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Participants of rally in Grozny, March 2015. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

05:22, 18 March 2016

Residents of Chechnya treat attack on Igor Kalyapin as challenge to Caucasian traditions

The Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) has demanded to carry out a thorough investigation into the attack in Grozny on Igor Kalyapin, a member of the HRC, and to punish the guilty persons. The actions of the persons who attacked Igor Kalyapin contradict the mentality and customs of the Chechen people, locals claim.

Rally participants hold portraits of arrested members of ‘Nida’ youth organization, Baku, October 25, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

02:56, 18 March 2016

Azerbaijan: pardoning fails to solve problem of political prisoners, rights defenders assert

The decree on pardoning issued by the President of Azerbaijan has not solved the problem of political prisoners in the country. Despite the release of a number of activists and journalists, 90 percent of political prisoners stay in prisons, rights defenders report.

Burned down building of Salafi mosque in Derbent. Screenshot from the video posted by the ‘Caucasian Knot’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_desp1sCY

23:53, 17 March 2016

Believers of mosque burnt in Derbent accuse fire-fighters of inaction (+video)

In Derbent, a fire at the "airport" mosque occurred on March 17, at about 2 a.m. in the morning. No one was injured. The building of the Salafi mosque in Derbent is completely burned down, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by believers of the mosque. According to them, fire-fighters ignored their requests to extinguish the fire.

Advocate Madina Alieva show documents to Akhmedov brothers, in the foreground to the right – advocate Rinat Gamidov. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

20:13, 17 March 2016

Convicts in Amirov's state being tortured

Investigators had violated defendants' rights; and the first-instance court had failed to take into account the arguments of the defence, the convicts in Said Amirov's case said in their last plea at consideration of their appeal complaint. They called on the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia to make a verdict of acquittal.

Igor Kalyapin after attack in Grozny. March16, 2016. Photo: Anton Nauumlyuk (RFE/RL)

18:22, 17 March 2016

Putin's secretary links attack on Kalyapin with attack in Ingushetia

The attack in Grozny on Igor Kalyapin is a continuation of the attack on rights defenders and journalists, committed on March 9 in Ingushetia, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President.

Rally participants hold portraits of human right defenders, activists and journalists, Baku, October 25, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

16:07, 17 March 2016

14 political prisoners pardoned in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has signed a decree to pardon 148 persons. The text of the document is posted on the website of the President of Azerbaijan.

Gas pipeline. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru

13:54, 17 March 2016

Gas pipeline in Dagestan blocked because of detected bomb

Supplying gas to 1600 consumers in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan stopped, because of an improvised explosive device (IED) found at the distribution manifold.

IS supporters hold Islamic State flag (Islamic State is a terrorist organization banned in Russia). Photo by user Chief Editor, www.flickr.com

13:37, 17 March 2016

Up to 3500 Russian citizens are fighting for militants in Syria and Iraq, MIA reports

Almost 3500 Russian citizens left for Syria and Iraq to take part in the combat actions in the ranks of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia. This was reported by Vladimir Makarov, the deputy head of the Chief Department to Combat Extremism of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Special operation in Dagestan. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/fotomaterialy.html

12:30, 17 March 2016

NAC reports on detention of IS militants in Dagestan

In the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, law enforcers detained three local residents, who were involved in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) and were plotting terror acts in Russia, reports the press centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov after he was released in the courtroom. Photo by Parvana Bairamova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

11:08, 17 March 2016

BCA releases journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov (+video)

Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has released Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov from custody. The BCA has replaced the journalist's actual sentence to imprisonment with the suspended sentence with a probation period of 5 years.

04:57, 17 March 2016

Brother of killed deputy of Tabasaran District claims being beaten by law enforcers

In Dagestan, law enforcers beat a brother of Ramis Mirzakhanov, a deputy of the Tabasaran District Assembly, who was killed in 2014. This was reported by Ruslan Mirzakhanov himself. He associates the attack on him with his efforts to bring to responsibility the persons guilty of his brother's death.

Imam of Nasyr-Kort mosque Khamzat Chumakov. Photo: RFE/RL

04:32, 17 March 2016

Political analysts associate attempt on Imam Chumakov with pressure on Salafis

The attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov may involve radical Salafis. This opinion was expressed by Alexei Malashenko, a member of the Scientific Council of the Moscow Carnegie Centre. Shortly before the attempt, Imam Chumakov "lost" the protection of the Chechen authorities, notes journalist Orkhan Djemal.

School in Mutsalaul village. Dagestan. Photo: Edik Shikhaev, http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=1208&com=photogallery

02:12, 17 March 2016

IEDs discovered near school in Dagestani village

Last night, four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been discovered in the village of Mutsalaul of the Khasavyurt District. Law enforcers have organized the neutralization of the IEDs.

Igor Kalyapin. Photo: http://www.antipytki.ru/news/7130

01:15, 17 March 2016

Igor Kalyapin leaves Chechnya after attack on him

After being attacked in Grozny, Igor Kalyapin, the leader of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture", left Chechnya for the Stavropol Territory. This was reported by the human rights defender himself.

Igor Kalyapin. Photo: http://president-sovet.ru/presscenter/multimedia/photo/image/?id=806

23:55, 16 March 2016

Experts associate attack on Kalyapin with earlier attack on journalists

The experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe that the attack on Igor Kalyapin in Grozny is a direct consequence of the impunity for the attack on rights defenders and journalists in Ingushetia.

Igor Kalyapin. Photo: Danila Galperovich (RFE/RL)

20:59, 16 March 2016

Igor Kalyapin beaten up in central Grozny

The attack on Igor Kalyapin, the head of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" (CPT) has been committed this evening near the hotel "Grozny City", said Dmitry Utukin, a CPT member.

19:52, 16 March 2016

Political analysts believe Zakriev to be Kadyrov's successor

In future, Yakub Zakriev, 26, may take the post of the head of Chechnya, said the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" on the occasion of the appointment of Zakriev, Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew, to the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic.

19:03, 16 March 2016

Author of report on jihad export offers Kremlin to strengthen counter-IS propaganda

In Russia, the "Islamic State" (IS) has its organized underground, whose members may significantly increase the level of the terror threat; therefore the country is in dire need of "clever propaganda", so that young people had no desire to join militants, asserts Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, the author of the report on the export of jihad from the Caucasus to Syria.

Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. Photo: Saeima https://ru.wikipedia.org

16:06, 16 March 2016

CoE's Commissioner acts as third party in Estemirova's case

Today, Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), has published a memo on the murder case of Natalia Estemirova, a Russian rights defender and journalist, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". On March 15, the memo was submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which considers a complaint lodged by Estemirova's sister. The CoE's Commissioner has acted at the ECtHR as a third party in the case.

Mosque in Nasyr-Kort, Nazran. Photo: http://kavpolit.com/articles/nasyr_kortskaja_mechet_ploschadka_gde_govoritsja_o-18509/

13:42, 16 March 2016

ICG issues report on export of jihad from Caucasus to Syria

The level of violence in Northern Caucasus has dropped significantly, partly due to the outflow of militants to Syria. But Russia needs to conduct an effective de-radicalization in Northern Caucasus – not to suppress moderate Salafis, and create for radicals the conditions for leaving the underground. This is stated in the report of the International Crisis Group (ICG), published today.

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