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01:54, 4 July 2014

Azerbaijan and Georgia support OSCE PA's declaration on Ukraine's territorial integrity

The delegations of Azerbaijan and Georgia have supported the declaration of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA), which states the necessity to respect the principles of inviolability of state borders and supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

23:58, 3 July 2014

Azerbaijani journalist Mirkadirov not allowed attending his father's commemoration

In Azerbaijan, investigators have not allowed the journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, who is under arrest on charges of high treason, to take part in the commemoration ceremony on the 40th day after his father's death. The General Prosecutor's Office explained the refusal by a late advocates' appeal to investigators on the matter, the Mirkadirov's defence has reported.

Activists of the movement "I'm President's Assistant". Makhachkala, July 3, 2014. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/

23:08, 3 July 2014

Movement "I'm President's Assistant": 23 activists were detained in Makhachkala; now all of them are at large

In the capital of Dagestan, 23 activists of the movement "I'm President's Assistant" were detained; four of them were hospitalized from the police station with traumas. At the moment, all the detainees are at large, said the movement.

21:16, 3 July 2014

ECtHR upholds two complaints of Chechens from Kurgan Region

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has satisfied the complaints "Amadaev vs. Russia" and "Antaev et al. vs. Russia", where the applicants are the Chechens living in the Kurgan Region. They were awarded a total of 145,000 euros as compensation of suffered moral harm.

18:29, 3 July 2014

Azerbaijani CoA softens punishment to activist Elsever Mursalli

The Sumgait Court of Appeal (CoA) in Azerbaijan has commuted the punishment to the young activist Elsever Mursalli by reducing his prison term from five to two years. This decision followed the statement disseminated by the activist that he had quitted the "Nida" youth movement and would support the course of President Ilham Aliev.

Corrective Colony. Photo: Gennady Anosov / Yugopolis

16:02, 3 July 2014

ICRF: prisoner in Adygea was killed before the eyes of prison staff

The inmate of Corrective Colony No. 1, located in the village of Tlyustenkhabl in the Republic of Adygea, died from beatings. A group of other inmates is suspected of inflicting his fatal injuries.

14:48, 3 July 2014

ECtHR: Russia partially violated ECHR during deportation of Georgian citizens

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered the Georgia's complaint about the mass deportation of Georgian citizens in 2006 and found violation by Russia of several provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Law enforcers at the place of the killing of the accused of 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

14:32, 3 July 2014

Killer of Chechen policeman was sent by Dagestani militants, law enforcers assert

As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, the killer of the policeman in Grozny, who was searched by power agents, was shot dead while rendering armed resistance in the Staropromyslovsky District of the Chechen capital; nobody was hurt from among law enforcers.

Gigi Ugulava. Photo: NEWSGEORGIA, Alexander Imedashvili

12:16, 3 July 2014

Advocate states violations of Gigi Ugulava's rights at and after detention in Tbilisi

Gigi Ugulava, the former Mayor of Tbilisi, detained on Thursday at the airport of the Georgian capital, is questioned at the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said his advocate Georgy Gelkhauri. According to the lawyer, the detention of his client was accompanied by numerous violations.

At the place of the murder of Rizvan Aliev. Makhachkala, July 3, 2014. Photo nac.gov.ru

10:09, 3 July 2014

NAC: assassinated Rizvan Aliev was involved in blowing up Makhachkala DPS post in May 2012

Rizvan Aliev, who was killed last night in Makhachkala, was involved in the commission of several major terror acts, including the blowing up the road-and-post service (DPS) post in May 2012, says the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

A protest action against price hike on electricity. Yerevan, June 23, 2014. Photo: Narek Ateksanyan, http://hetq.am/

05:14, 3 July 2014

Armenian policemen suspected of abuse of power at June 23 action

Investigating authorities of Armenia suspect a number of policemen of abuse of office during a protest action in Yerevan, the press centre of the Special Investigative Service of the Republic has informed.

Khasavyurt city, Dagestan. Photo: the official site of the city, http://xacavurt.ru/iphoto/hasavurt/#iPhotoMainPhoto

03:19, 3 July 2014

Accused killer of Khasavyurt District head sentenced to 15 years in prison

A court in Moscow has found Khabib Umakhanov guilty of killing Alimsoltan Alkhamatov, the head of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, and sentenced him to 15 years in a high security colony, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: the official site of the Republic of Ingushetia, http://ingushetia.ru/

19:26, 2 July 2014

Evkurov updates to "Caucasian Knot" information of "Kommersant" on militants' adaptation

Eight persons who passed through the commission for militants' adaptation received real prison terms; the remaining 59 were employed the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov told the "Caucasian Knot" in his clarification of the information published by the newspaper "Kommersant".

Institute of qualification improvement of pedagogical staff. Graduates and their parents waiting for their turn to consider appeals for chemistry and social studies. Makhachkala, June 29, 2014. Photo by Natalya Kraynova for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:47, 2 July 2014

Dagestan: 300 teachers held accountable for poor USE results

As reported by the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office, six employees of the Department of Education, 24 secondary school directors and more than 300 teachers of the Magaramkent District have been brought to the disciplinary responsibility for pupils' poor results at the Unified State Exams (USE) in the region of Dagestan ski involved, said.

A staff member of the GIBDD (road police), KBR. Photo http://gibdd.ru/

14:17, 2 July 2014

ID of the ICRF for KBR suspects three DPS inspectors of beating driver

The Investigating Department (ID) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) conducts the investigation into the criminal case instituted against three staff members of the GIBDD (road police) of the KBR.

Isabel Santos, Chair of the Committee of OSCE PA on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. Baku, June 28, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:02, 2 July 2014

In Baku, OSCE PA adopts declaration in support for territorial integrity of Ukraine

At the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA), held in Baku, a resolution was adopted saying about the need to observe the principles of inviolability of state borders and expressing support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Riziuan Kamgotov with his son Aydamir. June 2014. Photo from the archive of Fatima Kumykova

11:33, 2 July 2014

KBR resident states fabrication of case against him

Riziuan Kamgotov, a resident of the village of Lechinkay, Chegem District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has stated that he had been tortured by law enforcers. According to his story, a criminal case on possession of narcotic drugs and explosives was fabricated against him.

06:40, 2 July 2014

Yerevan court starts considering eviction of Emma Tunyan family, whose rights violation was recognized by ECtHR

After the July 2 decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the First Instance Court of Yerevan starts reconsidering the case of the family of Emma Tunyan, who was evicted from her house back in 2003. This is reported by the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC).

Tatiana Kapustina, a wheelchair Category I invalid, could not get to the appointment at the Mayoralty, because her car was not let into the yard, equipped for disabled people. Sochi, July 1, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:31, 2 July 2014

Sochi resident complains about absence of invalids' access to Mayoralty officials

Tatiana Kapustina, a wheelchair Category I invalid from Sochi, has stated that she could not get to the appointment at the Mayoralty, because her car was not let into the yard, equipped for disabled people. The police patrol, which prevented her entry, said that she had no necessary document.

02:41, 2 July 2014

In Baku, defence of Omar Mamedov, Facebook user, states political motives of his persecution

In Azerbaijan, at the court deliberations, the defence of Omar Mamedov, a member of the "Civil Solidarity Party" and a Facebook activist, accused of illegal drug dealing, stated the political motives of the criminal prosecution of the defendant. His lawyer Alaif Gasanov said that there is no evidence of Mamedov's guilt in the case files.

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