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April 18, 2013 22:00

• In Azerbaijan, human rights activist Vidadi Iskenderov arrested for ten days

  Today, the Yasamal District Court of Baku has sentenced the human rights activist Vidadi Iskenderov, the head of the NGO "Enhancing Protection of Democracy" and a former "prisoner of conscience", to administrative arrest for 10 days for disobeying the police.

April 18, 2013 19:00

• Stavropol Court upholds verdict to convicts on Merekha's case

  On April 18, the Stavropol Regional Court dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by the former staff members of the OVD (Interior Division) sentenced to 3.5-6 years of imprisonment for abuse and violence against Vyacheslav Merekha, a detained local resident.

April 18, 2013 18:00

• Suspect of killing KBR native in Saint Petersburg detained

  On April 17, in the Novgorod Region, Olamafruz Ismailov, a 21-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, who is suspected of murdering a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) in Saint Petersburg, was detained.

April 18, 2013 17:00

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to relatives of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov kidnapped in Chechnya

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case of the kidnapping in 2009 of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov, a resident of Chechnya. The ECtHR has stated that Russian authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into the incident and obliged them to pay 60,000 euros to victim's relatives.

April 17, 2013 23:30

• Student's death of botulism considered by court in KBR

  At the trial of the case of the death of a student Radima Ezieva of botulism, colleagues of the defendant - Murat Bereketov, a physician of the Urvan District Hospital, - spoke in his defence. His advocate also thinks other doctors at the hospital should also respond for the girl's death.

April 17, 2013 23:00

• Kutaisi hosts protest of "Accord" drivers

  On April 16, the drivers working at the construction of a bypass road in Kutaisi held a protest action outside the parliament, demanding higher salaries.

April 17, 2013 22:40

• Builders of Paravan HPP go on strike in Georgia

  The construction workers erecting the Paravan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in the Samtskhe-Djavakheti Region went on strike demanding better working conditions and higher wages.

April 17, 2013 22:20

• Solo picketers in Astrakhan stand against trial of Navalny

  Today, Astrakhan hosted a series of solo pickets demanding to stop the prosecution of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

April 17, 2013 22:10

• Taganrog: case of 16 Jehovah's Witnesses sent to court

  The indictment against 16 members of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, accused of extremism, has been sent to the court. Alyona Borodina, one of the advocates, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

April 17, 2013 22:00

• Temerkhanov denied his involvement in Budanov's murder

  At today's session of the Moscow City Court (MCC), Yusuf Temerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing Yuri Budanov, said he did not shoot at the ex-colonel and has nothing to do with the crime.

April 17, 2013 21:00

• Rights defenders demand to stop pressure on "Golos"

  Members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) of Russia issued a statement in support of several non-profit organizations (NPOs), in particular, of the Association "Golos" (Vote). According to their opinion, the accusations of the NPO of political activities cross out citizens' constitutional rights.

April 17, 2013 20:00

• Gimry residents report explosions in their village

  As reported by the locals, during the day the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, was hit by several explosions. As reported by the spokesman of the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division), power agents blew up the hideout they found in the village; however, he did not specify the location of the hideout.

April 17, 2013 18:00

• Delegation of Abkhaz women visits families of victims of Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in KBR

  A delegation of women from Abkhazia has come to the Kabardino-Balkarin Republic (KBR) to visit families of the volunteers who perished during the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. According to Anzor Shorov, the chairman of the Union of Abkhaz Volunteers (UAV), the visit is an evidence of the resumption of contacts and warming up of the relations between the two republics.

April 17, 2013 17:00

• Moshe Gammer, major expert in history of Northern Caucasus, buried in Israel

  Professor Moshe Gammer, a prominent expert on religious and political history of Northern Caucasus, died in Israel on April 16. The funeral took place on April 17.

April 16, 2013 23:50

• Investigators do not rule out that Rashidbek Shamsudinov kidnapped in Dagestan was killed

  A criminal case under the article of murder has been opened on the fact of disappearance at night on March 26 of Rashidbek Shamsudinov, a resident of Khasavyurt. This was reported by his advocates; and the investigatory division confirmed the information.

April 16, 2013 23:40

• Advocate of Soso Pavliashvili, suspected of murder in Georgia, claims his client's rights are violated

  The Tbilisi City Court is holding pre-trial hearings on the murder of businessman Avtandil Aduashvili, where one of the defendants is a relative of the Georgian pop singer Soso Pavliashvili, who lives in Moscow. The next court hearing is scheduled for April 19. Pavliashvili hopes that at that sitting Vakhtang Chkhapeliya will reject his earlier evidence, according to which the singer was the financier of the crime. Chkhapeliya's advocate complains about violation of the rights of his client by the investigation.

April 16, 2013 23:30

• Georgia: relatives and friends of painter Mamulashvili demand his release

  The held an action on April 15 in front of the courthouse in Tbilisi demanding freedom for Tsotne Mamulashvili, a painter and the expert of the "NATO Information Centre", accused of robbing a pawnshop: about 10 protesters exposed posters: "Free Tsotne Mamulashvili!" in the English and Georgian languages.

April 16, 2013 23:00

• Dagestan: Gimry villagers state mass violations during special operation

  In the course of a special operation conducted in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, power agents delivered random fire and vandalized property in houses, local residents complain.

April 16, 2013 22:10

• Muslim headgear caused detention of two girls in Makhachkala, rights defenders assert

  In the vicinity of the Southern Bus Station in Makhachkala, policemen detained two girls, one of whom was in a Muslim headgear. The girls were taken to an unknown destination, as Fatima Tarasova, an activist of the Dagestani Republic's Public Association (DRPA) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 16, 2013 22:00

• Offices of OJSC "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" are searches

  Today, the offices of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" are searched by employees of the chief department of economic security and counteracting corruption (known as GUEBiPK) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Investigatory Department of the above MIA within the criminal case opened against the former chairman of the board of directors Akhmed Bilalov and Director General Alexander Nevsky, reports the MIA.