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00:33, 18 December 2013
The public committee in defence of the rights of Anar Mamedli, the Chairman of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT), who was arrested on December 16, has been set up in Azerbaijan. The "Caucasian Knot" reports that this decision was made at an emergency meeting of civil society activists and country's oppositional politicians.
23:46, 17 December 2013
In Makhachkala, a road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) squad was shelled. As a result, one policeman was killed, and another policeman was wounded. Besides, two passers-by suffered.
16:05, 17 December 2013
In Krasnodar, investigators question all earlier detained Circassian activists, Aslan Beshto reports
The Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Krasnodar Territory has questioned six Circassian activists, who were detained in the territory of Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria. Besides, they also questioned Arambiy Khapai, ex-Chairman of the movement "Adyge Khase-Circassian Parliament" of Adygea.
23:59, 16 December 2013
On Monday, Magas hosted the meeting of the Antiterrorist Commission of Ingushetia. The main topics of the meeting were devoted to ensuring security during the Olympic Games in Sochi and the Olympic Torch Relay in Ingushetia.
22:57, 16 December 2013
Anar Mamedli, the leader of the Centre for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training (CMEDT), was taken in custody on charges of tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship and abuse of power. This was stated by Bashir Suleimanly, Executive Director of CMEDT, one more figurant in the case.
15:35, 16 December 2013
The four persons killed during a special operation in the village of Bylym, Elbrus District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), had been involved in a number of high-profile crimes, the operational headquarters for the KBR reports. They planned in the near future to commit several terror acts and attacks on law enforcers, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of the Russian Federation reports.
15:29, 16 December 2013
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has demanded from the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan to investigate the allegations that the journalist and human rights activist Parviz Gashimli was exposed to torture and inhuman treatment while at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the MNS.
14:06, 16 December 2013
The four casualties of the special operation held in the village of Bylym, Elbrus District of Kabardino-Balkaria, include the 32-year-old Takhir Atakuev, the owner of the blocked house. His wife and a baby were let out of the house before the assault, a villager told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
09:00, 16 December 2013
Bad weather creates problems for regions of Southern and Northern Caucasus and Southern Russia; start of considering the bill on abolishment of direct election of KBR leader; adoption of "Self-Government Code" in the first reading by Georgian Parliament against the opposition's boycott; detention of the former head of the OJSC "IDGC of Northern Caucasus" in the case of embezzlement of 4 billion roubles; change of plaque in Zmiyovskaya Balka Memorial in the Rostov Region, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 9-15, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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03:43, 16 December 2013
During the week of December 9-15, 2013, at least 15 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, nine people were lost and six more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
20:36, 15 December 2013
Independent journalists of Northern Caucasus are subjected to pressure; and a number of methods to discredit them are used: in particular, they are accused of supporting extremists and Wahhabism. Russian authorities should include journalists in the number of persons to be released on amnesty. This was stated by participants of the international conference "Freedom of speech: Russian realities, problems and prospects".
14:29, 14 December 2013
The December 13 detentions of activists and leaders of Circassian public organizations are associated with the forthcoming Olympic Games in Sochi, said Ibragim Yaganov, the chairman of the Public Movement "Khase".
16:16, 13 December 2013
The parents of Gamzat Aliev, a resident of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, who was detained on suspicion of aiding militants, have appealed to the head of the republic with a complaint against the actions of the local policemen, who, according to their version, had beaten the suspect after detention.
15:10, 13 December 2013
The Sabail District Court of Baku has considered a complaint of the journalist and human rights defender Parviz Gashimli about the conditions of his custody at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) and his request to move him into the SIZO of the country's Penitentiary Service. The court has denied Gashimli's motion.
14:01, 13 December 2013
A magistrate of the Nizhny Novgorod District of Moscow sentenced a resident of Dagestan to a fine of 60,000 roubles for involvement in the banned terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami". This was reported by the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.