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14:07, 16 January 2019

In Shakhty, body of fifth victim found at place of explosion

In Shakhty, rescuers found the body of the fifth victim of a house collapse and completed search and rescue operations, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.

13:58, 16 January 2019

Two activists join hunger strike in support of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

At least 14 activists went on a hunger strike with the demand to release all political prisoners in Azerbaijan. On January 15, investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and political prisoner Orkhan Bakhyshly were the last who joined the activists.

11:26, 16 January 2019

Two men wounded in shelling in Tbilisi

A car was fired at the centre of the Georgian capital. Two wounded men were taken to hospitals.

Funeral of Temirlan Machalikashvili in the village of Duisi the Pankisi Gorge (Georgia). Photo: Sputnik/STRINGER https://sputnik-georgia.ru

11:18, 16 January 2019

Machalikashvili relatives accuse law enforcers of violating presumption of innocence

Family members of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed during a special operation, accused the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia of violating his right to presumption of innocence.

11:03, 16 January 2019

In Azerbaijan, police detain 13 PFPA supporters in front of court building

More than 100 people came to the Baku Court on Grave Crimes to support members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) accused of money laundering. The police dispersed supporters of the defendants and detained 13 people.

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10:52, 16 January 2019

A native of North Ossetia voices new information about torture of gays in Chechnya

A young man, who left Northern Caucasus, called on all LGBT people to leave Chechnya and appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov.

08:20, 16 January 2019

Wounded Ingush policeman transported to Chechnya

Adam Khamkhoev, a Police Junior Lieutenant, who was wounded during the shelling of the car of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush "E" Centre (Centre for Combating Extremism), has been taken to the Chechen city of Khankala, where it was decided to transport him to Moscow for further treatment.

Rescuers at the place of explosion in a multi-storey building in the city of Shakhty, January 14, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot

00:14, 16 January 2019

In Shakhty, death toll in explosion increases to four persons

In Shakhty, under the ruins at the place of explosion in a nine-storey building, rescuers found two more bodies. So, the death toll from the explosion increased to four persons. The fate of one more tenant still remains unknown.

At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff

00:06, 16 January 2019

Armenian Prosecutor's Office reports about 63 casualties in 2018

In 2018, 38 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army were killed in the line of duty, and other 25 casualties were not related to the military service, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has reported today.

Oyub Titiev and his advocates in the court. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot

18:47, 15 January 2019

Oyub Titiev reproaches Prosecutor's Office for bias

The court dismissed the request of the Oyub Titiev's defence to attach to the case file the materials refuting the testimonies given by witnesses for the prosecution. Advocates pointed to the creation of unequal conditions for the parties to the trial. Oyub Titiev himself stated that the above materials should have been collected by the Prosecutor's Office.

18:38, 15 January 2019

Azerbaijan reports 30 shelling attacks per day

The ceasefire regime in the conflict zone was violated, and Azerbaijani positions in two villages came under fire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

Manvel Grigoryan. Photo: Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants

18:32, 15 January 2019

Opponents of Manvel Grigoryan want a meeting with Prime Minister

Activists have suspended their actions demanding to change the court decision on release on bail of General Manvel Grigoryan, a former MP. If Nikol Pashinyan, the chair of the government, does not meet the activists within three days, the protest actions will be resumed, says a representative of the protesters.

Participants of opposition rally hold banner with a portrait of Mekhman Guseinov, Baku, March 10, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

14:43, 15 January 2019

Mekhman Guseinov's brother accuses Azerbaijani authorities of misinformation

Emin Guseinov treats the information disseminated by the Azerbaijani authorities about a new criminal case against Mekhman Guseinov and his hunger strike as "tactical tricks."

Aftermath of the explosion in a multi-storey building in Shakhty, January 14, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot

14:36, 15 January 2019

In Shakhty, death toll in explosion of a nine-storey building increases to two persons

In Shakhty, while examining the ruins at the place of the explosion in a multi-storey building, rescuers found the body of the deceased woman, who lived in the building.

14:27, 15 January 2019

Sources report fourth man wounded in shelling of policemen in Ingushetia

Murad Kodzoev, a son of the former head of the Nasyr-Kort administration, was wounded in an attack on a car of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE or "E" Centre), in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia. Murad Kodzoev was hospitalized, hospital sources reported.

Akhsan Nuruzade, Elchin Ismayilly, Bairam Mamedov and Ilkin Rustamzade (from left to right). Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/az/site/politics/32351/

11:39, 15 January 2019

Three more political prisoners join hunger strike in Azerbaijan

Three more convicts, an activist Giyas Ibragimov, a blogger Rashad Ramazanov and a journalist Fikret Faramazoglu, have joined the hunger strike announced earlier by four political prisoners kept in Azerbaijani jails.

Rainbow flag. Photo: Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20180805/13674112/azhiotazh-v-otstalom-shurnuhe-shakali-golosa-geev-i-pozvolitelnaya-norma-poboev.html

11:27, 15 January 2019

Head of the LGBT network states stiffening of gays' torture in Chechnya

According to victims, mockeries over detained LGBT people in Chechnya are becoming more and more refined: the death of two young men was the result of "monstrous torture", while relatives of those released are forced to punish them themselves and prove it, Igor Kochetkov, the head of the Russian LGBT Network, told "Caucasian Knot".

08:25, 15 January 2019

MIA head reports to Vasiliev on fighting militants

Law enforcers have achieved a "significant breakthrough" in combating the armed underground in Dagestan, but eight militants are still wanted, Abdurashid Magomedov, the head of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has announced.

Pharmacy. © Photo: Sputnik / Alexander Kondratyk

08:20, 15 January 2019

Sixteenth death of swine flu confirmed in Georgia

A ten-month-old baby has died from swine flu in Georgia. As a result, the death toll from the consequences of the H1N1 flu virus has reached 16 humans. At the same time, doctors record a decrease in the flue morbidity in the country.

Victims of gas explosion in Shakhty, January 14, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot

22:08, 14 January 2019

Authorities name gas explosion as the only reason for house collapse in Shakhty

Contrary to assurances of gas industry professionals that the gas equipment in the collapsed house in the city of Shakhty was in proper order, Vasily Golubev, the head of the Rostov Region, believes that the gas leak was the only version of the explosion. Social network users doubt the official version, recalling the tragedy in Magnitogorsk.

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