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21:01, 22 July 2013

Solo picketer sentenced to 10 days in jail in Baku

Vugar Aslanov, a member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was detained on July 21 during his silent solo picket in Baku, was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest on charges of disobeying the police.

20:41, 22 July 2013

In Sochi, prosecutor returns journalist Yarst's case for additional investigation

Sergey Plakhotnyuk, the Public Prosecutor of the Tsentralny District of Sochi has refused to approve the indictment against the journalist Nikolai Yarst, accused of drug trafficking and possession, and returned the case for further investigation, said the lawyer Marina Dubrovina.

17:53, 22 July 2013

In Moscow, citizen of Armenia suspected of major road accident refuses to testify

Grachya Arutyunyan, a native of Armenia, suspected of committing a traffic accident near Podolsk, has refused to testify, the press service of the Moscow MIA reports.

16:02, 22 July 2013

Anatoly Karibov, Deputy Premier, appointed Acting Premier of Dagestan

Anatoly Karibov, the First Deputy Prime Minister Dagestan, has been appointed to be the Acting Prime Minister after the Acting Head of the Republic Ramazan Abdulatipov dismissed the government for poor performance.

Mosque in Khasavyurt, Dagestan. Photo: Alexander Sikora, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/

16:01, 22 July 2013

Two powerful bombs found near mosque neutralized in Khasavyurt

Sappers have defused the two bombs found last night at a mosque in Khasavyurt; the power of each of them was about 40 kilograms of TNT (trotyl) equivalent, law enforcement sources report.

07:01, 22 July 2013

MoJ of South Ossetia drafts annexes to new wording of law on NPOs

Under the updated version of the law "On Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO)", the local NPOs will now have to provide information to regulatory authorities about the funding sources of their projects and programmes, says the local Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

06:29, 22 July 2013

Armenian movie "If Only Everyone" wins the main prize of the 15th Shukshin Film Festival

In the Altai Territory, the main prize of the 15th Shukshin Film Festival, held on July 18-21, was awarded to two films – the Armenian movie "If Only Everyone" by Natalya Belyauskene and "The Daughter" by Alexander Kasatkin and Natalya Nazarova.

01:57, 22 July 2013

Father of Alla Kurbanova, detained in Dagestan on suspicion of possessing shahid belt declares innocence of his daughter

Alla Kurbanova was detained by Dagestani law enforcers in Makhachkala on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, including the so-called "shahid belt". Her father asserts that his daughter is innocent.

The village of Sabnava, Derbent District of Dagestan. Photo: Halifetdin Shihmahmudov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/

01:34, 22 July 2013

Sabnava villagers from Derbent District complain about violations in payment of compensations to flood victims

The managers of the village of Sabnava, Derbent District of Dagestan, have incorrectly compiled the list of victims of the flood in October 2012, while the payment of compensations is accompanied by violations, local residents assert.

23:05, 21 July 2013

Georgian presidential candidate detained in Batumi at protest against UNM's primaries

A presidential candidate Merab Gorgadze was detained in Batumi, for disorderly conduct at a protest rally against the primaries of the "United National Movement" (UNM). The Batumi Court released Gorgadze after imposing a fine.

Detention of believers near the mosque in Yakhroma, Moscow Region, July 19, 2013. Photo: http://www.ansar.ru/

18:59, 21 July 2013

Power agents detain 500 believers in two mosques near Moscow

Over 500 Muslims of the religious communities of the towns of Yakhroma and Domodedovo were detained by law enforcers. Most of them returned home on the same day, believers report.

08:56, 21 July 2013

Resident of Krasnodar suspected of public justification of terrorism

The Investigative Committee of the Krasnodar Territory has opened a criminal case against a local man who had allegedly posted an article justifying terrorism on the Internet.

21:42, 20 July 2013

Gannushkina: many natives from Chechnya apply for asylum in Germany

German authorities have announced a sharp increase in the current year of the number of applications for political asylum filed by natives of Chechnya. Rights defenders see the reason for the increase in some unreliable rumours about facilitating the receipt of the refugee status in this country and the atmosphere of fear in the republic.

Tatiana Lokshina, the deputy head of the Moscow bureau of the Human Rights Watch. Photo: http://www.hro.org/

20:06, 20 July 2013

Rights defenders: Human Rights Council under head of Chechnya is unlikely to change the situation for the better

According to Tatiana Lokshina, the deputy head of the Moscow bureau of the Human Rights Watch, the set up of the Human Rights Council Created under the head of Chechnya was purely decorative in nature, while its appointed chairman Timur Aliev will not be able to change the situation.

18:50, 20 July 2013

ECtHR finds Russia guilty of violating Tazievs' rights in Ingushetia

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case "Tazieva et al versus Russia", finding a violation of an Article of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and awarded a compensation of moral damage to the victims of five thousand euros.

16:47, 20 July 2013

KBR: young Circassians from many countries conquer Mount Elbrus

A group of young Circassians representing Diasporas from different countries have climbed the western peak of Mount Elbrus, at the altitude of 5642 meters above sea level.

Police breaking up an opposition rally in Baku, December 10, 2012. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

15:10, 20 July 2013

MRI: Azerbaijan preserves the trend towards worse situation with freedom of speech

Journalists in Azerbaijan are still experiencing difficulties with access to information and are subjected to pressure. This is stated in the report, presented on July 19 by the Media Rights Institute (MRI) "Azerbaijan: State of Media Freedom in First Half of 2013".

12:39, 20 July 2013

In Dagestan, masked men tried to kidnap Vice-Chairman of Tourism Committee

Four masked men attacked Eldar Nazaraliev, the deputy chairman of the Committee on Tourism, and tried to kidnap him, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

Leaflets with portraits of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the streets of Krasnodar. July 20, 2013. Photo by Alexander Mandrigeli, given by the author to the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

09:59, 20 July 2013

Krasnodar: leaflets "Freedom to Navalny!" are spread in hundreds

On July 19, plenty of A4 size leaflets with portraits of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and slogans in his support appeared in the streets of Krasnodar.

07:27, 20 July 2013

Construction of Museum of Armenian Genocide launched in Uruguay

Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, has begun building the State Museum of Armenian Genocide –the first one outside Armenia.

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