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11:01, 7 June 2016
Investigators have started the pre-investigation check on the fact of the road conflict in Makhachkala, which, according to the media, involved a son of the Mayor of Makhachkala and his bodyguards. According to sources from the law enforcement bodies, during the detention of the young people, one policeman got his finger broken, and two other policemen got bruises.
10:35, 7 June 2016
During the visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev to Berlin, German top-ranking officials should urge him to release political activists and critics of the government, who were wrongly sentenced. This appeal to the leaders of Germany was voiced by the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).
10:07, 7 June 2016
The claim to the government of Kabardino-Balkaria has been filed to the Nalchik City Court on behalf of 15 persons. In their claim, relatives of the persons, killed during the special operation held in Nalchik on October 13, 2005, demand to reveal the place of their burial. This is reported today by the "Kommersant".
05:55, 7 June 2016
Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) complain about unresolved social issues, as well as unlawful methods used for investigation and fabrication of criminal cases. This was reported by members of the presidential delegation to the Human Rights Council (HRC) after their trip to the KBR.
19:30, 6 June 2016
Relatives of the 23-year-old resident of Dagestan Magomed Suleimanov cannot establish his whereabouts; and submitted an application to the police about his kidnapping. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed about it by Sirazhutdin Datsiev, the representative of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Dagestan. Suleimanov's relatives fear that he could be kidnapped by power agents.
10:30, 6 June 2016
On June 5, in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, a military unit of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was shelled from a grenade launcher. This has been reported today by sources from the law enforcement bodies. According to them, no one was injured as a result of the incident.
09:15, 6 June 2016
During the week of May 30-June 5, 2016, six persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, at least two persons were killed, and at least four others 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.
09:00, 6 June 2016
Visit of members of the Council under the President of Russia for Development of Civil Society and Human Rights to the North-Caucasian Federal District; heavy rainfalls with hail in South of Russia; adoption by German Bundestag of resolution on Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 30-June 5, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
05:22, 6 June 2016
In Azerbaijan, the court has issued the permission for leaving the country for Intigam Aliev, a rights defender, sentenced to conditional imprisonment. Intigam Aliev is allowed to leave Azerbaijan for 10 days to take part in the international conference on civil society development in the countries-members of the Council of Europe.
06:21, 5 June 2016
Legal norms were violated during the detention of the US crew of the "HBO" TV Channel and Alexander Valov and Dmitry Saltykovsky, two Russian citizens, in the village of Vesyoloe-Psou in Sochi. This opinion was voiced by Sochi advocates interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:43, 4 June 2016
In Sochi, five FSB agents came to the house of Mardiros Demerchyan when the crew of the US "HBO" TV Channel tried to interview him. The FSB agents warned them that the crew was in the border zone and did not have permission for shooting. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Mardiros Demerchyan.
19:32, 3 June 2016
Law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia cannot efficiently investigate the March attack on rights defenders, because of the Chechen trace in the case, said Igor Kalyapin, a rights defender, at a meeting of HRC members with Yunus-Bek Evkurov.
17:03, 3 June 2016
Akhmad Shikhmagomedov, the owner of the Muslim "Ummah" store, who disappeared in Makhachkala, has been brought to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Kaspiysk, said his relatives and a police source. So far, there is no official confirmation of this information.
16:49, 3 June 2016
The detention term of five residents of the Volgograd Region, suspected of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS), which is banned in Russia by court, and of preparing a terror act, has been extended today until September 5.
10:03, 3 June 2016
The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has sent to the court a criminal case against a local resident, accused of illegal possession of ammunition, as well as of rendering financial help to his fellow countryman, who has been convicted for preparing to take part in the warfare in Syria for the militants.