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23:55, 2 July 2013

Khadjalmakhi villagers state pogroms and marauding in their houses

Residents of the village of Khadjalmakhi, Levashin District of Dagestan, report that late in the evening on June 1 unidentified persons unlawfully entered empty households, made pogroms and looted some of the houses.

Ingushetia, Karabulak, July 1, 2013. Participants of endless hunger strike of temporary accommodation centre "Promzhilbaza" inhabitants. Photo courtesy of the participants of the hunger strike

23:37, 2 July 2013

Ingushetia: number of "Promzhilbaza" hunger-strikers goes down to nine

In Karabulak, nine people from the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza", who demand issuance of housing certificates to Chechen families living there, continue their hunger strike. One man stopped his action after a conflict with the police, said Aset Khadisova, a hunger-striker.

Railway station Georgievsk, Stavropol Territory. Photo by Alyon Katin, http://ru.wikipedia.org/

21:31, 2 July 2013

Stavropol Territory: 13 liberated slaves evidence to investigators

The case files on use of slave labour in the Stavropol Territory of 13 persons have been transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) to the Investigating Division for the city of Georgievsk of the Territorial Investigating Department of the ICRF (Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation).

20:13, 2 July 2013

Two Shamilkala villagers detained in Dagestan

Rasul and Yakub Magomedov, residents of the village of Shamilkala, Untsukul District of Dagestan, were detained by law enforcers, said their advocate Nurmagomed Magomedov. He asserts that weapons and ammunition had been planted on the detainees.

19:14, 2 July 2013

In Armenia, acquits in case of two soldiers' murder demand to punish ex-prosecutor

On Tuesday, the defence of the three soldiers, who went to court for protection of their honour and dignity, presented proofs of the guilt of Gagik Djangiryan, the former military prosecutor.

15:17, 2 July 2013

Rights defenders report violations in Ekaterinburg colony, where Tarkhan Kartoev died

The human rights activists engaged in monitoring the Ekaterinburg Colony No. 2, where a resident of Ingushetia Tarkhan Kartoev, convicted on charges of blowing up the "Neva-Express" Train, has recently died, had claims to the work of the facility. The blogosphere and Internet websites, launched to protect prisoners' rights, assert that torture is used in the colony on a regular basis.

Rustam Ibragimbekov. Photo: Asadliq Radiosu (RFE/RL)

12:58, 2 July 2013

NCDF of Azerbaijan nominates Rustam Ibragimbekov as presidential candidate

In Azerbaijan, on July 2, the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) nominated its chairman, a famous screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov, as a candidate for presidency at the upcoming this October presidential election.

10:34, 2 July 2013

Three suspected militants to face trial in Chechnya

Three residents of the Sunzha District of Chechnya will face trial on suspicion of plotting a terror act against law enforcers. The Chechnya's Prosecutor's Office completed the investigation of the criminal case against Makhmud Madaev, 22, Yusup Ektumaev, 20, and Kemran Karsamov, residents of the village of Assinovskaya, Sunzha District of Chechnya.

The village of Dylym in Kazbek District of Dagestan. Photo: official site of Kazbek District administration, http://kazbekovskiy.ru/

09:28, 2 July 2013

Residents of Kazbek District of Dagestan demand to change local power

Residents of the Kazbek District of Dagestan have held a rally to demand resignation of Abdul Makhachev, the head of the district administration, and his management, as well as to dissolve the local assembly of deputies as an ineffective representative body.

07:08, 2 July 2013

Muslims from Samtatskaro in Georgia complaint about oppressions by Orthodox population

The Muslims living in the village of Samtatskaro, Dedoplistskaroy District of Georgia, report about threats they receive from local residents and the rising religious conflict. In the opinion of Tamta Mikeladze, a lawyer from the NGO "Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia", the situation in Samtatskaro is still tense.

02:39, 2 July 2013

Zaur Gurbanly, arrested in Azerbaijan, need surgery, says his mother

The health condition of Zaur Gurbanly, a youth activist of the public movement "Nida" (Shout) and a blogger, who is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), continues deteriorating. He needs a surgery, his mother Sakina Gurbanova told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

23:59, 1 July 2013

Rally of residents of Khosta District of Sochi demand to stop building a high-rise

About 50 persons who took part in a protest action held in the Khosta District of Sochi demanded to stop building a 12-storey house in Yaltinskaya Street, as they believe that the construction is illegal.

Zaur Gurbanly. Photo ttp://www.radioazadlyg.org/

22:33, 1 July 2013

Baku court dismisses complaint against Zaur Gurbanly's arrest

The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by Zaur Gurbanly, a blogger and an activist of the "Nida" public movement, against the court ruling to extend his arrest by three months more. His advocate believes that investigators are deliberately protracting the transfer of the case to the court.

21:18, 1 July 2013

Barnov: voting for president of Georgia to take place on October 31

The presidential election in Georgia will be held on October 31 this year. The earlier announced date – October 27 – was wrong, said Andro Barnov, the head of the Georgian presidential administration.

18:58, 1 July 2013

Residents of TAC "Promzhilbaza" in Ingushetia go on endless hunger strike

On Monday, the refugees from Chechnya, living in Ingushetia since the 1990s, went on an endless hunger strike demanding solution of their housing problems. In total, 21 persons have declared their intention to take part in the protest.

17:59, 1 July 2013

Saakashvili decrees to hold presidential election in Georgia on October 27

In Georgia, the 2013 presidential election will be held on October 27, Manana Mandjgaladze, the press speaker of the President of Georgia, has reported. On Monday, Mikhail Saakashvili signed a decree with the date of the next presidential election, she said at a briefing in Tbilisi.

17:26, 1 July 2013

Volgograd: investigators checked within the trial on GIBDD bribes

At the trial dealing with bribes in the GIBDD (Road Safety Inspectorate), the statement of the regional FSB on telephone calls was added to the case files. The state prosecutor also said that her report in relation to some investigators of the Investigating Department for the Volgograd Region of the ICRF had caused a procedural check.

14:11, 1 July 2013

Solo picketer Evgeny Zakharov released from police in Sochi

Evgeny Zakharov, a member of the initiative group for protection of greenery of the resort city, who was detained during his action near the Sochi administration, is back at large. Law enforcers have no claims to him, said Lieutenant Colonel Victor Biryuchenko, the head of the division of district policemen of the Tsentralny District of Sochi.

The Cherkessk City Court. Photo http://cherkessky.kchr.sudrf.ru/

13:39, 1 July 2013

Sentencing of ex-deputy police chief of Cherkessk postponed until July 8

The announcement of the verdict to Ruslan Rakhaev, the former deputy police chief of the city of Cherkessk, scheduled for July 1, did not take place. It is expected that the court will announce its decision on July 8 at 2:30 p.m., the Cherkessk City Court has reported.

Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the “Caucasian Knot”.

07:33, 1 July 2013

Sochi: builders of Olympic facility turn to ICRF on unpaid wages

The construction teams, involved in assembling the equipment of the Olympic Transport Directorate in Sochi, sent an application to the Investigating Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a complaint about the delay of payment of salaries by the boss of the LLC "Sochiprofstroy-15.06".

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