09, 2011 23:40

• Reznik: sentence of acquittal on "Kadyrov vs. Orlov" case would stop abuse by prosecutor's office

  During nine month of litigation, the guilt of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", accused of libel against the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, was never proved; and an acquittal could stop "abuses of the prosecutor's office," said Genry Reznik, Orlov's advocate, at the debate session on June 9.

June 09, 2011 23:20

• Colonies of Krasnodar Territory to set up "Glasnost Rooms"

  By this August all the penal colonies of the Krasnodar Territory will open special rooms, where prisoners will be able to express their complaints and wishes to prison bosses, said Yuri Kulik, the head of the Russian UFSIN for the region.

June 09, 2011 23:00

• Opposition activist Sargis Atspanyan set free in Armenia

  Today, Sargis Atspanyan, an active opposition figure, a French citizen and a veteran of the Karabakh War, was released from the penal institution "Vardashen" in Armenia.

June 09, 2011 22:50

• In Georgia, women to hold protest against illegal detentions

  On June 14, a peaceful action will be held in front of the building of the parliament in central Tbilisi under the slogan "Women - for Life and Country's Dignity". One of the women's demands is "to release innocent detainees".

June 09, 2011 22:40

• North Ossetia: father of supposed killer of poet Dzhigkaev refused from his son

  Today, Georgiy Murashev, father of David Murashev, who was killed during a special operation in Vladikavkaz and who was suspected of murdering poet Shamil Dzhigkaev, decided to refuse from his son.

June 09, 2011 22:30

• Islamic Cultural Centre to challenge court's ruling to liquidate it

  The All-Russia Islamic Cultural Centre will appeal to the supreme Russia's, and then - to European justice. This was stated by Abdul-Vakhed Niyazov, head of the Islamic Cultural Centre (ICC), who gave his comments on satisfaction by the Russian Supreme Court of the lawsuit of the Russian Ministry of Justice asking to close the Centre. According to Anvar Khadjiev, the Centre's representative in Kabardino-Balkaria, the work of the ICC was helpful for the Muslims of Northern Caucasus, as the Centre was explaining the essence of Islam as the religion of peace.

June 09, 2011 22:00

• Newspaper "Krestyanin" ("Peasant") in Rostov region estimated its damage from closure of the print shop to one million rubles

  Material damage from suspension of the work of the print shop of "Krestyanin" newspaper makes about one million rubles, Irina Samokhina, Director General of "Krestyanin" publishing house told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 09, 2011 21:00

• A Georgian oppositionist went on a hunger strike in an isolation ward

  A representative of the Conservative Party of Georgia Lasha Chkhartishvili who was detained on June, 5, for an attempt of organizing an action of protest in the center of Tbilisi went on a hunger strike.

June 09, 2011 20:00

• During the trial "Kadyrov vs Orlov" Public prosecutor demanded to fine Head of HRC "Memorial" to a sum of 150 thousand rubles

  In Khamovnichecky court of Moscow Public prosecutor appealed to the court to fine Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to a sum of 150 thousand rubles. In the opinion of Public prosecutor, Orlov's guilt of committing the crime stipulated by clause "Slander" was completely proven.

June 09, 2011 19:00

• Svetlana Gannushkina will become Holder of the Order of the Legion of Honour

  Svetlana Gannushkina, member of "Memorial" Human Rights Center, Chairperson of the Committee "Civil Support", member of the Presidential Council of Assistance to Development of the Institutions of Civil Society and Human Rights, whose activities is to a great extent connected with North-Caucasian republics will become Holder of the Order of the Legion of Honour today.

June 09, 2011 18:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia denied presence of residents of the republic on the list of "potential suicide bombers"

  The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia denied the information that on the list of names of 52 people called potential suicide bombers allegedly published by security services the majority were natives of Ingushetia. The Ministry called for the residents of the republic to report all the facts of obscure disappearance of citizens to law enforcement bodies.

June 08, 2011 23:50

• Authorities of Grozny resume large-scale subbotniks

  The capital of Chechnya has resumed the practice of mass voluntary work of citizens (the so-called "subbotniks"), who clean up city streets of trash, ill weeds and other wastes. Employees of state-run institutions and public offices are involved in this free-of-charge labour. Some residents of Grozny believe that local authorities abuse their powers.

June 08, 2011 23:40

• Investigators believe Rector Sadikov's fight against extremism in Islam was main reason of his murder

  The investigatory bodies have announced their main version of the murder of Maksud Sadikov, the Rector of the Makhachkala Institute of Theology, who was shot dead on June 7. It was, according to the investigators, in his professional and social activities, where he actively opposed radical Islamic groupings.

June 08, 2011 23:30

• Office of HRCCR Republic closed

  At present, the office of the Human Rights Centre of the Chechen Republic (HRCCR) in Grozny is not functioning; and its head Minkail Ezhiev is looking for a new premise for his organization. This was reported by Kheda Saratova, head of the "Objective" Information-Analytical Centre.

June 08, 2011 23:20

• Chechnya: power agents refuse to give Shamil Omarov's body to parents, relatives assert

  The OVD (Interior Division) of the city of Gudermes (Chechen Republic) refuses to give out the body of Shamil Omarov, a resident of Dagestan, without a certificate about the composition of his family and a document from the Investigatory Committee that he was not a militant, his father told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 08, 2011 22:40

• Second figurant in "Domodedovo" terror act arrested today by Moscow court

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has ruled in absentia to arrest Rustam Altemirov, another suspect of committing the terrorist act in the "Domodedovo" Airport.

June 08, 2011 22:10

• Rights violations of defenders in Nalchik attack case stated at press conference of Public Chamber's Working Group

  Today, the press centre of the RIA "Novosti" in Moscow hosted a press conference of the Working Group of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for the Caucasus on the topic: "From Nalchik to Vladikavkaz: Brink Between Justice and Reality". Maxim Shevchenko, the head of the Working Group, treated the trial on the case of the attack on power agencies of Nalchik in 2005 as "unprecedented"; while the journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova spoke about human rights violations at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the figurants in this case are kept.

June 08, 2011 19:00

• Missing participants of the oppositional meeting in Georgia found in investigative isolation wards

  Participants of the "People's Assembly's" meeting of protest who had been considered missing after dispersal of the action on May, 26, were found in investigative isolation wards of Tbilisi, People's Defender of Georgia Georgi Tugushi declared.

June 08, 2011 18:00

• Maksud Sadykov became the twelfth religious figure killed in Northern Caucasus during these two years

  Maksud Sadykov, a public and religious figure well known in Dagestan, Chancellor of the Institute of Theology, was killed at the moment of firing at a car in Makhachkala. His nephew Zelimkhan Musaev perished together with him, Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reported.

June 07, 2011 23:30

• During the week of May 23-29, 17 persons were lost in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 23-29, the glowing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away at least 17 human lives; at least two more persons were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.