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Detention of the activists of the National Council of Democratic Forces during the march on 17.01.2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:39, 18 November 2018

Activists demand to release detainees at Baku march

About 100 people gathered at the police station and demanded to release the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the head of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and other people detainees during the march in Baku.

15:21, 17 November 2018

Chechnya: authors of game about vampires apologize for the game plot

The references to Chechnya will be removed from the table game, which has caused criticism because of the disrespectful reference to the prosecution of gays in the republic, the game designers have assured.

Barakh Chemurziev. Photo: screenshot of the video by the TV Rain channel https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/kruglyj_stol/ingushetija-473104/

15:16, 17 November 2018

Two protest leaders detained in Ingushetia

Law enforcers have detained activists Barakh Chemurziev and Akhmed Pogorov, who, together with other residents of Ingushetia, gathered today in the Sunzha District in order to go to the border with Chechnya to hold a subbotnik (a voluntary clean-up day) there.

10:45, 17 November 2018

Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict on "Nardaran case"

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed the complaint of the theologian Zulfugar Mikailov and 11 other convicted believers. The defence intends to appeal against the verdict at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The ruins of the Erzi tower complex. Photo Alex Svirkin, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57090246

10:43, 17 November 2018

Analysts see challenge to Kadyrov in subbotnik in lands transferred to Chechnya

The initiative of Ingush activists to organize a subbotnik in the territory that became a subject of dispute because of the border agreement with Chechnya is a challenge to the leadership of Chechnya, analysts have suggested, while lawyers point out that the political subtext of the subbotnik equates it to a rally.

08:24, 17 November 2018

Prosecutor asks two years in prison for attacking "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

The prosecutor has asked for two years in prison for Karim Kasumov, accused of attacking a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent during a rally of Alexei Navalny's supporters in Makhachkala; the victim's representative has demanded the maximum punishment for Kasumov.

Participants of a picket in Vladikavkaz demanded to close the "Electrozink" Metallurgical Factory. November 16, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:22, 17 November 2018

Vladikavkaz picketers demand to close "Electrozink"

About 50 residents of Vladikavkaz came to a picket demanding to close the "Electrozink" Metallurgical Factory. They called the factory hazardous for locals' health.

Participants of the rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:51, 16 November 2018

Russia's CC summons Kadyrov and Evkurov to sitting

The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the republics' MPs, officials from the Chechen and Ingush General Prosecutor's Offices (GPOs) and Ministries of Justice (MoJs) have been summoned by the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia to the session on the Chechen-Ingush border.

Grozny. Chechnya. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

21:50, 16 November 2018

Chechen authorities threaten table game authors

Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Minister for National Policy and External Relations, has called the table game "Vampire: The Masquerade", in which the republic is ruled by a clan of vampires, a part of the information war.

A law enforcer. Photo © Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

18:49, 16 November 2018

Researchers of Caucasus criticize official version of shootout in Chechnya

The statement of law enforcers that those killed in the shootout in Chechnya had links with militants is not convincing enough, but people need to wait for the investigators' conclusions, experts believe. The casualties were buried in a nameless grave, said a relative of one of them.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA). Photo: https://courts.gov.az/ru/bakuappeal

14:23, 16 November 2018

Baku court leaves activist Zaur Rovshanli under arrest

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed a complaint about the arrest for 10 days of Zaur Rovshanli, a board member of the D18 Civil Movement. His defence intends to challenge the legality of the arrest at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

An Azerbaijani sniper. Photo by the press service of Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/provoditsya-sorevnovanie-na-zvanie-luchshij-tankovyj-ekipazh-font-color-red-video-font-22213.html

14:23, 16 November 2018

Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in two villages

During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 27 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

A territory near the village of Dattykh. Photo by Zurab Pliev for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:58, 16 November 2018

Calls for subbotnik in lands transferred to Chechnya triggers disputes in social networks

A proposal of Ingush activists to hold a volunteer clean-up day (subbotnik) in disputed territories after signing the Ingush-Chechen border agreement may increase disagreements of the two peoples, social network users assert.

Robert Kocharyan. Photo © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants
https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20181110/15600024/advokaty-kocharyana-obratilis-v-espch.html

09:57, 16 November 2018

Decision to release ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan cancelled

The Armenian Cassation Court has partially granted the petition of the Prosecutor General, who demanded to arrest Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, within the case dispersing demonstrators in 2008. The Court of Appeal (CoA) will again consider the issue of Kocharyan's arrest.

Murad Ragimov after detention. Photo: Change.org

09:55, 16 November 2018

Dagestan: complaint about Ragimovs' torturing submitted to ECtHR

The refusal to investigate the case of torture of Murad and Firuddin Ragimov, natives of Dagestan, has violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the Committee against Torture (CaT) has stated.

A still from the film "Porok" (Vice). Screenshot by the user "Patient's Monitor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk6vpXWAHj8&feature=youtu.be

08:35, 16 November 2018

Film about Dagestani medical problems screened at festival of human rights cinema

The documentary film "Porok" (Vice) about corruption in Dagestan was presented at the Bishkek Film Festival. It tells about the organization "Patient's Monitor", which is engaged in the protection of citizens' rights in the field of public health. Since the start of 2018, the organization, according to its leaders, has helped Dagestani privileged patients to receive medicines worth over 10 million roubles.

A poster with the photos of the Gasanguseinov brothers. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:33, 16 November 2018

Sports tournament in memory of Gasanguseinov brothers founded in Dagestan

The authorities of the Shamil District of Dagestan, where the Gasanguseinov brothers were killed, have established a volleyball tournament in their memory and began building a pitch for it.

A law enforcer. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru

08:31, 16 November 2018

Kidnapping of Ingush activist's nephew reminds Kadyrov's methods

The kidnappers of Rustam Lyanov did not post a recorded video, as the public outcry around the kidnapping made this act senseless. The incident was an attempt to introduce in Ingushetia the practice of public apologies widespread in Chechnya, activists believe.

The audience listens to a speech at a the World Congress of the Ingush People. Photo by Fortanga Org https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=765&v=xDpecbx8eBs

08:29, 16 November 2018

Ingush activists announce subbotnik on lands transferred to Chechnya

The Presidium of the World Congress of the Ingush People has announced a subbotnik in the disputed lands along the Fortanga River to be held on November 17.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

23:53, 15 November 2018

Instagram re-blocks Ramzan Kadyrov's account

Ramzan Kadyrov's account on Instagram is again not available, despite the statement about the "triumph of justice" voiced by the leader of Chechnya. An Instagram spokesperson clarified that the page was unblocked by mistake.

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