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Tbilisi City Court. Photo by Alexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA

06:07, 6 July 2014

Tbilisi Court fines eight detained participants of protest action in front of City Court

On July 5, in Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court pronounced the decision to impose an administrative penalty in the form of a fine of 100 laris (about 59 US dollars) on each of the eight protestors detained near the courthouse. The detainees attended the protest action held after the arrest of Gigi Ugulava, former Mayor of Tbilisi. They were found guilty of disorderly conduct near the courthouse.

23:35, 5 July 2014

In Azerbaijan, police checks forced shaving of believer's beard

The Azerbaijani police are investigating an incident that happened in the city of Sabirabad, in the south-west of the country, where a believer was forcibly deprived of his beard. Theologians have condemned the violent form of religious dissent.

22:41, 5 July 2014

In Sochi, about 100 people gather to protest against corruption

About 100 people gathered in Sochi on Saturday for a rally against corruption in power bodies and officials' abuse of power in the sphere of land relations.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. Baku. Photo http://turan.az/

19:46, 5 July 2014

Azerbaijani SC leaves Araz Guliev, author of religious website, in custody

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by Araz Guliev, the editor-in-chief of the religious website "Xeber44.com", who was detained at believers' protest action and sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment.

18:06, 5 July 2014

"Free Zone": Tbilisi police forces activist with brain concussion out of hospital for interrogation

As reported by Gela Vasadze, the leader of the NGO "Free Zone", in Tbilisi, Lasha Rukhaya, an activist of the NGO, hospitalized with brain concussion during clashes with the police in front of the City Court on July 4, was forced out of hospital, despite his relatives' objections.

13:43, 5 July 2014

At trial in Vladikavkaz, Islam Kubachiev states self-slander under investigators' pressure

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia, which is trying Islam Kubachiev, 19, a resident of the village of Kizlyar, Mozdok District, accused of banditry and illegal circulation of firearms, ammunitions and explosives, has questioned the defendant, who refused to plead guilty and claimed that he had been forced by investigators to incriminate himself.

11:59, 5 July 2014

Russia's SC upholds verdict to natives of Chechnya in Taimaskhanov's kidnapping case

The verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya against three local residents convicted of kidnapping in 1999 of Galas Taimaskhanov, currently the Minister of Industry and Energy of Chechnya, has been left unchanged by the Supreme Court of Russia.

Trace of a fired shell at the checkpoint "Novoshakhtinsk". Rostov Region, July 3, 2014. Photo: Federal Customs Service, http://customs.ru/

09:15, 5 July 2014

Border checkpoints "Gukovo" and "Donetsk" in Rostov Region resume work

The border crossing points "Gukovo" and "Donetsk" have resumed normal operation, said Vasily Malaev, the spokesman for the Border Guard Department of the FSB for the Rostov Region.

08:38, 5 July 2014

Experts diverge in assessing Kadyrov's order to talk to relatives of alleged killer of Grozny policeman

The order given by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to his law enforcement bodies to hold a talk with the relatives of the alleged killers of policeman in Grozny is in fact a hint to a possibility of applying violence to the relatives, said the human rights activist Lev Levinson.

Participants of the action of "United National Movement". Tbilisi, March 27, 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

07:52, 5 July 2014

Georgian Opposition: CEC violated the law at appointing date of second round of municipal elections

The Georgian oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) and "Democratic Movement – United Georgia" Parties have stated that by scheduling the second round of municipal elections for July 12, the Central Election Commission (CEC) violated the Electoral Code.

Nina Dubovaya, who was dismissed the claim of the Mayoralty asking to recognize the construction of the building illegal and demolish the unfinished. structure built near her land plot. Sochi, July 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:16, 5 July 2014

Court rejects Sochi Mayoralty's lawsuit on demolition of apartment block built next to land plot of pensioner Dubovaya

The court in Sochi has dismissed the claim of the Mayoralty asking to recognize the construction of the building illegal and demolish the unfinished structure built near the land plot of pensioner Nina Dubovaya.

Believers near the mosque an-Nadiriya in a Kotrova street. Screenshot of a video at YouTube by user Abu Khadzhadzh

22:20, 4 July 2014

Some mosque detainees were released in Dagestan

In Dagestan, locals have reported that the parishioners detained in various mosques were released. In his turn, a source from the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said that they had detained people without documents to establish their identity.

21:14, 4 July 2014

Azerbaijan: defence to challenge conviction of CSP activist Omar Mamedov

The defence plans to appeal against the verdict passed to Omar Mamedov, a member of the "Civil Solidarity Party" (CSP) and the "Nida" movement, and a Facebook activist, sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment on charges of drug dealing. His advocates believe that the verdict was politically motivated.

20:38, 4 July 2014

Azerbaijani prosecutor demands 7 years in prison for head of educational centre "Intellectual Citizen"

The Nizami District Court of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja (Gandzha) has finished the judicial inquiry into the case opened against Gasan Guseinli, the head of the NGO "Intellectual Citizen" Educational Centre, who is accused of hooliganism.

CPRF representatives at the action "June 12 is a day of the unfulfilled hopes". Volgograd, June 12, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:15, 4 July 2014

Pechyonova: Communists have no time to nominate candidate for governor of Volgograd Region

Communists will not nominate their candidate for the governor of the Volgograd Region at the upcoming election instead of Nikolai Parshin, suspected of a fraud, because they have no time to submit the required documents.

16:37, 4 July 2014

Villagers of Maidanskoe and Balakhani in Dagestan report mass checks and detentions

Starting July 1, checks and mopping-up of the wooded area are undertaken near the villages of Maidanskoe and Balakhani in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, as locals told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

View of a Nalchik city, KBR. Photo: Ansar, http://www.velonalchik.ru/

14:37, 4 July 2014

Resident of Nalchik reports beating a child at school and demands to bring those guilty to justice

A resident of the settlement of Kenzhe from Nalchik has stated that her son was beaten up at school. The statement that she sent to investigating authorities and rights defenders says that the school directress was the child abuser, and asks to bring her to justice.

08:48, 4 July 2014

Dagestani resident disappeared after detention by police in Azerbaijan, said his wife

Elbrus Karibov, a native of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, was detained at the Baku airport on June 21, and still his whereabouts are unknown, said his wife Amina Tkhakakhova. The MIAs of Azerbaijan and Dagestan did not confirm the detention of Elbrus Karibov.

Law enforcers at the place of the killing of the accused of the murder of the policeman. Grozny, July 3, 2014. Screenshot of a video of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya

08:48, 4 July 2014

Supposed killer of policeman identified in Chechnya, MIA reports

The man killed on July 3 in Grozny, who is considered by power agent as the murderer of the policeman on June 22, was identified as Khusein Dakhtaev, a resident of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, who was wanted for participation in illegal armed formations (IAFs), law enforcement bodies of the republic report.

03:43, 4 July 2014

Dagestan: consideration of complaint against verdict to Zarema Bagavutdinova scheduled for July 9

On July 9, the Supreme Court of Dagestan plans to consider the appeal complaint against the verdict passed to Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the DRPO "Pravozaschita", who was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of promoting the terrorist activities, said her advocate.

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