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Conference "Search for New Ways in Meeting Modern Challenges. Ways to Peace, Stories of Women Peacekeepers", Yerevan. Photo: https://news.am/rus/news/394326.html

11:13, 9 June 2017

In Armenia, participants of conference report problems with women's rights in countries of Caucasus and Middle East

Yerevan hosts the Fifth International Conference "Search for New Ways in Meeting Modern Challenges. Ways to Peace, Stories of Women Peacekeepers." The conference involves about 100 people from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine and Russia, Colombia, Syria, Georgia, Iraq, Cyprus, and Ireland. Participants of the forum declare gender equality problem in a number of countries.

Parents of Murad Amriev recorded a video message in which they said that their son had not violated any laws. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH8VPy_i7ME

04:56, 9 June 2017

Murad Amriev's family members leave Chechnya for security reasons

Family members of Murad Amriev, an MMA fighter and world champion, have left Grozny and the republic for security reasons.

04:14, 9 June 2017

Advocate claims relation between Alexander Dolzhenko's and William Browder's cases

In case of an unfavourable decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia under an appeal filed by Alexander Dolzhenko, a former manager of Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dalnyaya Step", the law enforcement agencies will have grounds to arrest in the case the foreign banking accounts of William Browder, the director of the "Hermitage Capital". This was reported by advocate Alaudi Musaev.

00:58, 9 June 2017

Germany accepts first gay refugee from Chechnya

A young man from Chechnya has appealed to the German Embassy in Moscow with a request to provide him with protection from the persecution because of his homosexual orientation. After an interview, officials of the German diplomatic mission granted him an entry visa "for urgent humanitarian reasons," an official of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports.

00:18, 9 June 2017

Two men sentenced for aiding and abetting suspected killers of policeman in Moscow

Ruslan Parsilaev is sentenced to six years of imprisonment, and Magomedsalikh Nazarov to five years of imprisonment. The court found them guilty of aiding and abetting two natives of Dagestan, wanted on suspicion of killing a Moscow policeman in 2015.

Murad Amriev. Photo: Committee for the Prevention of Torture, http://www.pytkam.net

23:44, 8 June 2017

Amriev's defence reports his extradition from Belarus to Russia

Belarusian power agents have extradited Murad Amriev to Russia; and there is every reason to worry for his life, said his advocate Pyotr Zaikin.

19:40, 8 June 2017

Five persons detained in Abkhazia on suspicion of links with IS

The State Security Service (SSS) of Abkhazia has detained five Tajik citizens, suspected of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia.

Night road. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot.

16:50, 8 June 2017

Interview of runaway gay sparks disputes

The interview of the Dagestani gay, who escaped from Russian special services who tried to recruit him for sending to Syria, has aroused controversy among Dagestani journalists: on the one hand, the story is well in line with the practice of sex blackmail in Northern Caucasus, on the other hand, it fails to meet local traditions and beliefs.

Set-Salim Akhilgov. Photo: http://old.gazetaingush.ru/polozhitelnye-rezultaty-neobxodimo-zakreplyat/

15:16, 8 June 2017

Ingush MP shelled

Unidentified people shelled a car in which Set-Salim Akhilgov, a deputy of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia, was travelling to work. The MP and his driver were not injured.

Special forces vehicles during special operation in Nalchik. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-v-rezultate-kto-neytralizovany-troe.html

14:43, 8 June 2017

250,000 roubles allocated for victims of special operation in Nalchik

Each of five residents of Nalchik, whose property was damaged during a special operation carried out by law enforcers in January 2016, will receive 50,000 roubles, reports an official from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

Posters in support of "Sasna Tsrer". Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

14:13, 8 June 2017

"Sasna Tsrer" supporters hold march in Yerevan

More than 50 people have marched to the building of the court of the administrative districts of Erebuni and Nubarashen, where today, the first trial in the case against 14 members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) was to be held. The activists have demanded to release members of the "Sasna Tsrer" and all political prisoners of the country, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Afghan Mukhtarly's wife - Leyla Mustafaeva. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot'.

13:30, 8 June 2017

Afghan Mukhtarly's wife appeals to Georgian Prosecutor's Office for victim status

The wife of Afghan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani journalist, who was kidnapped in Tbilisi, appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia with a request to grant her and her husband the status of victims. This was reported by advocate Archil Chopikashvili.

11:56, 8 June 2017

Rights defenders call on Belarus not to send Murad Amriev to Russia

The State Border Committee of Belarus has confirmed the detention of athlete Murad Amriev, who complained about torture and threats of blood feud against him in Chechnya. Human rights defenders have appealed to the Belarusian law enforcement agencies with a request not to send Murad Amriev to Russia.

Police car transports Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

11:01, 8 June 2017

Rights defenders call on Georgian authorities to investigate Afghan Mukhtarly's kidnapping

23 international public organizations have addressed a letter to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili with the demand to call on the Georgian government to carry out a complete investigation in connection with the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly's case.

10:59, 8 June 2017

Chechen Prosecutor's Office demands to block 12 materials on Internet

The Chechnya Prosecutor's Office found 12 materials on the Internet offending religious feelings of believers and filed lawsuits to court to block access to those resources.

Advocate Pyotr Zaikin talks with Murad Amriev, Pytkam.net / Twitter https://twitter.com/pytkam_net/status/872014763206647808/photo/1

10:00, 8 June 2017

Belarusian law enforcers explain detention of Murad Amriev by his search in CIS countries

Athlete Murad Amriev, who complained about torture and threats of blood feud against him in Chechnya, was detained in Belarus, since he was wanted by CIS countries, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel reports with reference to the ROVD (District Interior Division) in the town of Dobrush.

03:37, 8 June 2017

Murad Amriev detained in Belarus

Belarusian border guards detained Murad Amriev, an MMA fighter, in Dobrush. Earlier, he has claimed facing the threats of blood feud in Chechnya and fled the transport police building in Bryansk.

01:44, 8 June 2017

Many facts remain hidden in case of Boris Nemtsov's murder, advocates assert

The motive for the Boris Nemtsov's murder has not been revealed, and the case contains no objective evidence of any version voiced by investigators. In the course of the debate, advocates have claimed there are a lot of hidden circumstances in the case.

Shelter for stray dogs in Makhachkala. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/makhachkala/makhachkalinskiy

21:18, 7 June 2017

Lawyers see low chances for perished girl's mother to receive multimillion compensation

The mother of the girl, who died of dog bites, will not be able to collect the claimed amount of 50 million roubles from the Mayoralty; her claim will most likely be rejected, said Dagestani lawyers.

Jamil Gasanli. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гасанли,_Джамиль_Поладхан_оглы

20:43, 7 June 2017

Azerbaijani oppositionist Gasanli states unjustified inspection at airport

Jamil Gasanli, the chairman of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), said that he was exposed to customs examination at the Baku International Airport, despite the fact that he had nothing to declare.

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