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15:12, 20 August 2016

Fourth PFPA activist detained in Azerbaijan within a week

On August 19, power agents detained Vasif Niftiev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the Party leader has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today.

14:38, 20 August 2016

Power agents state that SUV in Dagestan was blown up by a bomb

Law enforcers have explained that an explosion of an improvised explosion device (IED) in the car, found today in the Kayakent District of Dagestan, killed one person, not two, as reported earlier.

14:00, 20 August 2016

Assistant to PFPA leader detained in Baku

Power agents made a search of the apartment of Faig Amirov, the financial director of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg", who is also assistant to chairman of Ali Kerimli, the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). Amirov was detained by men in plain clothes.

Fuad Akhmedli. Photo from activist's Facebook account, facebook.com/bugundebelegetdi

13:20, 20 August 2016

PFPA claims falsification of case against Fuad Akhmedli

Fuad Akhmedli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is charged with disseminating personal information of mobile communication users. According to PFPA members, the law enforcement authorities are trying to discredit the Party by presenting Fuad Akhmedli as a supporter of Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

11:57, 20 August 2016

A car with two burnt bodies found in Dagestan

Two victims, whose bodies have been found today near a burnt-out off-roader in the Kayakent District of Dagestan, have not been identified yet. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Picket of miners near the "Kingcoal" building in Gukovo, June 2016. Photo by Valery Lyugaev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

11:34, 20 August 2016

Workers of "Kingcoal" leave meeting with authorities in protest

Most miners, who came on August 19 to the meeting with officials in Gukovo, left the event early, since they failed to obtain guarantees for payment of wage arrears.

High-rise buildings in buffer zone of Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

08:17, 20 August 2016

Vladimir Ostapuk reports to prosecutors about violations of environmental standards in Sochi

At the meeting on ecological issues at the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory, Vladimir Ostapuk, a Sochi ecologist, has drawn the prosecutors' attention to the problems with wastewater disposal, landfills and urban development of the resort of Sochi without environmental impact assessments.

Members of "Sasna Tsrer" group at the seized building of the police regimen, July 23, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

05:26, 20 August 2016

Six members of "Sasna Tsrer" left in custody

The Armenian Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal filed against the decision on the arrest of six members of the group "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun). The consideration of the complaints filed about the detention of three other persons involved in the seizure of the police regiment building in Yerevan has been postponed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Lyudmila Ortskhanova holds picket in front of President's administration, August 19, 2016. Photo by the 'Caucasian Knot' correspondent.

22:03, 19 August 2016

Leyla Chemurzieva’s mother pickets off Putin’s administration

Vladimir Putin is to pay attention to the case of Leyla Chemurzieva, a resident of Ingushetia, convicted on charges of having links with militants and who fell victim to "arbitrariness over the law," said her mother in her address to the president. After submitting her petition, she held a solo picket in support of her daughter.

Road-and-patrol police car. Photo: Yuri Grechko / Yugopolis

17:59, 19 August 2016

Murdalov and Israilov left Chechnya two days before attack on policemen

Usman Murdalov and Sulim Israilov, killed in attack on road-and-patrol (DPS) employees near Moscow, had assured their families that they went to Moscow in search of employment, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.

David Sanasaryan. Photo: http://ru.aravot.am/2013/06/17/156812/

17:22, 19 August 2016

David Sanasaryan released on bail

David Sanasaryan, a member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan from the block "Hello, Yerevan!", accused of organizing mass riots, has been released from custody on bail of 1.5 million drams, said his advocate.

15:44, 19 August 2016

Bill on punishment for female circumcision brought into State Duma

A bill, submitted today to the State Duma of Russia, envisages 5-10 years in prison for female circumcision, committed on religious grounds.

Protester in Yerevan, July 27, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

13:25, 19 August 2016

In total, six persons arrested for beating Armenian journalists

The court has pronounced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest against two other persons accused of abuse of power and obstruction of journalists' activities during a protest action in Yerevan. This has been reported today by the Special Investigating Service of Armenia.

Natalya Sinishin (left). Photo: http://minval.az/news/85325

12:17, 19 August 2016

On thirteenth day of Olympic Games, athletes from Caucasus win four medals

On August 18, natives of Northern and Southern Caucasus won four medals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Of the above four medals, three were won by athletes of the national team of Azerbaijan, and one by an athlete of the national team of Russia.

Gavel. Photo: http://pravdaurfo.ru/news/advokaty-nastaivayut-na-nevinovnosti-uralskoy-bankirshi-pospelovoy

10:15, 19 August 2016

Girls’ circumcision should be criminally liable, Dagestani advocates assert

The practice of mutilating procedures on girls' genitals in Dagestan is a criminal offense. This opinion was voiced by advocates interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". According to them, a procedure of female circumcision can be qualified as a bodily injury.

Federica Mogherini. Photo: http://www.sigmalive.com/en/news/international/136180/mogherini-urges-calm-as-israelpalestine-tension-rises

09:13, 19 August 2016

European politicians condemn arrests of activists in Azerbaijan

The concern over the arrests of Natiq Jafarli, a co-founder of the Azerbaijani "ReAl" Party, and other activists has been expressed by Federica Mogherini, the current High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Alan Duncan, Minister of State at the Foreign Office, responsible for Europe and the Americas.

Relatives of the men killed on October 13, 2005, Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, October 2012. Photo by Anna Arsenieva for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

05:20, 19 August 2016

Relatives of men killed in attack on Nalchik appeal against refusal to disclose places of their burial

More than a dozen complaints of relatives of the men accused in the attack on Nalchik in 2005, who demand to disclose the places of burial of the killed men, were filed to the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia, the "Kommersant" reports today.

Pensioners Klara and Valentin Donchi-oll. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

04:36, 19 August 2016

Sochi: two pensioners' fight against tree felling ended in criminal case against them

A retired couple has been charged with illegal felling of trees. The pensioners themselves fought for the preservation of trees in Sochi. According to them, they were revenged for their fight.

00:24, 19 August 2016

Two PFPA activists detained in Azerbaijan

Members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) have reported the detention of its two activists Fuad Akhmedli and Gadim Bekirov. Till present, the reasons for their detention have not been reported.

22:45, 18 August 2016

IS claims responsibility for attacking policemen near Moscow

The DPS (road-and-patrol service) in the Moscow Region was attacked by militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), states the terrorist organization banned by the court in Russia.

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