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Alexander Cherkasov, the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the HRC "Memorial", the leader of the programme "Hot Spots", at the presentation of the bulletin "Three years of 'stability'". Moscow, February 6, 2014. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:52, 9 February 2014

"Memorial" presents bulletin on situation in Northern Caucasus for three years

The Moscow-based office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has hosted a presentation of the bulletin "Three years of 'stability'"," telling about the situation in Northern Caucasus during the period from autumn 2009 to autumn 2012.

21:55, 9 February 2014

Russian figure skaters win gold medal in the team Olympic event

The Russian Olympic team secured its gold medal well before the end of the competition in team figure skating. Earlier, on February 8 – the first day of the team event, the Russian figure skating team came took the first place almost from the very beginning.

20:42, 9 February 2014

Russia biathlete Olga Vilukhina wins silver at the Olympics

On Sunday, the Russian biathlete Olga Vilukhina won the silver medal in the sprint race at the Olympic Games in Sochi.

19:44, 9 February 2014

Skater Olga Graf wins first Russian Olympic medal in Sochi

Olga Graf has won a bronze medal in the 3000-meter skating race, bringing the first medal for the Russian national team at the Olympic Games in Sochi.

Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", after discharge. Krasnodar, February 9, 2014. Photo by Natalya Porokhnia for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:02, 9 February 2014

Igor Kharchenko back at large in Krasnodar

Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who had been arrested for five days in Krasnodar, was released on Sunday.

Abubekir Murzakan, the leader of the movement "Adyge Khekuzh-Circassia", at the action against the Sochi Olympics. Nalchik, February 7, 2014. Photo from the page of the Circassian group "Adyge Kheku" at Facebook

17:11, 9 February 2014

Murzakan: Nalchik protesters against Olympics complain of beating by police

Abubekir Murzakan, the leader of the movement "Adyge Khekuzh-Circassia" and a participant of the action against the Sochi Olympics held on February 7 in Nalchik, said that three activists detained after the action may have been beaten at OVD (Interior Division) No. 1.

Women in hijabs. Photo: http://islamdag.ru/

12:46, 9 February 2014

Dagestan launches Internet portal on women's problems

The Dagestani public organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" has launched a portal "Daptar.ru" and positions it as the first online resource dedicated to problems of Dagestani women.

21:36, 8 February 2014

IRFS: CoE should condemn amendments to Azerbaijani NGO legislation

The adoption by the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev of amendments to the legislation on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is another repressive step against the country's civil society, says the statement of the Azerbaijani Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS).

Russian team during the Parade of Nations at the Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony, Sochi, February 7, 2014, Photo by Alexei Kudenko, RIA Novosti

19:25, 8 February 2014

Activists of Circassian organizations are outraged with opening ceremony of the Olympics

The historical items presented at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games have demonstrated that the Caucasophobia and Circassiaphobia are raised to the level of real Russia's politics, said Asker Sokht, the head of the public organization "Adyge Khase" of the Krasnodar Territory.

17:00, 8 February 2014

Arthur Aidinov who died in Cherkessk SIZO was tortured, his advocate asserts

Arthur Aidinov, who had been sentenced by the court to a two-month arrest, died in SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 2 of the city of Cherkessk under unclear circumstances. After detention, Aidinov was tortured at the police station, his relatives and advocate claim.

Banner of "Front Line Defenders" campaign in support of persecuted human rights defenders, photo taken from FLD website, http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/

16:10, 8 February 2014

FLD times its campaign in support of persecuted rights defenders to Sochi Olympics

The international organization "Front Line Defenders" (FLD) launched its campaign in order to attract the world's attention to the problem of persecuted human rights defenders on the same day with the start of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

The "Adyg's House" Pavilion in the Olympic Park in Sochi, February 7, 2014. Photo: NatPress news agency, http://www.natpress.net/

15:32, 8 February 2014

"Adyg's House" opened in Sochi Olympic Park

The "Adyg's House" opened in the Olympic Park of Sochi will demonstrate – for the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games – the Circassian culture, said Mukhamed Khafitse, Vice-President of the International Circassian Association (ICA).

14:04, 8 February 2014

Guests of Sochi Olympics note good coordination of the police

During the Olympics, Sochi is guarded by tens of thousands of policemen recruited from many regions of Russia; however, the security measures have not yet led to queues at inspection points, said the guests of the city interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

10:49, 8 February 2014

Five persons killed, one detained in special operation in Makhachkala

Five members of the "Buynaksk" militant grouping were killed during the today's special operation in Makhachkala, another one surrendered, said a source from the Dagestani MIA.

10:14, 8 February 2014

In Volgograd, four women-hunger-strikers needed urgent medical care

After the meeting with Volgograd city officials, four women, who take part in the hunger strike, needed medical help. Ambulances were called to Nadezhda Timoshenko and Tatiana Roschina after the February 7 meeting with the officials.

07:41, 8 February 2014

In 2013 Chechnya received more tourists

Last year, 35,000 tourists visited Chechnya, says the Committee on Tourism under the Republic's Government. According to the Committee, most of them come from neighbouring regions for pilgrimage to saints' tombs, and for sightseeing.

Murat Borlakov (to the right). Photo provided by his relatives.

05:53, 8 February 2014

KChR: three policemen suspected of causing Borlakov's death arrested for two months

The Cherkessk City Court has ruled to arrest the policemen of the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), suspected of intentional infliction grave bodily harm that caused the death of a detainee Murat Borlakov, for the time of the preliminary investigation, said a source from the court.

04:27, 8 February 2014

Sochi authorities offer to hold meeting of activists with officials instead of rally against "residence-based discrimination"

Deputy Sochi Mayor Victor Filonov has suggested Roman Shikarev and Vladimir Kimaev, the organizers of the rally against "discrimination of Sochi townspeople based on their residence", to hold a conversation with governmental officials, the activists have reported themselves.

Activist of the "EcoWatch" Igor Kharchenko in police car, Krasnodar, February 4, 2014. Photo provided by "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", http://ewnc.org/node/13505/

00:05, 8 February 2014

Ecologist Igor Kharchenko arrested in Krasnodar goes on hunger strike

Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who was sentenced to five days of administrative arrest, has gone on hunger strike.

Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, District Court. Photo: http://neftchiliyik.biz/

22:09, 7 February 2014

Lenkoran resident convicted for freedom of expression on Internet, rights defenders assert

Shaig Agaev, a resident of the city of Lenkoran, located in Southern Azerbaijan, was sentenced to 4 years in prison on charges of selling drugs. Azerbaijani human rights activists believe that Agaev was convicted for declaring that his daughter had been beaten at school.

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