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09:02, 16 July 2013
Four court-appointed lawyers of Johar Tsarnaev, accused of committing the terror act in the US city of Boston, ask to add one more expert to their team.
01:31, 16 July 2013
On July 15, Paris and Saint Petersburg held actions to pay tribute to the memory of Natalia Estemirova, and participants of the actions demanded that the Russian authorities should take immediate steps to solve the murder of the human rights activist.
00:03, 16 July 2013
The visiting meeting of residents of the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" with representatives of the Ombudsman's Office scheduled for July 15 in Ingushetia was disrupted. Staff members of the Ombudsman's Office did not obtain the answers to all questions directed by them to the authorities on the complaints received from the residents of the "Promzhilbaza".
16:56, 15 July 2013
The investigation into the murder of an employee of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" Natalia Estemirova was not suspended; and the inquiry has been extended until August 15, the Investigating Committee of the Russian federation (ICRF) has reported today.
15:02, 15 July 2013
Murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev in Dagestan; decision of Russia's Supreme Court to uphold ban on wearing hijabs in schools of Stavropol Territory; start of trial in Boston of Johar Tsarnaev, accused of committing a terror act during marathon race; start of nominating presidential candidates in Georgia; a public hearing on the reconstruction project of Volgograd embankment; end of international film festival "Golden Apricot" in Armenia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 8-14, 2013, prepared by the"Caucasian Knot".
07:57, 15 July 2013
Today marks exactly four years since in 2009, Natalia Estemirova, a staff member of the Grozny Office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was kidnapped and murdered in Chechnya.
08:51, 14 July 2013
The provisions on the Human Rights Council under the republic's leader should be prepared within a month. However, local experts express their doubts about the feasibility of establishing a body which, in their opinion, would be controlled by the authorities.
23:45, 12 July 2013
The Karabulak District Court has ruled to evict 54 residents of the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza", because they have not extended their status of internally displaced persons (IDPs), said the lawyer Mikail Mutsolgov.
17:52, 12 July 2013
The court marshal Aindy Bulatov, who was found on June 25 guilty of abuse of power by the court, has perished today in a motor crash on the Federal Highway "Kavkaz", said Vakha Chagaev, a senior on duty traffic policeman of the GIBDD (Road Traffic Inspectorate) of Chechnya.
05:18, 12 July 2013
Natives of Chechnya were not forcibly evicted from the city of Pugachov, Arbi Navruzov, the chairman of the Saratov regional public organization "Vainakh", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The administration of Pugachov has confirmed the departure a number of natives from Northern Caucasus; however, the exact number of them is unknown.
01:48, 12 July 2013
The decision not to give out to relatives the bodies of the people, many of whom have never been convicted by any court, but simply called to be militants, is an absurdity that should be overcome, a journalist Maxim Shevchenko believes.
06:43, 11 July 2013
People living in the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" in Karabulak were to release those buildings long time ago, since a social facility is planned to be constructed in the place. This was declared by Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the temporary acting leader of Ingushetia.
23:57, 10 July 2013
The United States have started a trial of Johar Tsarnaev on charges of committing the terror act in Boston. At the beginning of the session, Johar Tsarnaev stated that he refused to plead guilty on any of the 30 indictment points.
07:56, 10 July 2013
Kidnappings and torture in Chechnya continue, Igor Kalyapin, the head of the Interregional Public Organization "Committee against Torture", said in his report to the sitting of the Human Rights Council (HRC) held in Grozny. Later he said that his report was negatively met by the authorities of the Chechen Republic.
04:20, 9 July 2013
On July 8, in Chechnya, participants of the visiting meeting of the Human Rights Council inspected institutions of the FSIN (Federal Penitentiary Service). The human rights defenders have noted the absence of inmates' complaints about the detention in the penitentiary institutions.