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10:57, 5 October 2013

Koba Djabua: Yusup Lakaev recovers from wound got in Batumi

Yusup Lakaev, a native of Chechnya, has recovered from wound got in a fire fight in Batumi, and he intends to ask for political asylum in Georgia. This was reported by advocate Koba Djabua.

Hunger-strikers Olga Yeschenko (left) and Nadezhda Kireeva. Volgograd, September 25, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

00:15, 5 October 2013

Volgograd: parents stop their hunger strike

In Volgograd, parents with many children have decided to stop their hunger strike, Nikolai Shamaev, one of the protesters, has reported. On October 4, Nadezhda Kireeva, one of the hunger-strikers, was hospitalized with a heart attack.

19:14, 4 October 2013

Yerevan: about 60 people take part in rally in support of Tigran Arakelyan

In Yerevan today, about sixty people have rallied in support of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) Party, who is serving his six-year prison term on charges of disorderly conduct and resistance to authority in a conflict on August 9, 2011.

The international checkpoint "Bachevsk" in the Sumy Region. Photo by the Eastern Regional Department of Ukrainian State Border Service, http://dpsu.gov.ua/

18:17, 4 October 2013

Man who blew himself up on Russian border was a KBR resident, says Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office

The alleged infringer of the border with Russia, who committed suicide bombing and wounded two border guards, was a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), said the Prosecutor's Office of the Sumy Region of Ukraine.

17:07, 4 October 2013

Mukomolov: list of disappearances in Northern Caucasus has 7570 names

Currently, the North-Caucasian list of missing persons has 7570 names. The data on 4050 of them has been collected, said Alexander Mukomolov, a member of the Human Rights Commission and the chairman of the General Lebed Peacemaking Mission in the course of the roundtable held in Pyatigorsk.

15:04, 4 October 2013

KChR police confiscate Koran translations, although court decision has not come into force, lawyer says

As reported on October 3 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), copies of the book with the translation of the sense of the Koran, which was found to be extremist by the Novorossiysk court, were confiscated by the police from two outlets in the marketplace of the city of Cherkessk.

A hunger-striking parent of many children Elena Samoshina. Volgograd, September 26, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

15:03, 4 October 2013

Volgograd: hunger-striking parents demand solving problems of all of them

The parents of large families are on their 12th day of the hunger strike that they hold in the premises of the former Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). The protesters claim that they will stop the action only when the regional authorities meet all of them.

13:04, 4 October 2013

In Sochi, Mardiros Demerchyan and his advocate deny denunciation charge

The accusation that builder Mardiros Demerchyan has made a false denunciation of staff members of the police station of Blinovo, a district of Sochi, who allegedly beat him, is not true. This was stated by the defendant and his advocate.

Bakhtiyar Gadzhiev. Photo: Azadliq Radiosu (RFE/RL)

12:13, 4 October 2013

Azerbaijani experts: election outcome is predefined, which makes other candidates passive

The presidential election campaign in Azerbaijan goes in an atmosphere of predefined results, local observers assert. Except for the candidate-in-power, all other candidates possess extremely limited resources.

11:35, 4 October 2013

FSB stops international arms trafficking from Georgia to North Ossetia

In North Ossetia, the international channel of trafficking in firearms and ammunition from Georgia to the Russian territory has been suppressed. A criminal case was instituted on that fact. This was reported by the FSB.

Moscow historical mosque. Photo: Yernei, http://ru.wikipedia.org/

11:29, 4 October 2013

In Moscow, suspected recruiter into banned Islamist organization detained

A member of the international organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" recognized in Russia as an extremist organization, was detained in Moscow. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainee recruited new members among the believers who attend one of the mosques.

Sunzha District of Ingushetia. Photo: wikipedia.org.

10:33, 4 October 2013

ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 73,000 euros to family of Beslan Arapkhanov, killed resident of Ingushetia

Russia shall pay 68,000 euros as compensation for damage and 5000 euros for judicial expenses to the family of Beslan Arapkhanov, a resident of Ingushetia, killed by law enforcers on July 20, 2004. Such a decision was pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on October 3.

Lawyer Igor Trunov. Photo: http://grani.ru/

07:57, 4 October 2013

Igor Trunov: compensation for damage by militants' relatives admits abusive schemes

The provisions of the bill that assumes compensation for damage caused by terrorists by their relatives can create schemes of abuse, since the bill provides for the "presumption of guilt", experts assert.

21:23, 3 October 2013

HRW urges IOC to pay attention to detentions of migrants in Sochi

The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pay attention to illegal detentions of migrant workers in Sochi.

20:04, 3 October 2013

Chechnya's Prosecutor's Office takes control over inquiry into disappearance of a girl in hijab

The investigation into the disappearance in December 2012 inGrozny of a 23-year-old local resident was conducted with serious violations. This was concluded by the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya after a respective check. Further inquiry will be carried out under the supervision of the Office, said a source from there.

The Shatoy District of Chechnya. Photo: http://chechen.izbirkom.ru/

16:09, 3 October 2013

ECtHR orders Russia to pay over than 1.1 million euros to residents of Chechnya-victims of artillery attack

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russia to pay 1.165 million euros to residents of Chechnya, figuring in the case "Abdulkhanov et al versus Russia", says the decision of the Court.

15:25, 3 October 2013

Woman from Izberbash states that policeman used force against her and questioned without summon

Zarema Magomedova, a resident of Izberbash town in Dagestan, has appealed to rights defenders with a complaint about the actions of the city policemen, who, according to her story, forced her into the police for interrogation without a summon.

14:03, 3 October 2013

AI: Olympic Torch Relay will shed light on human rights violations in Russia

The international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) is launching a worldwide campaign of highlight the situation with human rights violations in Russia. Actions and protests around the world will start on October 7 – the day of arrival of the Olympic Flame to Moscow, the AI has reported.

11:43, 3 October 2013

Chechnya drops minimum subsistence level by 100-150 roubles for all categories

The new minimum subsistence level for residents of Chechnya, set by the Government of Chechnya on October 2, has been reduced in average by 100-150 roubles for all categories of the population. This was reported by a representative of the Ministry of Labour of Chechnya.

A poster saying that parents of many children go on hunger strike. Volgograd, September 26, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

06:12, 3 October 2013

In Volgograd, six parents of many children continue hunger strike

In Volgograd, four parents of many children and two pensioners who joined in the protest action are on the tenth day of the hunger strike. The Governor of the Volgograd Region has promised that he personally or his deputies will meet each hunger-striker.

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