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22:40, 2 March 2012

On February 28, in the town of Kizlyar in Dagestan, the lawyer Patimat Abdulgamidovna Abdulaeva was attacked at the lawyer's office by two unidentified men. Dagestani law enforcement bodies reveal the reasons for the attack.

22:00, 2 March 2012

Alesker Mamedli: in seven years two journalists killed and over hundred more injured in Azerbaijan

The problem of journalists' safety in Azerbaijan is still valid, and it requires effective measures to protect the journalists. This was emphasized by participants of the "round table" entitled "Development and improvement of system for journalists' safety in Azerbaijan" held on March 2 in Baku.

Employees of the Dagestani State University at the meeting on the upcoming presidential election, Makhachkala, February 28, 2012. Courtesy of the http://www.dgu.ru

21:30, 2 March 2012

Residents of Makhachkala report about pressure with the aim to increase turnout at Russian presidential election

Residents of the capital of Dagestan complain about pressure on voters on the eve of the election of Russian President. According to their story, the republic's authorities are trying to raise the voter turnout. The Ministry of Education and Sciences of Dagestan, which is accused of using their administrative resources, said that working to improve the voter turnout within the law.

21:10, 2 March 2012

Agitators of "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" attacked in Volgograd Region

Today, in the city of Kamyshin, Volgograd Region, two women who agitated for the presidential candidate Sergey Mironov, the leader of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, were attacked by unidentified persons. Suspects were arrested and now checked by the police.

21:00, 2 March 2012

Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria asserts he was kidnapped by armed men and tortured

Murat Kunashev, a resident of the city of Nartkaly, Kabardino-Balkaria, was kidnapped by unidentified armed men, who questioned him about his acquaintance with militants and forced him by torture to sign some documents. Then they let him go.

20:00, 2 March 2012

Two officials detained in Dagestan for suspicion of bribery

On March, 1, two officials of the Administration of Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan were detained for suspicion of receiving a bribe to a sum of ten million rubles, the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs informed.

Malik Akhmadov (left). Photo from the album of Anna Nevoya in the social network "VKontakte"

19:00, 2 March 2012

Head of Dagestan ordered to completely cover the cost of treatment of Malik Ahmadov who saved a girl and became disabled

Head of Dagestan ordered the Ministry of Public Health of the republic to pay the total cost of treatment of Malik Ahmadov, a nineteen-years-old native of the settlement of Kurakh, Kurakh district of Dagestan, who became disabled saving his peer girl who was sinking in the Caspian sea and consider the question of rewarding him.

18:00, 2 March 2012

A resident of the settlement of Matsalaul, Dagestan, reports her brother's abduction

Rasul Abdulkarimov, resident of Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, was carried away in an unknown direction by armed and camouflaged people, his sister Asiyat Abdulkarimova reported. Officials of District Department of Interior Affairs of Khasavyurt district state that they have no such a detainee.

Demolition of houses in the area adjacent to the Flag Square in Baku, February 27, 2012. Courtesy of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, www.irfs.az

23:30, 1 March 2012

HRW calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop forcible expropriation of citizens' property

The international organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) has presented a study on the facts of mass violations of citizens' property rights in Baku. On February 29, the presentation of the document "I have been deprived of everything: forced resettlements in Baku, illegal expropriation and destruction of property" was held at the Baku Hotel "Diplomat".

23:00, 1 March 2012

At trial in Nakhichevan, Zeinal Bagirzade claims threat to his life

On February 29, in Azerbaijan, the Nakhichevan Court for Grave Crimes began a trial on case against the political activist Zeinal Bagirzade.

23:00, 1 March 2012

Dagestan: colleagues of murdered lawyer claim investigators' inaction

Omar Sagidmagomedov, a member of the City Bar Association "Kavkaz", was murdered by power agents; however, the investigatory authorities are in no haste to investigate the criminal case instituted on the fact of the murder. This was reported by Sagidmagomedov's colleagues on February 29.

22:30, 1 March 2012

In Budyonnovsk, ex-policeman is accused of beating detainees

In the city of Budyonnovsk, an ex-policeman accused of abuse of power with serious consequences, will face justice.

Azerbaijan, March 1, 2012, confrontation in Guba near a police station. Photo by Faik Medjid for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:10, 1 March 2012

Unrests in Northern Azerbaijan step down; journalist was wounded

The situation in the city of Guba in the north of Azerbaijan has normalized after release of all the people detained during spontaneous protest actions. In the course of the riots, Abderrashad Vagif-oglu, a reporter of the Internet TV "Objective TV", was wounded in his head by a stone.

22:00, 1 March 2012

Murad Yandiev, disappeared "Mashr" employee, was found at Nazran GOVD

Murad Yandiev, the accountant of the human rights organization "Mashr", whose disappearance was reported today by his colleagues, has been detained and is kept at the GOVD (City Interior Division) of Nazran.

21:40, 1 March 2012

In Dagestan, resident of Mutsalaul village claims her son was kidnapped by armed men

Today in the morning, Abdurakhman Djakaev, a resident of the village of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, was taken away to some unknown place by armed men in camouflage. This was reported by his mother Patimat Djakaeva. The Khasavyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) said that they had no such a detainee.

21:20, 1 March 2012

Dagestani woman claims disappearance of her husband

Today, Rashidat Khalidova, a resident of the village of Chontaul, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, has reported disappearance of her husband Akav Khalidov, 28.

21:10, 1 March 2012

In Cherkessk, ex-deputy police boss detained on suspicion of beating man to death

Ruslan Rakhaev, ex-Deputy Police Chief and former head of the criminal and investigation unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Cherkessk, who was searched on suspicion of beating an arrested man to death, was detained by law enforcers. This was reported by the MIA of Karachay-Cherkessia.

21:00, 1 March 2012

In Lermontov, hunger-strikers announce continuation of their protest action

The number of participants of the protest action in the form of hunger strike in the city of Lermontov of the Stavropol Territory has already reached 38 persons. According to them, they do not intend to stop their protest action. Yuri Turygin, Prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory, established in the city a temporary reception of the Prosecutor's Office.

20:00, 1 March 2012

The police in Azerbaijan dispersed an action of protest near the building of district executive authority in Guba

The police dispersed the participants of an action in front of the building of executive authority in Guba district of Azerbaijan. The number of detainees makes about 200. However, disturbances are going on. The protesters burned down the house of Rauf Khabibov, Head of executive authority, and demand release of those detained.

19:00, 1 March 2012

No one got injured in an explosion of the house belonging to mother of a missing resident of Gimry

The woman owner of a house in the settlement of Gimry, Dagestan, exploded by unidentified people this morning is safe but the building got a considerable damage, the "Caucasian Knot" referring to local residents reports.

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