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October 11, 2012 19:00

• According to more precise data of Committee of Inquiry of Russia, the death of a girl who did not return home from a shop took place not in Dagestan but in Kuzbas

  The incident with a fourteen-year-old girl who went shopping in the evening of October, 10, and was later found dead happened in Kemerovo region, not in Dagestan. This was reported by Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation (CIR).

October 11, 2012 18:00

• During the day and night the police of Dagestan received two statements about disappearance of people

  Yesterday, October, 10, residents of Derbent and Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan appealed to the police asking to help them find their relatives.

October 10, 2012 23:40

• In Azerbaijan, convicted human rights defender Talekh Khasmamedov claims being threatened by police

  At the session of the Shirvan Court of Appeal, the staff members of the Udjary District Police Division openly threatened and advised "to behave well and to think about mother and sister." This was reported by convicted human rights defender Talekh Khasmamedov in his appeal to the media, the public and the country's leaders, which was passed through his lawyer.

October 10, 2012 23:10

• In Yerevan, court finds prosecutor's son guilty of beating journalist

  On October 9, in Yerevan, the court has pronounced the decision on the case of beating of journalist Ruben Grdzelyan. The court found Albert Manrikyan, a son of Mesrop Manrikyan, Prosecutor of the Kotaik Region of Armenia, guilty of the incident and fined him 50,000 drams (120 US dollars). The court also decided not to prosecute the journalist because of the absence of elements of crime in his actions.

October 10, 2012 23:00

• Witness at trial against three suspected members of Dagestani IAF claims that the bag was planted on defendant during search

  On October 9, the Supreme Court of Dagestan continued to consider the criminal case against Ramazan Magomedov, Shuaibgadji Magomedov, and Abdulzhapar Labazangadjiev, residents of Dagestan, suspected of committing in the Kizlyar District a number of crimes as members of an illegal armed formation (IAF). Defence witnesses were invited for questioning.

October 10, 2012 22:50

• Beaten Kevork Sunguryan dies in Sochi

  In the morning of October 9, in Sochi, in the resuscitation ward of the Khosta Hospital No. 3, Kevork Sunguryan died from injuries, inflicted to him on October 2. This was reported by hospital physicians.

October 10, 2012 22:50

• At trial on case of attack on Nalchik, four defendants not satisfied with results of examinations on use of torture against them

  Yesterday, on October 9, at the trial on the case of the attack on Nalchik in 2005, prosecutors read out materials of examinations, conducted on the complaints of members of the "Shalushka" grouping, who claimed being subjected to physical force during detention and preliminary investigation. The materials denied such pressure on the defendants; however, they claimed the opposite at the trial.

October 10, 2012 22:40

• Constructors of Olympic facility cordon off dwelling house in Sochi, local resident asserts

  Constructors of the Olympic facility form the Research and Industrial Association (RIA) "Mostovik" cordoned off a house, belonging to a Sochi resident, with three-meter monolithic fence with barbed wire and deprived its tenants to leave the house. This was reported by Alexei Kravets, the owner of the house. According to the constructors, they intend to use such a way to achieve eviction of the tenants to be able to demolish the house, which hinder the construction of the Olympic facility, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 10, 2012 22:30

• Yerevan Puppet Theatre decides not to show film on protection of rights of sexual minorities

  On October 9, following the protest actions of Armenian residents, Ruben Babayan, Artistic Director of the Yerevan Puppet Theatre, made a decision to cancel the run of the film "Parada", protecting the rights of sexual minorities.

October 10, 2012 22:30

• Court temporarily deprives figurant of incident with shooting at wedding party in Moscow of weapon license

  Today, the judge of magistrate precinct No. 369 of the Tver District Court of Moscow deprived Murat Agalarov, a figurant of the incident with shooting at the centre of Moscow during the Dagestani wedding party of September 30, of the weapon license for a term of one year.

October 10, 2012 21:00

• Death of six persons in Derbent as a result of a flood confirmed

  The personnel of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Dagestan established identity of six victims of flooding as a result of showers in Derbent. The information of the seventh person who perished has not been confirmed as of the moment. The investigators are inspecting the officials' activities during the emergency in the town.

October 10, 2012 20:00

• The police of Dagestan received reports of disappearance of two local residents

  Yesterday, October, 9, two persons appealed to the police reporting their relatives' disappearance.

October 10, 2012 20:00

• Residents of the settlement of Rembaza, Makhachkala, came out on a picket

  About 30 residents of the settlement of Rembaza whom the authorities of Makhachkala had been trying to evict from their houses for already over a year came out on a picket in Kaspiysk - Makhachkala highway demanding to reestablish power, gas and water supply in the settlement. The picket started at 10 in the morning. The participants of the action, mostly women with little children, did not block the highway. They are standing at the roadside with posters: "Official, have a heart!", "Give us light!", "We are going on a hunger strike!".

October 10, 2012 18:00

• Workers of the sea-port in Poti, Georgia, went on a strike

  About two hundred workers of the sea-port in Poti went on a strike demanding improvement of working conditions, observance of safety regulations and deserved salary.

October 09, 2012 23:50

• Azerbaijan: 32 believers face criminal charges for confronting police

  32 detainees face criminal charges in connection with the unsanctioned protest action of believers, which was held on October 5 in Baku in front of the Ministry of Education and which grew into clashes between the protesters and the police. The courts pronounced their arrests as pre-trial restriction measures. This was reported on October 8 by Eldar Sultanov, Press Officer of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan.

October 09, 2012 23:40

• Makhachkala residents express their indignation at power agents' failure to inform them about special operation

  Special operation near the village of Agachaul of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, located in the vicinities of Makhachkala, is conducted by military men on detached service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This was reported by a source in the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Residents of Makhachkala claim that the morning bombing of the forest near the village of Agachaul raised panic among them.

October 09, 2012 23:20

• Leader of UNMP youth organization beaten in Tbilisi

  Last night, in Tbilisi, Tsotne Gvasaliya, the leader of the youth organization, the member of the "United National Movement" Party (UNMP), was beaten by unidentified persons. Members of the Party suspect that the attack was committed for political reasons. This was reported by David Sakvarelidze, a candidate for Parliament from the UNMP.

October 09, 2012 23:10

• In Kropotkin, candidate to City Council from "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" beaten

  In the evening of October 8, in the Krasnodar Territory, Lyudmila Barzdanes, the human rights defender and the candidate to the deputy of the Kropotkin City Council from the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, was beaten. Her condition is assessed as of moderate severity. On October 10, she will be brought to Krasnodar.

October 09, 2012 23:00

• In Dagestan, local resident claims delay of investigation into his accidental injury by power agents

  Ibragim Aliev, a resident of the Khasavyurt District, who in last November was shelled by power agents by error, claims delay of the investigation into the incident. Investigators failed to reveal who opened fire on a car of the local resident and wounded him and damaged his car. Officials from the investigatory agencies of the Khasavyurt District state that the investigation into the incident is underway.

October 09, 2012 22:40

• Azerbaijani Court of Appeal keeps human rights defender Talekh Khasmamedov in custody

  Today, the Shirvan Court of Appeal of Azerbaijan dismissed the appeal, which was filed by Talekh Khasmamedov, the human rights defender, the leader of the NGO "Law and Order", against the decision of the Goychay District Court.