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14:52, 23 November 2018
The decision pronounced by the Strasbourg Court in the case on repeated gang rape of a girl from Dagestan should push the Russian authorities to improve the mechanism for investigating sexual crimes, believe female rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
11:14, 23 November 2018
The decision on suspension of the criminal case on the use of violence against activists and journalists in the Sari Tag District of Yerevan in July 2016 has been challenged in court. Representative of the victims demanded to resume the investigation and punish the guilty persons.
08:22, 23 November 2018
Nodar Burdiladze, the head for the election office of Grigol Vashadze in the Oni Region in the north-west of Georgia, underwent a serious surgery and was taken to a Tbilisi clinic for further medical treatment.
08:15, 23 November 2018
An expert, who on behalf of the OSCE investigates human rights violations in Chechnya, has got materials with reports of persecuted members of the LGBT community. Kirill Koroteev, the legal director of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has expressed his doubt that the OSCE investigation will be effective.
23:25, 22 November 2018
Nodar Burdiladze, the head for the election office of Grigol Vashadze in the Oni Region in the north-west of Georgia, was stabbed in his house after a quarrel with activists of the ruling party. This was announced at the today's briefing by MP Nika Meliya, a leader of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party.
23:16, 22 November 2018
The State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan reported on the suppression of the terrorist financing channel in Syria, through which 500,000 US dollars had been transferred.
23:00, 22 November 2018
The Tbilisi Court of Appeal did not cancel the verdict in absentia to Mikhail Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia, accused of beating MP Valeri Gelashvili.
11:06, 22 November 2018
Advocate who defend activists face pressure, disciplinary actions, and threats of expulsion from the bar association. This opinion was voiced by rights defenders and oppositionists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
00:00, 22 November 2018
Abulfaz Sadygbeili, the head of the youth organization of the Azerbaijani opposition "Musavat" Party, is suspected of fraud. The activist is being persecuted for political reasons, his colleagues from the party believe.
12:53, 21 November 2018
The Strasbourg Court has supported a minor girl from Dagestan, who complained about the ineffective investigation into the case on her repeated gang rape.
11:22, 21 November 2018
The statement of the Chechen authorities about the involvement of a female suicide bomber in the "Islamic State"* (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") has no substantial grounds. This opinion was voiced by the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
11:15, 21 November 2018
At the court hearing on November 20, advocates of Oyub Titiev stated that the questioning of witness had been completed and public prosecutors had lost their arguments concerning possible pressure on the witnesses from the defendant. The advocates of the rights defender have again requested to release him from custody.
10:17, 21 November 2018
The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has removed from journalist Elchin Ismayilli the charges of taking a bribe and abuse of office and mitigated his imprisonment term by two years.
10:02, 21 November 2018
In Moscow, law enforcers have detained Khazvakha Cherkhigov, suspected of involvement in the militant attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995.
17:38, 20 November 2018
A charity action in support of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was held in the Sakharov Centre in Moscow. The raised money in the amount of 130,000 roubles will be spent on tickets for rights defenders and journalists who want to go to Chechnya and support Titiev, the organizers of the action have stated.