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19:00, 21 May 2009
In the course of special operations held in some regions of Dagestan it was found out that about 600 children failed to go to school; law enforcers took measures, and now practically all children attend their educational establishments, as reported by Mark Tolchinsky, head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.
18:00, 21 May 2009
Valery Dyakonov, a deputy of the city duma of Zverevo, Rostov Region, informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that miners-pensioners of his city who fight for preservation of their heating privileges have resumed their hunger strike and picket in the city centre.
23:40, 20 May 2009
Last Sunday, on May 17, at the musical festival in Tbilisi "Open Air - Alter/Vision", held in parallel with "Eurovision-2009", the police was beating young guys from among the festival audience, and several dozens suffered. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Soso Panuashvili, representative of the Human Rights in Tbilisi.
23:00, 20 May 2009
The international organization in support of the freedom of expression named "Article 19" has made a statement condemning violence applied against journalists in the countries of Southern Caucasus. The section on Azerbaijan notes that recently acts of violence against journalists have become more frequent.
22:40, 20 May 2009
Today at night, Giya Maisashvili, one of the leaders of the united opposition, was severely beaten. His colleagues from the "Party for the Future" are confident that the attack is backed up by the authorities of the country.
22:10, 20 May 2009
Chechen authorities have paid a visit to Finland with the aim to study the European experience of organizing local self-management. When they were visiting the municipality of Helsinki, Chechen refugees held a protest action in the adjacent street.
22:00, 20 May 2009
The City Court of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has passed a verdict of guilty to the Dugulubgov family - mother and her two daughters - for covering militant Sufyan Zhemukhov.
21:00, 20 May 2009
On May 20, at 4:30 a.m., four persons were kidnapped from the house at No. 7 Zvyozdnaya Street, Zavodskoy District of the city of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. This is the topic of the application lodged by Eki Paraulidze, a woman-resident of Chechnya, to the ROVD of the Zavodskoy District.
20:00, 20 May 2009
On April 20, Mosque "Ilakhiyat" in the Yasamal District of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, was closed for visitors.
19:00, 20 May 2009
The criminal case on the fact of the attack on Argishti Kiviryan, coordinator of the Internet edition named "Armenia Today", which is investigated by the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, was re-qualified from Article 117 of the Criminal Code to Articles 34-104 "Murder attempt".
18:00, 20 May 2009
After Chechnya ceased to be a counterterrorist operation (CTO) zone, law-enforcement bodies have strengthened pressure on young people. This sort of "actions" aimed to "prevent" terrorism give a boomerang effect - the young men, exposed to violence demonstrated by power gents, go away and join militants' groupings. This is the topic of the statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
23:40, 19 May 2009
The press service of the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) of the city of Sochi failed to answer the questions of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the fate of the 10 persons, arrested on May 14 near the venue of sitting of the IOC commission in Sochi and delivered to the ROVD of the Tsentralny District of the city.
23:00, 19 May 2009
The Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has postponed till May 25 the consideration of the petition lodged by the investigation on arrest in absentia of lawyer Boris Kuznetsov, who was once representing the interests of Levon Chakhmakhchyan, ex-senator from Kalmykia, sentenced to nine years of imprisonment.
22:50, 19 May 2009
At night of May 19, in the Sunzha District of the Chechen Republic, unidentified persons killed an employee of the Republic's law enforcement bodies. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent received this information from a member of local NGO; it was also confirmed by a source in law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.
22:10, 19 May 2009
In Georgia, at the MIA building in Tbilisi, the opposition is starting a rally with a demand to release the detainees, kept in the internal prison on political grounds. According to Soso Panuashvili, the Human Rights representative in Tbilisi, so far, no incidents have been registered.