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11:14, 4 April 2019

NKR activists urge to set up Day of Defender of Combat Positions

Activists of three NGOs from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Armenia have marked the anniversary of the April 2016 war with a motor rally. They called on the authorities to establish the Day of the Defender of Combat Positions on April 2 in memory of the perished warriors.

08:37, 4 April 2019

Ingush activist holds anti-corruption picket in Moscow

After detention of protesters in Ingushetia, an activist, Batyr Bogatyryov held a solo picket in Moscow, demanding paying attention to the absence of struggle against corruption in the republic.

Akhmed Barakhoev at the rally in Magas. Photo: screenshot of Ilez Pliev's video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjeTkWnqw04

08:33, 4 April 2019

Social network users condemn arrest of Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev

By resorting to repressions, Ingush authorities are depriving people of their right to assembly, Facebook users have commented on the news about the arrest of Akhmed Barakhoev. Some of them believe that the court judgement is contrary to the Ingush custom of honouring the elderly.

Akhmed Barakhoev at the rally in Magas. Photo: screenshot of the video by "FortangaORG" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkmHRYIwW80

22:57, 3 April 2019

Defence expresses concern over health of Akhmed Barakhoev arrested in Magas

Being kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Akhmed Barakhoev will suffer a negative impact on his health state because of his diseases which are to be treated on an outpatient basis, reports Basir Ozdoev, an advocate of the activist.

Barakh Chemurziev. Photo: screenshot of the video by "Kavkaz.Realii" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK0TN_VlQnU

22:56, 3 April 2019

Organizer of Magas rally sentenced to 10 days of arrest

Today, the court has found that Barakh Chemurziev, the head of the movement "Support of Ingushetia", had violated the rules for organizing a rally in Magas.

Protest rally at the "Caucasus" highway, March 27, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot

17:57, 3 April 2019

In Ingushetia, nine activists arrested within two days

During two days, in Ingushetia, three leaders of protests and six participants of a spontaneous rally on the "Caucasus" highway were sentenced to 10-day arrests.

Destroyed car of the killed suspects involved in an attack on policemen in the Baksan District Photo: press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, http://kbr.sledcom.ru/news/item/1328129/

17:43, 3 April 2019

NAC reports about two militants killed in Kabardino-Balkaria

Suspects killed today in Kabardino-Balkaria were involved in an attack on policemen in the Baksan District and in the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed.

Djansukh Adleiba. Photo: screenshot of the video by Sputnik Abkhazia "Djansukh Adleiba about the issue of the landfill in Sukhumi" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=aReJlOKqOnM

14:51, 3 April 2019

Abkhaz activist released from police after locals' protest

Djansukh Adleiba, the leader of the initiative group to close the landfill in Sukhumi, was detained in Abkhazia. Local residents went out to the rally in his defence; and after a few hours Adleiba was released.

Law enforcers in masks in the streets of Ingushetia on April 3, 2019. Photo: screenshot of the video by FortangaORG

14:46, 3 April 2019

Five activists detained in Ingushetia

After searches, law enforcers detained the Ingush oppositionists, Bagaudin Khautiev and Zarifa Sautieva, activists have reported.

Bairam Mamedov after pardoning. Photo: screenshot of the video by MeydanTV on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLRlTINa17c

14:39, 3 April 2019

Azerbaijani activist Bairam Mamedov claims torture

On April 2, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the complaint against the arrest of Bairam Mamedov. After his allegations of torture, the BCA obliged the Prosecutor's Office to investigate the activist's complaints. His defence doubts that an efficient investigation will be conducted.

A toy left in the village of Talysh in Nagorno-Karabakh, May 1, 2016. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:51, 3 April 2019

Mourning events for victims of April War held in NKR

The participants of the commemoration of those killed during the April 2016 war in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) laid flowers to the warriors' monuments; and memorial lessons were held in the educational establishments of the unrecognized republic.

09:47, 3 April 2019

Armed incident in KBR is third this year

The driver's shelling attack on policemen committed in the Baksan District has become the third armed incident since the start of the year in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

A south entrance to the city of Baksan. Photo by Tkhakumachev CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72337804

09:44, 3 April 2019

Policemen attacked in KBR

A car driver opened fire on the policemen, who stopped him to check documents in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The shooter managed to escape, a source said.

A sister of Omar Abdurashidov held a picket. Makhachkala, April 2, 2019. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:33, 3 April 2019

Relatives demand to fix traces of torture in Dagestan resident

A sister of Omar Abdurashidov, a resident of Makhachkala, accused of financing terrorism, has held a picket demanding a medical examination of her brother for torture traces, and to punish the guilty law enforcers. An advocate has stated that the latter are pulling time for the wounds to heal up.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo from his personal page on "VKontakte" https://vk.com/ramzan?z=photo279938622_456266981%2Fwall279938622_318079

08:31, 3 April 2019

Demonstrative Kadyrov Fund's charity raises Islamic ethics issues

The TV reports about the charity actions of the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund are contrary to Islamic canons, which forbid any promotion by means of good deeds, Orientalists believe.

08:29, 3 April 2019

Rights defenders state that law enforcers were right during detention of Sochi resident

By using force during the detention of Roman Gabaev in Sochi, who refused to go to the police station, law enforcers acted within the bounds of the law, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has concluded. Gabaev insists that he resisted the unjustified detention.

08:25, 3 April 2019

Forced migrants threaten to go on hunger strike in Georgia

300 temporarily displaced persons from Abkhazia, who have occupied apartments in a residential complex in Tbilisi, have demanded to remove the police cordon and let an advocate and journalists visit them. The developer has blamed them for spoiling property in the building.

Law enforcers. Photo: Yelena Sineok / Yuga.ru

22:32, 2 April 2019

Week of March 25-31 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week from March 25 to March 31, 2019, no casualties and victims were reported in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Food packages prepared by the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund. Photo: screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV Channel http://newsvideo.su/video/10520461

22:21, 2 April 2019

Residents of Chechnya reproach authorities of obtrusive promotion of Kadyrov Fund

The spread of 3000 food packages among poor families on behalf of the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund was not such a large-scale action to tell about it on local TV, residents of Chechnya believe.

A spontaneous rally in the highway at the entrance to Nazran. Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7vqt3Qx1bE

19:57, 2 April 2019

Four activists arrested for participating in protests near Nazran

In Magas, the court arrested for 10 days four participants of a spontaneous rally in highway at the entrance to Nazran. Other two protestors were fined.

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