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00:01, 28 October 2015

OSCE claims no conditions for democratic elections in Azerbaijan

In Azerbaijan, suppression of critical voices has a very negative impact on the upcoming elections. This has been announced in the statement made by Isabel Santos, Chair of the Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

Women at the Berkat market in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

23:27, 27 October 2015

Report on discrimination against women in Northern Caucasus presented at session of UN Committee

In Geneva, human rights defenders and officials from the Russian government have held the presentation of the report on implementation in Russia of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The report focuses on the situation with women's rights in Northern Caucasus.

Nikolai Karpyuk. Screenshot from the video posted by Dionysius Kernich, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACvDMAGuf5c

22:52, 27 October 2015

Advocates of Karpyuk and Klykh state violation of their clients' rights by Chechen court

A court in Chechnya has violated the rights of citizens of Ukraine Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh by allowing the public prosecutor to read out their testimonies obtained through torture, said their advocates.

18:48, 27 October 2015

CTO regime cancelled in Gimry

The restrictions introduced in the village of Gimry in connection with the counterterrorist operation (CTO), which resulted in killing Abdula Nustafaev, have been lifted.

18:30, 27 October 2015

Novokayakent Imam arrested for two months

Today, the court has chosen, in respect of Imam Isa Koitemirov from the village of Novokayakent, the measure of freedom restriction in the form of two-month custody, a source from the Kayakent District Court told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "Koitemirov is arrested until December 25," said the source.

18:25, 27 October 2015

Defence of Kislovodsk Imam Baichorov lodges complaint to ECtHR

In the course of considering his case, the rights of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, a Kislovodsk Imam, to defence, a fair trial and freedom of conscience had been violated, his advocates, who have sent a complaint today to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), believe.

Kamyshin, Volgograd Region. Photo: http://www.admkamyshin.info/index.php?do=gallery&act=1&cid=4

16:27, 27 October 2015

Resident of Kamyshin triggers grenade at detention

During detention of a resident of the Volgograd Region, suspected of abducting his three-year-old daughter, a grenade exploded and wounded a policeman and the daughter.

Activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" install three large posters with the demands put forward against the Armenian National Assembly, Yerevan, October 27, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

13:54, 27 October 2015

Movement "Arise, Armenia!" declares sitting picket in Yerevan

Activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" have started a sitting picket in front of the Armenian Parliament with the demand of a meeting with Grair Tovmasyan, Chief of the Office of the National Assembly.

Road to Gymry. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/10/27/v-dagestane-neitralizovan-chlen-gimrinskoi-bandgruppy.html

12:25, 27 October 2015

CTO legal regime cancelled in six districts of Dagestan

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been cancelled in the territories of Derbent, Kurakh, Magaramkent, Suleiman-Stalsky, Tabasaran, and Khiv Districts of Dagestan. This was reported by an official from the operational headquarters for Dagestan.

"Amtsakhara" Party conference. Photo: Tomas Tkhaitsuk, http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20151021/1016046092.html

11:24, 27 October 2015

Abkhazia: opposition calls on to abolish post of Prime Minister

On October 26, the oppositional "Amtsakhara" Party issued a statement, in which it offers, in a short time, to reform the executive power in Abkhazia. In particular, they intend to "abolish the posts of Prime Minister and Vice-Prime Ministers, and to create, with this in mind, a single mechanism of executive power," the TASS reports.

11:15, 27 October 2015

Two Azerbaijani citizens sentenced on charge of involvement in war in Syria

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes has completed the trial in the criminal case against Telman Bekirov and Mubariz Tairov, accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the territory of Syria. Each of them was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment.

Nadezhda Savchenko in the court room of the Donetsk City Court, Rostov Region. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

01:54, 27 October 2015

Diplomat's drawing causes conflict at trial in Nadezhda Savchenko case

At the Donetsk City Court, where the criminal case against Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko is being considered, a conflict has occurred because of a drawing made in a sketchbook by a staff member of the French Embassy, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Broadcasting of court hearings in the case against Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh. Photo by Murad Muradov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

23:58, 26 October 2015

HRC "Memorial" reports on inconsistencies in case against Karpyuk and Klykh

Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported that the indictment in the criminal case against members of the UNA-UNSO contains factual errors and contradictions.

23:06, 26 October 2015

Parishioners state peaceful nature of Koitemirov's sermons

Imam of Novokayakent Isa Koitemirov is not involved in the crimes incriminated to him, said the congregation of the local mosque. According to parishioners, the persecution of the Imam is explained by the need of policemen to report to their bosses of their anti-extremist work.

18:54, 26 October 2015

Imam Isa Koitemirov is in insulation facility of Kayakent ROVD

At night on October 25, Isa Koitemirov, Imam of the village of Novokayakent, was taken to the Kayakent ROVD (District Interior Division), where his detention was documented, said his advocate.

18:04, 26 October 2015

Zaur Tokhov's defence demands to cancel his conviction

After a retrial of the case of Zaur Tokhov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), his prison term was increased by two years. His defence that insists on complete Tokhov's innocence has challenged the verdict at the Supreme Court of the KBR.

Counterterrorist operation in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, October 24, 2015. Photo: nac.gov.ru

16:07, 26 October 2015

Experts fail to confirm Nustafaev's oath to IS

Abdula Nustafaev, killed in Gimry, had not sworn to "Islamic State" (IS); and his death is a blow to already weak "Imarat Kavkaz", said journalist Orhan Jemal; and Professor Mikhail Roschin believes that power agents use allegations of Nustafaev's involvement in the IS to exaggerate their achievements.

Weapons, ammunition. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

15:36, 26 October 2015

Resident of Dagestan suspected of possessing weapons

According to the police, during a search in the house of a Novokayakent villager, weapons, ammunition, drugs and extremist literature were found.

13:25, 26 October 2015

Movement "Arise, Armenia!" announces round-the-clock action near Parliament

Activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" demand a meeting with the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament in the presence of heads of parliamentary factions to discuss the country's accumulated problems.

Laying of flowers, Photo: Mumin Shakirov, http://www.svoboda.org/media/photogallery/26565003.html

11:24, 26 October 2015

Participants of action in memory of Dubrovka terror act victims release 130 white air balloons into sky

The public organization "Nord-Ost", promoting the protection of victims to the terror acts, held the event to pay tribute to the memory of the victims to the siege of Moscow Dubrovka Theatre in 2002.

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