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22:30, 19 April 2012

Coordinator of "Left-Wing Front" quits solidarity action with Astrakhan hunger-strikers

Coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" Sergey Udaltsov said that he would temporarily suspend his hunger strike held in solidarity with oppositionists in Astrakhan, who failed to admit the outcomes of the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan.

Saiganat Isaeva at the sitting of the commission for militants' adaptation, Dagestan, Makhachkala, April 19, 2012. Photo by press service of the President of the Republic of Dagestan

22:10, 19 April 2012

In Dagestan, militants' adaptation commission rejects repeated local's petition

Today, the Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov and a State Duma Deputy Rizvan Kurbanov have held a sitting of the commission for adaptation of militants to peaceful life. Three petitions were satisfied, while the repeated petition of Mirzamagomedov was denied.

22:00, 19 April 2012

Dagestan: relatives of the teen wounded by policeman ask Magomedov to supervise the inquiry

Relatives of the 16-year-old boy from the village of Karata, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who was wounded by a policeman on 16 March and who is in coma since, do not believe in the proper objectivity at the investigation into the crime by local authorities. They report about attempts of pressure on the investigators, participants and witnesses to the incident and ask the leadership of Dagestan and Russia's power bosses to take the inquiry of the case under their control.

20:00, 19 April 2012

A resident of Krasnodar region is on a hunger strike in Moscow against a forcible takeover of her land parcel

Resident of Krasnodar Ludmila Kablukova has been on a hunger strike near the White House in Moscow stating that she became victim of swindlers who took away her house and homestead which had been her private property. According to her, neither the courts nor her appeals to bodies of power yielded any results.

19:00, 19 April 2012

Convicted natives of Ingushetia in Russian colonies are asking Evkurov to facilitate their transfer to their republic

Natives of Ingushetia who are serving penalty in correctional facilities (CF) of Irkutsk and Kirov regions of the Russian Federation are asking Head of the republic Yunus-bek Evkurov to find an opportunity of building a colony in the territory of Ingushetia. They explain that they undergo oppression on ethnic grounds and seldom see their relatives because of financial problems.

18:00, 19 April 2012

Actions of Shein's supporters and opponents passed off in Volzhsky

Yesterday, April, 18, public actions of supporters and opponents of ex-candidate for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Shein were held simultaneously in the town of Volzhsky, Volgograd region.

23:50, 18 April 2012

Striking sailors of Dagestani ship stay without food and water in port of Congo

The Russian fishing ship "Tyulen-6" (Seal-6), which has anchored at the port of the Democratic Republic of Congo and which crew is seeking payment of wage arrears from the ship owner, faces running out of reserve of food.

23:40, 18 April 2012

Soldier commits suicide in Azerbaijan

Yaqub Shakhin oglu Nasrullazade, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, shot himself dead from his service weapon. This was reported by Teimur Abdullaev, Deputy Chief of the press service of the Defence Ministry of the country.

23:20, 18 April 2012

In Baku, journalist Idrak Abbasov severely beaten

Today, in Baku, Idrak Abbasov, a staff member of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and of the newspaper "Aina" (Mirror) was severely beaten. The incident happened at about 12:00 a.m. in a residential area of Sulu-Tepe in the village of Khodjasan of Binagadi District of Baku.

23:00, 18 April 2012

Defendant in case of attack on Nalchik denies his earlier evidences

The trial on the case of the attack on power agencies located in Nalchik, which was committed by militants on October 13, 2005, partially read off the records of interrogation of defendant Ruslan Khanov. The defendant argues that he gave his testimony under physical and psychological pressure.

22:30, 18 April 2012

Azerbaijan: Leila Yunus fears that police breaks into new office of IPD

On Tuesday, April 17, in Baku, two police officers tried to inspect the apartment of Leila Yunus, Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), where the new office of the organization is located. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the very human rights activist.

22:10, 18 April 2012

In Azerbaijan, criminal investigation against editor-in-chief of newspaper "Khural" completed

Department for Combating Corruption under General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan has completed the criminal investigation against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", who was arrested last October on charges of bribery.

22:00, 18 April 2012

CEC Chairman sees no falsification in videos from polling stations in Astrakhan

Vladimir Churov, Chairman of the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC), said that, when watching videos from polling stations in Astrakhan, he saw no falsification; however, he found out violations of procedural nature.

Rally of supporters of Oleg Shein in Lenin Square of Volgograd, April 17, 2012. Photo by Oksana Zagrebnyova for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:00, 18 April 2012

Meetings of Oleg Sheiyn's supporters and opponents passed off in Volgograd

On April, 17, two meetings were held in Volgograd simultaneously: one of them was that of the supporters of ex-candidate for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Seiyn, the other was organized by opponents of the politician who is currently on a hunger strike.

Alexander Vassiliev, the advocate of the defendant Yuri Tikhomirov, gives interviews to reporters outside the Lublin Court House in Moscow, April 17, 2012. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:00, 18 April 2012

The defense will appeal against the sentence to the defendant accused of Dzhaparidze's murder

Alexander Vasiliev, attorney of Yury Tikhomirov acknowledged guilty of murder of anti-fascist Ilya Dzhaparidze and sentenced to ten years of custody in a strict regime colony declared that he would appeal against the verdict of guilty concerning his client as unlawful and unjustified.

23:00, 17 April 2012

Demonstration and rally held in Grozny to mark three years after CTO regime cancellation in Chechnya

According to law enforcement bodies, on April 16, over 10,000 people took part in a festive demonstration dated to the three years' anniversary of cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Chechnya. It was attended by officials from different ministries and agencies, students of higher and specialized secondary schools and pupils of secondary schools.

22:50, 17 April 2012

Investigatory bodies of Dagestan check involvement of power agents in kidnapping three residents of Makhachkala

The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan is verifying the information that law enforcement bodies may have to do with the kidnapping of the resident of Makhachkala Allakhverdi Radjabov; a similar check will be carried out of disappearance of the brothers Magomed and Abdulah Murtazaliev.

22:40, 17 April 2012

Azerbaijani journalist Einullah Fatullaev to receive UNESCO World Award

The Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Einullah Fatullaev is a laureate won the 2012 World Award of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano for his contribution into the cause of the freedom of the press.

22:30, 17 April 2012

Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for Mayor of Astrakhan intends to continue his personal hunger strike

At a briefing in Moscow, Oleg Shein told reporters that he would continue his personal hunger strike, despite the fact that he began - jointly with the Central Election Commission )CEC) - watching the video materials from polling stations during the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan.

22:20, 17 April 2012

Azerbaijan: soldier kills two and wounds two fellow soldiers

A soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan opened automatic fire at his comrades-in-arms and killed two soldiers and wounded two more, the local Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

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