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17:01, 18 May 2017
The mosque in the settlement of Shamkhal in the Kirov District of Makhachkala was closed at the request of law enforcement bodies. Believers plan to complain to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Prosecutor's Office, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
15:45, 18 May 2017
Today, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution calling on the Russian authorities to investigate the reports about the detentions and torture of homosexuals in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT Network has reported that within the last six weeks 40 gays were brought away from the republic. According to the Network, detentions of gays in Chechnya have stopped; however, but it is not known how stable this situation is.
11:15, 18 May 2017
Investigators have instituted a criminal case under Article "Deliberate infliction of serious harm to health from hooligan motives with the use of weapons". A wounded schoolboy stays at the resuscitation ward of a hospital in a serious condition, the Ministry for Public Health reports.
09:17, 18 May 2017
In Azerbaijan, the sentence of a number of activists indicates the problems with human rights in the country, including restriction of freedom of expression, reduction of space for NGOs and official persecution of human rights defenders. This was stated by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CE).
00:03, 18 May 2017
Valery Permyakov, a Russian soldier, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing seven Avetisyan family members in Gyumri, will serve his sentence in his homeland, reports the Armenian Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
22:13, 17 May 2017
The house, partially destroyed by explosion, is under round-the-clock guard. Today, tenants were allowed to enter their apartments and take documents, money and valuables. According to investigators, the domestic gas explosion occurred due to damage to the gas pipeline at an attempt to illegally cut into the water supply.
19:18, 17 May 2017
The case against five persons, who made weapon hideouts in the Nazran District of Ingushetia, has been sent to the court, said the Prosecutor's Office.
17:24, 16 May 2017
On May 15, a request was submitted to the Investigating Department for the Republic of Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to invite for questioning Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov in the case of an attack on journalists and human rights defenders at the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia in March 2016. This was reported by Andrei Sabinin, a lawyer of the international human rights group "Agora".
11:35, 16 May 2017
Ruslan Zeitullaev, recognized as an organizer of the Crimean unit of the terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir", banned in Russia, has began his new hunger strike in protest against the verdict and persecution of activists. This was reported by advocate Emil Kurbedinov.
11:05, 16 May 2017
A resident of North Ossetia offered a woman together with her friend to act as agents in the sale of her newborn baby. They were detained, investigators report.
03:16, 16 May 2017
On May 15, an advocate of blogger Mekhman Guseinov submitted to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan a cassation appeal against the verdict to his client. He also noted that the defence is preparing a complaint to be filed to the European Court of Human Rights.
18:28, 15 May 2017
Today, Sapiyat Magomedova, a Dagestani advocate, earlier accused of using violence and insulting policemen, has filed a complaint to the court about the cancellation of the decision on closure of the criminal case against her.
14:21, 15 May 2017
Young activist Elvin Abdullaev has reported that he was called to come to a police station. The activist has associated the call with his criticism of the authorities in social networks.
09:00, 15 May 2017
Celebrations of the Victory Day in the regions of Northern and Southern Caucasus; elections to the Council of Elders in Yerevan; pronouncement of the verdict against warders of the penal colony in Belorechensk in the case on beating of prisoners; opening of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku; story of the kidnapping of a child by foster parents of a deceased boy from the Volgograd Region; militant attack on a DPS checkpoint in Ingushetia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 8-14, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Georgia
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Krasnodar Territory
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- North Ossetia-Alania
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Conflicts
- Crime
- Human rights
- Politics
- Society
- Сaucasus held at gunpoint by caliphate
00:27, 15 May 2017
During the week of May 8-14, 2017, four persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, three were killed, and one person was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.