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Sisters Makha and Wafa Al-Subaye from Saudi Arabia. Screenshot from Twitter video at https://twitter.com/GeorgiaSisters2

14:17, 8 May 2019

Sisters Makha and Wafa Al-Subaye from Saudi Arabia, who were hiding from the persecution of their relatives, left Georgia after they had been granted asylum in a third country.

11:32, 8 May 2019

In Baku, law enforcers detain protesters

On May 7, Azerbaijani policemen stopped a protest action organized by relatives of those arrested within the "Ganja case" and detained several protesters and journalists.

Malkhaz Machalikashvili, father of Temirlan Machalikashvili. Screenshot from video posted by JAMnews at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=OhSAIdC4-j8

11:17, 8 May 2019

Malkhaz Machalikashvili suspected of preparing terror act

The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia has reported that Malkhaz Machalikashvili, the father of Temirlan Machalikashvili, killed during a special operation in Pankisi, had the intention to commit a terror act. Machalikashvili himself has treated the SSS' statement as absurd.

Azerbaijani part of the "David Garedja" monastery complex. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan, http://mct.gov.az

11:06, 8 May 2019

Azerbaijan excludes concession of monastery to Georgia

The Azerbaijani part of the "David Garedja" cave complex is connected with the history of Christianity in Azerbaijan and cannot be transferred to Georgia, the Baku experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated. There are forces in Georgia seeking to aggravate the border conflict, but the authorities of both countries are not interested in it, they assert.

10:58, 8 May 2019

After checking documents, Ingush law enforcers release rights defenders

The employees of the Committee against Torture (CaT) and the cameraman, detained by law enforcers during filming in Nazran, were released after checking documents, Igor Kalyapin, the CaT head, has informed.

01:05, 8 May 2019

Ueldanov's sister reports his complaints about beating in Azerbaijani jail

Marat Ueldanov has told his relatives that he was beaten up in the Azerbaijani prison, his sister has stated.

Handcuffs. Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

00:47, 8 May 2019

CaT employees detained in Ingushetia

Law enforcers have detained Magomed Alamov and Evgeny Chilikov, employees of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT), and a cameraman, Leonid Utkin, who were filming in Nazran, the Human Rights Council under the Russian President has reported today.

About 300 people gathered for a rally in Novokuli village in Dagestan. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot

23:02, 7 May 2019

Protesters in Dagestan demand to solve land problem

Near the village of Novokuli in Dagestan, at a rally, protesters stated that migrants' families cannot receive land plots and demanded from the authorities to take their interests into account when transferring land into ownership.

Robert Kocharyan. Photo: © : administration of Robert Kocharyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180813/13835702/ehks-prezident-armenii-robert-kocharyan-vypushchen-na-svobodu.html

22:47, 7 May 2019

Armenian judge instructed to reconsider Kocharyan's case

The case of Robert Kocharyan has been handed over to David Grigoryan, who had claimed self-disqualification, when freedom restriction measure of the second Armenian President was discussed.

People are being evacuated from 'Voroshilovsky' shopping centre. Screenshot from video posted by 'Bloknot-Volgograd', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSxAq76bG34

22:21, 7 May 2019

Volgograd: visitors to six buildings and marketplace evacuated after bomb reports

Today, employees and visitors of a number of shopping and business centres, as well as the marketplace in Volgograd, were evacuated after receiving false reports that the facilities had been mined. The person who wrote about bombs explained his motives by Russia's participation in the Syrian conflict, the director general of the "Voroshilovsky" Shopping Centre said.

Opposition at rally in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

22:09, 7 May 2019

Azerbaijani oppositionist arrested for 15 days

Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest on charges of disobedience to the police. The party treats his arrest as politically motivated.

Village of Vremenny after special operation, December 2014. Photo: press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", http://memohrc.org

14:46, 7 May 2019

"Memorial" complains to Moskalkova of delay in payments to Vremenny residents

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" appealed to Russia's Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova with a request to find out why the Russian Ministry of Finance demanded to review the documents submitted by victims of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Dagestan.

Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan at the contact line. Photo: http://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24733

14:36, 7 May 2019

Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on its village in conflict zone

Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in the border village, were shelled 24 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

Residents of Grozny at food market. Screeshot from video reportage by 'Grozny' TV Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39ZdVcGX0I

11:17, 7 May 2019

In Chechnya, Ramadan starts amid increase of food prices

On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, prices for certain foodstuffs went up in Grozny, local residents report. The republic's authorities are unable to restrain food price growth, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.

11:05, 7 May 2019

Georgian villagers tell about consequences of flooding

Because of the flooding, some villagers of the Gurdjaani and Lagodekhi Districts of Georgia have lost their crops. Local authorities indicate the need to restore protective facilities on the Alazani and Inaboti Rivers.

Believers praying. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

10:57, 7 May 2019

Muslims of Southern Russia mark the start of Ramadan

Charity events, collective Iftars and Nashid parties were held in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia on the occasion of the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

08:26, 7 May 2019

Three women-residents of Ingushetia suspected of helping Syrian militants

The investigating authorities of Ingushetia have declared three women-residents of the republic to be accomplices to the militants fighting in Syria. The eldest woman is 27 years old, the youngest one is 19, investigators have reported.

Law enforcer. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

22:58, 6 May 2019

Political analysts doubt reliability of IS*' statement about execution of militaries in Chechnya

The report of an attack on military servicemen in Chechnya on April 22, widespread by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, is aimed at maintaining its image and strengthening its influence on militants, experts assert. At the same time, they noted that Chechen authorities failed to provide any evidence refuting this information.

22:47, 6 May 2019

Court fines Azerbaijani oppositionist

The court has released Emin Babaev, a member of the "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) Party, from custody, having fined him for disobeying police. Babaev himself denies the charges. Azer Gasymly, the Chairman of the Party's Majlis, asserts that Babaev was detained for political reasons.

Barbed wire. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot

22:21, 6 May 2019

Court rejects most of Cherkesov's complaints about his placement into dungeon

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a court refused to recognize that placing Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, into the dungeon (a punishment cell, also known as ShIZO) for many times in a row was a violation, the inmate's advocate has informed.

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