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Street in the abandoned cottage village in Sochi designed for Olympic settlers. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

02:53, 3 April 2015

Sochi residents send results of inspection of empty village for Olympic settlers to President

In Sochi, members of the public commission have detected a fact of looting of the cottage village of "Veseloe-Psou" designed for Olympic settlers. There are a large number of empty houses in Sochi, while 30,000 people are put on the waiting list for social housing, the public commission members have noted as detected in the course of the commission's activities.

Andzor Akhokhov talking to law enforcer durign the action against the Sochi Olympic Games. Screenshot from video "NO SOCHI. Cherkessia. Kabarda. 07.02.14" posted on YouTube by Cherkes Cherkesia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVpnRFrurc&feature=youtu.be

02:41, 3 April 2015

In Kabardino-Balkaria, Andzor Akhokhov detained for three hours

In the evening of April 2, the police detained and released after about three hours Andzor Akhokhov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who organized an action against the 2014 Olympic Games. The activist has become a defendant in a new criminal case.

23:39, 2 April 2015

Court in Krasnodar cancels verdict to Demerchyan and returns case to prosecutor

Today, the Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the appeal complaint lodged by the builder Mardiros Demerchyan against his conviction and returned the case to the Sochi Prosecutor's Office.

21:03, 2 April 2015

Explosion occurs in car park in Nalchik

Today, an explosion device has gone off in Guliev Street in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR); there is no information about victims.

Highlanders leaving their aul (village) (Pyotr Gruzinsky). Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky (1837-1892). Фото https://ru.wikipedia.org/

18:49, 2 April 2015

Examination finds no extremism in memory ribbons on anniversary of Caucasian War

Circassian activists have back their memory ribbons dated to the 150th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War: the examination has found no extremism in them.

17:44, 2 April 2015

Defence of native of Chechnya states he was tortured by power agents in Cherkessk

Adlan Bitsoev, a native of Chechnya, who was detained along with four other persons on charges of drug dealing, was taken out by power agents from Moscow to Cherkessk and subjected to torture their, his defenders assert.

16:50, 2 April 2015

ECtHR upholds complaint of Helsinki Committee of Armenia about ban of march in Yerevan

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that the Yerevan Mayoralty violated two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), when prohibited the Helsinki Committee of Armenia to hold a march in the city centre in memory of the death of a man in a police station.

15:11, 2 April 2015

CE Commissioner appeals to ECtHR concerning cases of Mamedli and Jafarov

On April 1, the Office of the Council of Europe (CE) Commissioner for Human Rights issued a text of the appeal prepared by Nils Muižnieks to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning the cases of Anar Mamedli and Rasul Jafarov. In his appeal, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights expresses his concern over the prosecution of the activists.

Zaur Dadaev. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.

12:48, 2 April 2015

Defendants in case of Boris Nemtsov's murder plead not guilty at MCC

While the Moscow City Court (MCC) was considering the appeals filed by advocates of five defendants in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, the very defendants and their advocates made statements of non-involvement in the crime.

Law enforcement officer during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/04/02/v-khasavyurte-neitralizovan-glavar-kizlyarskoi-bandgruppy.html

09:45, 2 April 2015

CTO regime introduced in two mountainous districts of Dagestan

This morning, regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced in the Untsukul and Gergebil Districts of Dagestan by the decision of the operational headquarters of the republic.

View of the Moscow river and the Kremlin from the place where Boris Nemtsov was killed. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

08:40, 2 April 2015

Investigators re-examine bottom of Moscow River to find pistol of Boris Nemtsov's killer

The bed of the Moscow River is being examined by divers in search of the pistol, from which Boris Nemtsov was killed. Pistols that have been found in the water earlier appeared to be irrelevant to the case.

Tsarnaev and his advocated in the court room. Photo: http://www.svoboda.org/content/tsarnaev-trial/26884827.html

05:02, 2 April 2015

In Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case, court completes questioning defence witnesses

The defence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of organizing the terror act during the marathon in Boston in 2013, has completed the presentation of its pieces of evidence. On March 31, the court questioned as witnesses Mark Spencer, an independent expert, and Elaina Graff, an FBI agent.

04:08, 2 April 2015

Karabakh soldier who went over to Azerbaijan sends letter to his family members through ICRC

On March 30, members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Karabakh soldier Andranik Grigoryan in Azerbaijan and handed his letter over to his family members. In this letter, the soldier has declared his intention to return to his homeland.

22:04, 1 April 2015

Participants of "Caucasian Forum" state aggravation of NGO status in the region

Residents of Northern Caucasus are deprived of basic constitutional rights; while the authorities are seeking to impose control over human rights organizations, said the board member of the "Caucasian Forum", who met in Grozny on March 31.

20:13, 1 April 2015

HRW condemns non-admission of Georgy Gogiya to Azerbaijan

The international organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) has condemned the refusal of the authorities of Azerbaijan to let the rights defender Georgy Gogiya to the country. This is the first case of refusal to let a HRW's representative to Azerbaijan, the organization has emphasized.

16:34, 1 April 2015

Dadaev rejects his earlier confession of killing Nemtsov

Today, at the Moscow City Court (MCC) Zaur Dadaev has refuted his earlier testimony and declared his innocence in the murder of a Russian politician Boris Nemtsov.

14:27, 1 April 2015

Man suspected of wounding "Pre-Parliament" member in Gyumri surrenders to police

Today, in Armenia, Rudik Khachatryan, suspected of stabbing Grachya Mirzoyan, a member of the public initiative "Pre-Parliament", has come to the police to make a confession. This was reported by the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia.

Prisoners. Photo provided by the Committee "Civil Assistance" and ECOURS CATHOLIQUE - CARITAS FRANCE supported by the European Commission

14:25, 1 April 2015

ECtHR receives 11 rights defenders' complaints about violations of Chechens' and Ingushes' rights in Russian prisons

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is to consider 11 complaints from Chechen and Ingush natives, who are serving their sentences in Russian prisons. The violations of the prisoners' rights were reported by the Committee "Civil Assistance".

Zaur Dadaev being taken through the hallway of the Moscow’s Basmanny District Court, March 8, 2015. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.

13:42, 1 April 2015

Advocate of Zaur Dadaev denies his client's cooperation with investigators

Zaur Dadaev, a defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, does not cooperate with investigators. This has been stated by his advocate, who denied the report made by an investigator of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) stating that Zaur Dadaev had made a confession.

Judge hammer. Photo: https://mvd.ru/upload/site1/document_news/PSdDFn4nLI-630xx225.jpg

07:07, 1 April 2015

Dagestani journalists doubt that investigators will find customers of Akhmedilov's murder

According to Dagestani journalists, after the verdict against the persons who committed the murder of journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov has been announced, the main challenge is to reveal the persons who ordered the crime.

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