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October 12, 2012 23:40

• Armenia: witness at trial on officer Artak Nazaryan's death refuses from his evidence

  In Armenia, at the court hearing on the case of the death of contract officer Artak Nazaryan, one of the witnesses retracted his testimony, given at the preliminary investigation. Representatives of the parties believe that witness Smbat Sargsyan gave testimony under pressure.

October 12, 2012 23:40

• Defendants in Vyacheslav Merekha's case to remain under home arrest

  The today's court session on the case of use of torture against Vyacheslav Merekha at the Predgorny District of the OVD (Interior Division) of the Stavropol Territory extended the term of home arrest to the defendants for the entire period of the trial. This was reported by Natalia Spiridonova, a relative of Vyacheslav Merekha.

October 12, 2012 23:20

• Believers of mosque of Dagestani village Novokayakent released

  All persons, who were detained today after Friday prayers in the village of Novokayakent of the Kayakent District, were released by the police after printing their fingerprints and recording their passport data. This was reported by one of the detainees.

October 12, 2012 23:10

• Anniversary of attack on Nalchik: 7 years after tragedy

  Tomorrow, October 13, is the 7th anniversary of the date of militants' attack on law enforcement agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, committed in 2005. The trial on the attack is underway for four years already. The trial is one of the largest in Russia by the number of defendants and the number of charge volumes. According to local experts, the trial influences all aspects of social and political life of the republic.

October 12, 2012 22:30

• Tatiana Lokshina, staff member of Russian HRW, who received threats, leaves Russia

  Tatiana Lokshina, Deputy Chief of the Moscow Branch of the international Human Rights Watch (HRW), engaged in solution of human rights problem in Northern Caucasus and in South Ossetia, left the Russian Federation. According to her, her departure is not connected with incoming threats.

October 12, 2012 22:10

• Trial on the lawsuit of a blogger in Armenia against the newspaper "The Fourth Authority" appointed on October, 16

  The next hearing on a lawsuit of blogger Tigran Kocharyan against the newspaper "The Fourth Authority" in Armenia was appointed on October, 16, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 12, 2012 22:00

• A teacher of a local madrasa killed in Ingushetia

  In the evening of October, 11, dead body of Yunus Akhilgov, teacher of local madrasa, was found in the stanitsa of Troitskaya, Sunzha district of Ingushetia, a representative of the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.

October 12, 2012 21:00

• South Ossetia is concerned about the presence of Georgian Troops along its borders

  A delegation of South Ossetia that took part in the 21st round of Geneva discussions on October, 10 and 11, during the debate expressed its concern about compulsive presence of Georgian policemen along the whole perimeter of South Ossetian borders, Murat Djioev, Plenipotentiary of the President for post-conflict settlement, reported from Geneva.

October 12, 2012 20:00

• A serviceman from Georgia perished in Afghanistan

  Georgian corporal MindaiaAbashidze perished in Afghanistan while carrying out a combat mission in process of a peacemaking operation.

October 12, 2012 19:00

• Members of power ministries blocked a mosque in the settlement of Kayakent, Dagestan, an eyewitness reported

  Members of power ministries in the settlement of Kayakent, Kayakent district of Dagestan, are taking the congregation away from the mosque and going to carry them to the district police department, an eyewitness of the event reported.

October 12, 2012 18:00

• A policeman knocked down a pedestrian in Ingushetia

  Investigation is clarifying the circumstances of a road accident in the rural settlement of Ekazhevo with the participation of a policeman who knocked down a fourteen-year-old gill, Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) in Ingushetia informed.

October 11, 2012 23:50

• Leader of The Other Russia in Rostov-on-Don accused of disseminating extremist materials

  On October 17, Sergey Cherepovsky, the leader of The Other Russia in Rostov-on-Don, is to face trial on charges of disseminating extremist materials and demonstration of Nazi symbols. According to prosecutors, the oppositionist disseminated and demonstrated prohibited materials through a social network. Sergey Cherepovsky himself associates the charges against him with his political activities.

October 11, 2012 23:50

• In Rostov-on-Don, trial of Boris Papayan, participant of "March of Millions", postponed till October 30

  The trial against Boris Papayan, a participant of the "March of Millions", held in Rostov-on-Don, has been postponed till October 30. The next court session is to question the policeman, who detained the defendant and who failed to appear at the trial. Besides, the court intends to repeatedly request the materials of the video surveillance system "Safe City".

October 11, 2012 23:30

• KBR: two policemen arrested for beating driver and his son

  The Lesken District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has granted the motion to take into custody two staff members of the GIBDD (road police), suspected of beating a driver and his minor son. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

October 11, 2012 23:00

• Relatives of disappeared head of Tsatanikh village plan protest rally in Makhachkala

  Relatives and compatriot villagers of Shamil Saipulaev, the leader of the village of Tsatanikh of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, who disappeared in Khasavyurt on October 6, plan to hold in Makhachkala a protest rally on October 25. The father of the disappeared man claims police inaction. The Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports that the investigation is underway and refuses to disclose new information.

October 11, 2012 23:00

• At session of Armenian Court of Appeal, prosecutor suggests softer sentence to young oppositionist

  Today, the Armenian Court of Appeal continued consideration of the appeal against to the decision of the court that sentenced four young opposition activists to imprisonment for hooliganism. Prosecutor Akop Martirosyan delivered his speech. The Prosecutor offered to mitigate the sentence for one of the defendants David Kiramidjyan and to replace imprisonment by a conditional sentence.

October 11, 2012 22:50

• Masked men kidnap two in Makhachkala, eyewitnesses assert

  Yesterday, on October 10, in Makhachkala, two young men were kidnapped. According to eyewitnesses and human rights defenders, about ten men in masks forced young men into a car and drove them away to some unknown destination.

October 11, 2012 22:20

• Poti port workers stops striking

  Today, late at night, the protest action of port workers of the city of Poti (Georgia) was stopped after negotiations with leaders of Company "IPM Poti Terminal". The parties reached an agreement, and the administration considered demands of the workers to be reasonable.

October 11, 2012 22:10

• Figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case is against Pavlyuchenkov's deal with justice

  Sergey Khadjikurbanov, former staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of the organization of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder, asks to terminate the agreement, which was concluded with investigators by Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-Chief of the Secret Department of the Chief Department of the Internal Affairs of Moscow.

October 11, 2012 20:00

• The refugees in Tbilisi who occupied a dormitory and a clinic demand from the authorities to set distribution of dwellings right

  Refugees from Abkhazia who occupied the building of a dormitory in Tashkentsky lane of Tbilisi refuse to leave it demanding to put them on the dwelling waiting list. Refugees in the building of a former clinic in Bakinskaya street demand from the officials to determine the persons who really have a right of living in that building, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.