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Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo by Raisa Medzhidova.

03:45, 4 March 2014

Sapiyat Magomedova, lawyer from Dagestan, awarded Homo Homini Award

On March 3, in Prague, Sapiyat Magomedova, a lawyer from Dagestan, received the Prize Homo Homini (Man to Man) for 2013, awarded by the Czech human rights organization "People in Need" for special achievements in human rights activities.

00:33, 4 March 2014

Protest rally against demarcation held at Georgia-South-Ossetian border

In Georgia, in the area of the pre-border settlement of Atotsi public activists held a protest action against building of engineering facilities on the border with South Ossetia.

Participants of the rally protesting against demolition of their houses, Baku, March 3, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

20:51, 3 March 2014

Baku police stops protest against house demolition

Today, the Azerbaijani police have prevented residents of central Baku from holding a protest – they are dissatisfied with the amount of compensations offered to them for demolition of their houses.

PFPA Baku office building after explosion. Baku, March 3, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

16:15, 3 March 2014

PFPA believes that its office was blown up intentionally (+video)

The explosion in the office of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) may be an attempt to put pressure on the party because of its oppositional activities, said Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Party. According to her story, now, the PFPA can be moved out under the pretext of the emergency condition of the building.

Izberbash, Dagestan. Photo by Abu Ubaida, http://commons.wikimedia.org/

15:15, 3 March 2014

House blocked in Izberbash destroyed, people killed in it identified

The today's special operation in the city of Izberbash resulted in a complete destruction of the house, where militants were hiding, said a source from the local law enforcement bodies. According to the source, one of the organizers of the terror acts in Volgograd may be among the casualties.

Rally in support of the Ukrainian people. Krasnodar, March 2, 2014. Photo: http://admkrai.kuban.ru/

13:10, 3 March 2014

Authorities of Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories and Ingushetia start gathering humanitarian aid for Crimea residents

The Krasnodar Territory is collecting humanitarian aid for residents of the Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, said the press service of the territorial administration. The help to compatriots living in Ukraine was declared by Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachov at a rally on March 2 in Krasnodar.

Law enforcement officer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/

10:00, 3 March 2014

Chechnya resumes investigation of kidnappings of locals in 1995 and 2002

At the request of the local Prosecutor's Office, the investigating authorities of Chechnya have resumed the criminal case on the kidnapping in 1995 of a resident of the Shatoy District. Also, the Office has initiated a criminal inquiry into the kidnapping in January 2002 of another local resident – from the city of Gudermes.

‘Matveev-Kurgan’ checkpoint at Rostov Region-Ukraine border. Photo: http://customsonline.ru

09:48, 3 March 2014

Rostov Region districts bordering on Ukraine put under high alert regime

All the operative and rescue services in the districts of the Rostov Region, bordering on Ukraine, were put under the high alert mode since March 2.

03:15, 3 March 2014

In the period from February 24 to March 2, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed one life

During the week of February 24 to March 2, 2014, at least one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information about wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

02:16, 3 March 2014

Armenian activists oppose building cafe in Garni Temple

About 50 people staged a protest against the construction of a cafe in the territory of the ancient Armenian pagan temple of Garni, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

01:17, 3 March 2014

Nature-protection measures taken in Vladikavkaz are insufficient, say picketers against "Electrozink"

On March 2, Vladikavkaz hosted a picket against the activity of the metallurgical enterprise – the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Electrozink", which was attended by 12 people. They came out with posters reading: "We are against inhumane 300-meter sanitary zone of 'Electrozink'!" and "Save us and future generations of Ossetia!"

Igor Vasiliev, assistant of Sergey Obukhov, an MP of the Russian State Duma (to the right), takes a petition signed by the sitizens who gathered at the meeting, to hand it over to the State Duma. Sochi, March 2, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:21, 2 March 2014

Rally in Sochi Micro-District Makarenko held as meeting with assistants of State Duma MP (video)

A rally scheduled for March 2 of Makarenko Micro-District residents was held as a meeting with Igor Vasiliev and Yuri Dzaganiya, assistant of Sergey Obukhov, an MP of the Russian State Duma. It was attended by more than fifty activists, who represented ten apartment buildings of the micro-district and who signed complaints against the idleness of local authorities and inaction of the builders, who left the area in uninhabitable condition.

19:24, 2 March 2014

Krasnodar hosts rally in support of Crimea and resolution of Russian authorities

According to various estimates, the march and subsequent rally held in Krasnodar in support of the Crimea, brought together from 10 to 12 thousand people – activists of political organizations, Cossacks and budget-paid employees. The action was organized by the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) party and the "Kuban Orthodox Union".

15:29, 2 March 2014

US State Department: conflict in North Caucasus led to numerous human rights violations

The US Department of State has criticized, in its annual report on the global situation with human rights, the Russian government for restricting the fundamental human rights and freedoms, with particular emphasis on the situation in North Caucasus.

13:56, 2 March 2014

South Ossetia raises money to help Ukrainian "Berkut" fighters

An initiative group of citizens of South Ossetia intends to open a bank account for accumulating funds for financial support of the fighters of the disbanded Ukrainian special detachment "Berkut", Anatoly Tadtaev, the head of the initiative group, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

12:37, 2 March 2014

Karelian UFSIN refutes Chechen's report about beatings in colony

The information about beatings in a colony located in Karelia spread by Lom-Ali Gelogaev, a native of Chechnya, via his advocate is untrue, Vitaly Fefelov, the head of the press service of the UFSIN (Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service) of the Republic of Karelia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on March 1.

Dokku Umarov. Screenshot of a video message at Youtube

22:18, 1 March 2014

Moratorium on killing civilians by militants in Northern Caucasus is not observed, experts say

Attacks on civilians are not a new tactics used by the North-Caucasian underground, but such attacks are outside the ideology of jihad, said Alexei Malashenko, a senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

Yerevan, December 10, 2013. Participants of a protest rally dedicated to The International Human Rights Day. Photo: © PanARMENIAN Photo / Karo Sakhanyan

21:58, 1 March 2014

Rally in memory of victims of March 1, 2008, in Yerevan, gathered over 10,000 (+video)

The oppositional rally dated to the clashes of demonstrators with the police on March 1, 2008, and held in Yerevan in Freedom Square attracted more than 10,000 people. The Armenian National Congress (ANC), which organized the rally, said that civil initiatives and employees of the "Nairit", "Grand Candy" and a number of other major companies had joined them.

20:14, 1 March 2014

Rights defenders' programme on harmonization of interethnic relations is over in North Ossetia

The joint programme of the HRC "Memorial" and the "Civil Assistance" Committee entitled "Harmonization of Interethnic Relations through Promoting Minor Businesses" was finalized in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia with a workshop for educators, a roundtable in the employment centre and graduation of trainees in the "Kurtata" Business Centre.

The police breaks up a youth rally in connection with the death of a Karabakh War veteran Zaur Gasanov. Baku, December 29, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:22, 1 March 2014

US State Department is critical in its annual report on human rights situation in Azerbaijan

In the 2013 annual report on the human rights situation in the world, the US Department of State has criticized the Azerbaijani government for restricting the fundamental human rights and freedoms. Oppositionists and civil society activists have welcomed the report, while the official Baku has rejected the criticism.

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