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The building where the office of the Joint Mobile Group of the Committee against Torture (CaT) is located, after the fire. Grozny, December 154, 2014. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:44, 17 December 2014

MfE: the basic version of fire in rights defenders' office in Grozny is arson

As reported by the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the versions of a fire from a short circuit in the office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in no longer considered – the main version of the reason of the fire is arson.

Murad Amriev. Photo: Interregional Non-governmental Organization “Committee Against Torture” http://www.pytkam.net/press-centr.novosti/4124

14:40, 17 December 2014

Court session on suit of Chechen MIA against Amriev who stated torture by police postponed till December 25

The consideration of the claim lodged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Chechen Republic against the athlete Murad Amriev, who stated that he had been kidnapped and tortured at the police of Grozny, has been postponed till December 25.

The building of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:05, 17 December 2014

Hassan Zakayev, native of Chechnya, suspected of aiding organizers of Dubrovka terror act in Moscow

Hassan Zakayev, who is now in custody in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in the capture of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre on October 23, 2002, is suspected of aiding the militants who carried out the above act.

The building of the Russia's Supreme Court. Photo: http://www.vsrf.ru/galleria/images/7/2.jpg

12:15, 17 December 2014

Court session on MoJ's lawsuit on liquidation of "Memorial" postponed at request of rights defenders

The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has rescheduled for January 28 the consideration of the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a demand to liquidate the public organization named "The Russian Historical, Educational and Human Rights Society 'Memorial'".

Grozny. Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:25, 17 December 2014

In Chechnya, case of Khasan Edilkhanov accused of involvement in war in Syria sent to court

The criminal case initiated against a local resident Khasan Edilkhanov, a suspect of involvement in the war in Syria for the militants, who was detained at Moscow airport, has been delivered ton the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya.

Stele at the entrance to the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. Photo: Eldar Rasulo, http://odnoselchane.ru/images/photogallery/cache/wm_IMG_5788.jpg

06:35, 17 December 2014

Power agents' actions did not interfere with work of authorities, Khasavyurt administration asserts

The administration of Khasavyurt continues working normally. The confiscation of documents undertaken by power agents did not prevent the officials to perform their duties and receive citizens, officials, said the staff of the Mayoralty. There were no conflicts, said the officials of the administration of the Khasavyurt District.

Khadija Ismayilova is awarded for "The Courage in Journalism". New York, October 24, 2012. Photo: RFE/RL, http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26735895.html

05:15, 17 December 2014

AI announces journalist Khadija Ismayilova to be "prisoner of conscience"

The human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) said that the journalist Khadija Ismayilova was arrested in Azerbaijan for political reasons and recognized her as a "prisoner of conscience".

A poster at the funeral march dedicated to the murdered journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev. Makhachkala, July 9, 2013. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Patimat Makhmudova

01:55, 17 December 2014

In Moscow, participants of Journalists' Memorial Day paid tribute to Akhmednabiyev and Kuashev

Moscow has hosted the Memorial Day of Journalists who perished while performing their professional duties; and its participants commemorated their colleagues assassinated in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria.

Passport of a Russian Federation citizen. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

01:16, 17 December 2014

Special agents fix data of picketers in Moscow in defence of Chechen rights defenders

A series of solo pickets in support of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders and the Committee against Torture (CaT) in Chechnya was held on December 16 in Moscow without detentions; however, agents of the FSO (Russia's Federal Security Service) and FSB fixed the personal data of the activists who took part in the action.

Arthur Sakunts at the protest action in support of the prisoners after the clashes with the police on November 5. Yerevan, November 5, 2013. Photo by Armine Martorosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:54, 16 December 2014

In Armenia, rights defenders state prisons are overcrowded

Armenian rights defenders name overcrowded prisons, poor quality of medical care in them and problems with conditional early relief (CER) among main problems of the country's penitentiary system.

22:58, 16 December 2014

Broadcasting of radio "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" resumed in Dagestan

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 11, at the demand of the Russian "Roskomnadzor", the radio "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" was suspended. As stated by the spokesman of the "Roskomnadzor", the broadcasting was suspended, because the transmitter was broadcasting not from the place, which is specified in the permit for using radio frequencies.

22:20, 16 December 2014

Experts doubt about reduced tension in Dagestan after murder of Murad Zalitinov

In the opinion of Mairbek Agaev and Milrad Fatullaev, the heads of the weekly "Chernovik" and the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya", respectively, the murder Murad Zalitinov will not have a noticeable effect on the situation in the Dagestan armed underground and will not reduce the level of tension in the republic.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtml?Part=8&PubID=56441

21:24, 16 December 2014

Chechen leader rejects social payments to militants' relatives

Social packages will be no longer paid out to militants' relatives, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, again pointing out that his republic will enforce the collective responsibility of families for actions of militants.

The picture of the consequences of bombing Kobani. Syria. Photo: M. Akhavan / Persian Dutch Network https://ru.wikipedia.org/

18:44, 16 December 2014

Jundallah Shishani killed in Syria was a native of Georgia

The field commander of Syrian militants Jundallah Shishani, whose death in the city of Cobani became known on December 8, originated from the same village in the Georgia's Pankisi Gorge as the commander of the northern sector of the "Islamic State" (IS) Tarkhan Batirashvili, also known as Omar Shishani.

At the place of the special operation in the settlement of Vremenny. The Untsukul District of Dagestan, September 2014. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot"

18:29, 16 December 2014

Dagestani special commission finds 52 houses in Vremenny unfit for residence

In the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny, the special commission set up for assessing the damage made a repeated visit and found 52 houses unfit for living and subject to demolition. Residents of the settlement state large-scale destructions, looting and non-payment of compensations.

16:19, 16 December 2014

Lawyers of JMG in Chechnya ask power agents to check incidents around their office

The lawyers of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders, working in Chechnya, have appealed to law enforcement bodies asking them to conduct a check the fact of visit to their office of three men and the subsequent fire in the premises, as well as the fact of persecuting them by men in masks on December 13.

The gates to Gudermes. Photo by Oleg Shein, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81.jpg/1280px-%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81.jpg

14:24, 16 December 2014

In Gudermes, locals report destruction of two houses of militants' families

Residents of the city of Gudermes have reported the destruction, within the past two days, of two private houses inhabited by relatives of the militants killed during the attack on Grozny on December 4. According to journalist Elena Milashina, families with young children are now homeless.

Entrance to Khasavyurt. Photo: Umar Dagirov https://ru.wikipedia.org

14:07, 16 December 2014

In Khasavyurt, buildings of city and district administrations are blocked by power agents

According to preliminary information, law enforcers are conducting confiscation of documents relating to allocation of land plots in Khasavyurt and in the Khasavyurt District, the RIA "Dagestan" reports.

Strangers at the office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG). Grozny, December 13, 2014. Screenshot of a video by the user Sergey Babinets http://www.youtube.com/

12:59, 16 December 2014

Arson and wiring short circuit are versions of fire in rights defenders' office in Grozny

Construction workers are repairing the facade of the house in Grozny, which houses the burnt-out office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders. Local observers do not rule out that the fire in the office could be committed by people dissatisfied with their work.

12:34, 16 December 2014

RWB: the only journalist murdered in Russia in 2014 was Timur Kuashev

The international human rights organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has published a report about the journalists, killed, kidnapped and jailed in 2014. Timur Kuashev, journalist and rights defender from Kabardino-Balkaria, is named as the only Russian reporter killed for professional reasons.

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