News

September 22, 2012 09:00

• Eight persons killed in two-day special operation in Chechnya

  Four policemen were lost and 11 more wounded in the special operation conducted on September 20-21 in the Vedeno District of Chechnya. Also four militants were killed, according to a source from the police.

September 21, 2012 23:30

• Defence in "Domodedovo" case states pressure on defendants by convoy

  Convoy guards are regularly insulting and provoking to aggression Bashir Khamkhoev, who is accused of the terror act at the Domodedovo Airport in 2011, said his advocate Tatiana Okushko. Another advocate Vladimir Kocharyan, who is defending another figurant in the case Ilez Yandiev, has also reported about pressure. An employee of the press service of the FSIN (Russian federal Penitentiary Service) refused to comment on the statements of the defence.

September 21, 2012 23:30

• In Dagestan, jury formed at trial about raping a minor

  On September 20, the Supreme Court of Dagestan began a trial against Zhairula Umarov, who is suspected of committing a sexual assault against his minor stepchild. The defendant's advocate states gross violations in the course of investigation.

September 21, 2012 23:20

• UN urges Georgian authorities to immediately investigate facts of torture in prisons

  The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned the ill-treatment of prisoners in prisons of Georgia, urging the country's authorities to immediately investigate these facts and bring perpetrators to justice.

September 21, 2012 23:20

• Trenina: defence of figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case to insist on trial by jury

  Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, refuses to plead guilty. His defence will apply for a trial by jury, said Darya Trenina, his advocate.

September 21, 2012 23:10

• Tbilisi students stop their protest against torture in prisons

  Today, the students of Tbilisi higher schools, who take part in the protest movement in connection with announced facts of prisoners' torture in Gldani Prison, have temporarily interrupted the action.

September 21, 2012 23:10

• France holds protests dated to visit of Azerbaijani President

  In the context of the working visit to France of Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, protest actions were held in Paris. The Armenian Diaspora held protest in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy against pardoning of Ramil Safarov, the killer of Gurgen Margaryan; while members of the Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas organized a protest in front of the Armenian Embassy in Paris against occupation of Azerbaijani territories.

September 21, 2012 22:10

• Lawyers in Dagestan demand to acknowledge criminal prosecution of resident of Khasavuyrt Magomedov who was shot down unlawful

  Attorneys of Zaurbek Magomedov killed near a mosque in Khasavyurt on August, 16, appealed to Khasavyurt city court asking to acknowledge criminal proceedings against the deceased unlawful. The claim has not yet been considered.

September 21, 2012 22:00

• Father of former Georgian Interior Minister holds protest near his house

  Today, Roland Akhalaya, a majoritarian parliamentary candidate of the "United National Movement" in the city of Zugdidi and a former prosecutor of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, held a protest action at his house. He said that his election campaign was impeded and accused some journalists of provocations.

September 21, 2012 21:00

• Residents of TAC "Promzhilbaza" in Karabulak stop hunger strike

  Refugees from Chechnya living in the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" in the city of Karabulak in Ingushetia have decided to stop their hunger strike, Asya Khadisova, one of the protesters, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 21, 2012 20:00

• Only 16 out of 88 families residing in the territory of "Promzhilbaza", Karabulak, have a right to live there, the authorities of Ingushetia state

  11 families of refugees from Chechnya are on a hunger strike in the territory of "Promzhilbaza",the town of Karabulak, Ingushetia. 88 families reside there but only 16 out of them are displaced persons from Chechen Republic and have a right to live there. This was declared by a representative of the Ministry of external relations, national policy, press and information of Ingushetia. Besides, not all the tenants of "Promzhilbaza" support the participants of the action of protest.

September 21, 2012 18:00

• A Dagestani provider blocked access to Google services because of the film "Innocence of Muslims"

  Internet provider "Optica-Telecom" in Dagestan blocked access to the web-sites of Google company. It was done upon instructions of supervising bodies given in the oral form. Internet operators were advised to block access to the web-sites where one could see the film "Innocence of Muslims", a source in the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.

September 20, 2012 23:50

• North Ossetia commemorates victims of Kolka Glacier

  Today, North Ossetia marks the 10th anniversary of descent of the Kolka Glacier to the Genaldon (Karmadon) Gorge. Residents of the republic and Taimuraz Mamsurov, the republic's leader, laid flowers to the monument, erected to honour the memory of the deceased and missing persons.

September 20, 2012 23:40

• Sergey Tsapok cuts his hands at trial on case of massacre in Kuschevskaya

  Sergey Tsapok, the defendants in the case of murder of 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, cut his hands at trial during jury selection. The court session was rescheduled for October 8. This was reported by a representative of the Krasnodar Regional Court.

September 20, 2012 23:30

• South Ossetia celebrates Independence Day

  Today, on September 20, the republic of South Ossetia began celebrating of the 22nd anniversary of the Republic's Day. Tskhinvali hosted a military parade to honour the holiday.

September 20, 2012 23:10

• Over 500 rally in Volgograd against increase of utility tariffs

  Today in Volgograd, in Lenin Square, a sanctioned rally was held against increase of utility tariffs. It was organized by the local regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) as part of the All-Russian protest action.

September 20, 2012 23:10

• Refugees-hunger-strikers in Karabulak report threats from authorities

  The refugees from Chechnya, who are on hunger strike in the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" in the city of Karabulak in Ingushetia, have reported about threats they receive from the authorities of Chechnya and Ingushetia. According to the protesters, armed persons are permanently patrolling the TAC; they make tours, film everything by video cameras and write down the passport details of the hunger-strikers.

September 20, 2012 23:00

• Ekaterina Zguladze appointed head of Georgian MIA

  Ekaterina Zguladze, who was First Deputy Interior Minister, has been presented to the post of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

September 20, 2012 22:40

• Several thousand students participate in march against violence in Georgian prisons

  Today, Tbilisi students hold a march against violence in the prisons of Georgia. Several thousand persons are on the way - in an organized column - along Rustaveli Avenue to the President's residence.

September 20, 2012 22:30

• Baksan: figurants of criminal case complain about police pressure

  Temirkan Ashabokov, Irina Tanova and Arthur Tanov, residents of the city of Baksan, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), report that power agents in masks tried to get into their house. According to their version, the police want to exert pressure on them in the context of the criminal case earlier initiated against them, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.