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Policemen. Photo: Eugeny Reznik / Yugopolis

13:15, 17 August 2017

ICRF and Ombudsman react to detention for dancing in Gelendzhik

The Investigating Department for the Krasnodar Territory has reported conducting its investigation into the detention of lezginka dancers in Gelendzhik. Following the results of the investigation, the ICRF's Department will assess the actions of both sides to the conflict: the lezginka dancers and the policeman who detained them.

13:10, 17 August 2017

Friends of singer Zelimkhan Bakaev do not exclude his kidnapping

Relatives of singer Zelimkhan Bakaev did not file a complaint about his disappearance to the law enforcement agencies of Chechnya. Friends of the Chechen singer suggest that Zelimkhan Bakaev could be kidnapped, while some others associate his disappearance with a conflict in the family.

Aziz Jamalutdinov in the court. Screenshor of video posted by user Dagestan Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c_wCoxWzNU

10:38, 17 August 2017

Prosecutor's Office challenges verdict to man sentenced for killing Magomed Nurbagandov

The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan to sentence Aziz Jamalutdinov to 17 years of imprisonment in a penal colony on the charge of killing police officer Magomed Nurbagandov has been challenged in connection with the softness of the punishment.

Relatives of defendants in Nardaran case near Baku court, January 25, 2017. Screenshot of the Caucasian Knot video.

02:50, 17 August 2017

Court dismisses Abbas Guseinov's complaint of torture

In Baku, the court has refused to consider a complaint of torture used against Abbas Guseinov, the deputy chair of the movement "Muslim Unity". His defence treats the court's decision as unlawful.

Woman has just received information about death of her husband who had joined militant ranks. Photo: ca-news.org/print:1399716/

00:06, 17 August 2017

Experts associate women's march in Grozny with complaint about extrajudicial executions

An action of Chechen women, seeking the return of their children and grandchildren from Syria and Iraq, has been organized by the authorities against the background of appeals to European rights defenders from mothers of young people disappeared in the republic. This was stated by Tatiana Lokshina and Alexei Malashenko.

Rally in Elista demanding to solve problem with shortage of drinking water, August 15, 2017. Photo by Aslan Nikolaev for the Caucasian Knot.

20:50, 16 August 2017

Residents of Kalmykia demand to solve problem with drinking water shortage

The problem with shortage of drinking water violates the rights of Kalmyk residents. This was claimed by participants of a rally in Elista. They called for the implementation of a project to build a water pipeline to supply water from the Volga River to Elista and the northern regions of Kalmykia.

18:17, 16 August 2017

Friends of Chechen singer Zelim Bakaev report his kidnapping

Relatives of Chechen singer Zelim Bakaev who lives in Moscow cannot reveal his whereabouts since August 8. Zelim Bakaev was kidnapped by law enforcers in the centre of Grozny, two singer's friends reported.

16:46, 16 August 2017

Aziz Jamalutdinov found guilty of killing policeman Magomed Nurbagandov

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan sentenced Aziz Jamalutdinov to 17 years of imprisonment on charges of killing police officer Magomed Nurbagandov.

Office of Turan News Agency, Baku, August 16, 2017. Photo: RFE/RL

16:03, 16 August 2017

Tax officials seize journalists' data from "Turan" office in Baku

Officials from the Azerbaijani Tax Ministry seized the financial documents, electronic media and personal data of journalists from the news agency "Turan". This was reported by its director.

14:45, 16 August 2017

Zaurbeg Musaev confirms his return home

Zaurbeg Musaev, a resident of Dagestan, has refused to disclose the details of his kidnapping in Makhachkala.

Hunger strikers at the "Georgian Railways" office, Tbilisi, August 16, 2017. Photo by Galina Gotua for the Caucasian Knot.

14:07, 16 August 2017

In Tbilisi, railway men on hunger strike banned from installing a tent

For the second day, three employees of the Joint-Stock Company (JSC) "Georgian Railways" continue the hunger strike at the entrance to their employer's main office in Tbilisi.

12:16, 16 August 2017

Chechen woman succeeds in returning a child from her husband's family

A local woman appealed to the Prosecutor of the Urus-Martan District. According to the woman, her one-year-old daughter, who has been with her since the birth, is kept by family members of the child's father, who refuse to return the girl to the mother. On August 12, the child was returned to the mother due to the measures of the prosecutor's response.

Screenshot of Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/p/BX1KCLUFPkn/

08:01, 16 August 2017

Instagram page of kidnapped Dagestani resident reports his return home

In a video posted on Instagram page of Dagestani resident Zaurbeg Musaev kidnapped by armed people in Makhachkala, a man whose face is not visible says that he has returned home.

Rally in Gelendzhik, August 5, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

04:31, 16 August 2017

In Gelendzhik, participant of estate investors' rally charged with administrative offence

In Gelendzhik, during a rally held by deceived real estate investors, the police drew up a protocol against 18-year-old Kirill Yaroslavtsev on violation of the rules for holding a public action. Kirill Yaroslavtsev believes the police drew up the protocol against him for a poster with the demand to dismiss judges of the Krasnodar Regional Court.

Participant of Baku protest action holds portraits of political prisoners, April 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

03:11, 16 August 2017

Rights defenders: activities of independent NGOs in Azerbaijan paralyzed

The legislation of Azerbaijan to regulate the activities of civil society institutions does not meet the standards of the Council of Europe (CE) and the OSCE. Restrictions provided by the laws and criminal prosecution of activists have deteriorated the environment for the activities of civil society institutions. This was reported by the study "Legal Restrictions on Civil Society Institutions' Activities in Azerbaijan" carried out by the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies.

00:24, 16 August 2017

Advocate Araik Papikyan complains about threats

The Armenian Helsinki Association has reported threats in address of its employee, advocate Araik Papikyan. He gets to his e-mail the threats of "personal nature" related to his professional activities. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent with reference to the statement released by the Armenian Helsinki Association.

Asker Sokht, deputy chairman of the "Adyge Khase". Photo: http://kavpolit.com/authors/asker_soht-1816/

20:13, 15 August 2017

Circassian activists demand to punish policemen after lezginka dancers' detention

Circassian activists believe that the policemen who detained lezginka dancers in Gelendzhik should be brought to justice.

Before the court session on Nagavkin case, August 15, 2017. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

18:51, 15 August 2017

Nagavkin is hunger-striking at SIZO for eighth day

According to Igor Nagavkin, a rights defender, he has been holding his unlimited hunger strike since August 8. Igor told his advocate Farit Murtazin about hunger strike before the beginning of the court session on the issue of extending Nagavkin’s custody, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Lezginka master class, May 27, 2012. Photo by Semyon Charny for the Caucasian Knot.

18:22, 15 August 2017

Petition to lift ban on lezginka collects 370 signatures during one day

The ban to dance lezginka contradicts the Constitution and violates the basic rights and freedoms of Russian citizens. This is stated in the petition, which collected 370 signatures per day.

Zaurbeg Musaev. Photo: https://chernovik.net/content/lenta-novostey/v-mahachkale-snova-pohitili-mestnogo-zhitelya

16:46, 15 August 2017

Relatives of Dagestani resident complain about his kidnapping

In Makhachkala, Zaurbeg Musaev, a resident of Dagestan, was kidnapped by armed men at a bus stop. This was reported by relatives of the kidnapped man.

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