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23:14, 27 February 2018
Rustam Kuchmenov, a resident of Nalchik, who complained of torture from law enforcers, needs an expensive surgery on his damaged spine, but cannot go for medical treatment because of recognizance not to leave. Rustam Kuchmenov was not afraid to point to the law enforcers who were torturing him and therefore he needs state protection, the Committee Against Torture has stated.
20:05, 27 February 2018
In the centre of Krasnodar, law enforcers have detained Yana Antonova, an activist, with two posters, when she was about to hold a solo picket in memory of Boris Nemtsov, who was killed three years ago.
18:19, 27 February 2018
Tigran Grigoryan, Artyom Beglaryan and Grigory Achkasov have appealed to rights defenders with a complaint of torture, under which Anapa law enforcers forced them to sign acknowledgements of guilt.
17:49, 27 February 2018
In Elista, Valery Badmaev, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Modern Kalmykia", and freelance journalist Vitaly Kadaev held solo pickets on the anniversary of politician Boris Nemtsov's murder.
15:51, 27 February 2018
The verdict to Faig Amirov, the financial director of the opposition newspaper "Azadlig", who is serving his conditional sentence, will be challenged at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the defence reports.
06:06, 27 February 2018
The criminal proceedings against Samvel Babayan, the former Nagorno-Karabakh Minister of Defence, sentenced to six years of imprisonment for illegal import of a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) "Igla" to Armenia, may be a revenge of the authorities for his participation in the formation of the opposition bloc, since he is considered as a serious political figure. This opinion was voiced by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
00:14, 27 February 2018
Today, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest Imran Tsugiev, a native of Kalmykia, and Suleiman Maltsagov, a native of Chechnya.
15:59, 26 February 2018
None of the five law enforcers indicated by the resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) as his torturers, has not been dismissed, the Committee against Torture (CAT) has stated today.
15:13, 26 February 2018
The register of prohibited materials excludes the pages of the Alexei Navalny's website about vacations of a top-ranking official on an oligarch's yacht, the publication of which was considered by the Kuban court as a reason for blocking the website.
10:00, 26 February 2018
During the week of February 19-25, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
09:10, 26 February 2018
Mourning events to mark the anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people; determination of the main candidate for the post of the Armenian President; AI's criticism of human rights situation in Russia and the countries of Southern Caucasus, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 19-25, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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02:23, 26 February 2018
Today, Azerbaijan marks the 26th anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy. Throughout the week preceding the anniversary of the tragedy, the events to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the tragedy took place in Azerbaijan and abroad, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
19:57, 25 February 2018
Today, in Rostov-on-Don, a rally in memory of the politician Boris Nemtsov attracted about 100 persons. The participants demanded to continue the inquiry into the murder of Boris Nemtsov, to find and bring to justice all the customers and organizers.
17:32, 25 February 2018
Russian authorities are responsible for non-preventing the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov; and the public should know the customer of this murder, the participants of the today's march in Moscow have stated.
23:52, 24 February 2018
In Azerbaijan, the police have detained Elgiz Sadygly, a brother of the activist Turad Sadygly, who lives in Europe. Then, the court appointed an administrative arrest for 30 days for Elgiz.