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August 13, 2011 13:00

• Rostov-on-Don: opposition holds "Day of Wrath"

  On August 12 in Rostov-on-Don, representatives of the opposition held one more protest within the action "Day of Wrath".

August 13, 2011 12:00

• In Tbilisi, some refugees voluntarily leave Hotel "Abkhazia"

  Today, many of the refugees, who are now being evicted from Hotel "Abkhazia" in the Georgian capital, started to voluntarily leave the hotel. At the same time, other refugees, living in the hotel, organized another protest rally in Tbilisi.

August 12, 2011 23:10

• Khasavyurt: two persons killed in skirmish near the mosque

  Today in the afternoon, in the city of Khasavyurt, two unidentified persons have opened automatic fire at the people who were coming out of the local mosque and wounded two persons who later died.

August 12, 2011 22:00

• Advocates of ANC activists complain that policemen break their rights

  The Advocates' Chamber of Armenia will try to initiate criminal prosecution of the power agents who have allegedly violated their rights at the police station. This was announced by Ruben Saakyan, Chairman of the Chamber.

August 12, 2011 20:00

• "London taxis" appear in Baku streets

  One of the novelties of this summer in the capital of Azerbaijan was the appearance of cabs, the so-called "London taxis", which was differently treated by townspeople – both drivers and passengers.

August 12, 2011 19:00

• Raid on criminals conducted in Kuschevskaya, law enforcers report

  As reported by the Chief Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation, mass checks conducted by policemen in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, within the last 24 hours resulted in 11 solved crimes and two detainees who had been on the federal search list.

August 12, 2011 18:00

• Several IPA activists arrested in Azerbaijan

  On August 11, Arif Ganiev, acting deputy head of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA) for organizational issues, was detained in the city of Sumgait together with his son Yashar. On that very day, a spiritual figure Abdulah Suleimanov and Ramin Bairamov, editor of the website İslamazeri.az, were detained. The IPA has condemned the arrests in its statement.

August 12, 2011 13:18

• Chechnya sees food price growth

  Recently, certain foodstuffs have become more expensive in Chechnya. It happens despite the fact that prior to start of the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan republic's leaders had stated inadmissibility of food price increase and expressed their readiness to start regulating food prices.

August 12, 2011 13:00

• Over 120 thousand signatures in protection of hijab collected in Azerbaijan

  During a campaign called “One-hundred-thousandth appeal to President of Azerbaijan” Center of Protection of Freedom of conscience and religion (DEVAMM) collected about 124 thousand signatures under a petition demanding to cancel the prohibition of wearing hijab in the schools of Azerbaijan.

August 12, 2011 12:00

• Mothers in Kabardino-Balkaria ask the gunmen to return home

  In Kabardino-Balkaria where there is no Committee for adaptation of gunmen to peaceful life yet mothers of the participants of the underground decided to act on their own and prepared a video message to their sons asking them to surrender arms and come back home.

August 12, 2011 11:00

• Six people killed in a special operation in Dagestan

  Six supposed gunmen killed in a special operation in Makhachkala on August, 11, women among them, have been identified, National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) reported.

August 12, 2011 10:00

• Participants of the symposium “Armenian Palette” visited Nagorno-Karabakh

  20 artists from Russia, Belarus and Armenia visited Nagorno-Karabakh within the framework of the First International Symposium “Armenian Palette”.

August 12, 2011 09:00

• The Georgian opposition traverses new tariffs on garbage disposal in the court of Tbilisi

  Municipal Council of Tbilisi has taken a decision of calculation of new tariffs on garbage disposal. Christian Democratic movement of Georgia traversed the decision of the Council in courts.

August 11, 2011 23:00

• In Baku, building of Institute for Peace and Democracy demolished

  Today, in the centre of Baku a one-storey building, which houses the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), headed by Leila Yunus, well-known human rights activist, was demolished.

August 11, 2011 21:00

• In Chechnya, WW II veterans to receive 10,000 roubles per month

  Veterans of the Great Patriotic War (WW II), living in the Chechen Republic, will receive financial assistance from the national budget.

August 11, 2011 20:00

• No mass demolition of kiosks to be conducted in Armenian capital, Yerevan Mayor asserts

  The inventory conducted by the Mayoralty revealed: which kiosks work legally, and which – illegally. Demolition of idle and illegally operating kiosks will be implemented in the nearest future. This was announced at the today's government meeting by Karen Karapetyan, Mayor of Yerevan.

August 11, 2011 19:00

• In Rostov Region, case on woman-pensioner's death caused by fallen icicle was brought to court

  In the city of Novocherkassk of Rostov Region, a 58-year-old chairperson of the housing cooperative society will face the court. The head of the cooperative society is suspected that due to her fault a woman-pensioner was killed by a fallen icicle.

August 11, 2011 18:00

• Accused of riots in Manezhnaya Square in Moscow to remain under custody

  Today, the Tver Moscow Court announced decision to keep figurants on the case of riots at Manezhnaya Square in last December under custody till January 26, 2012. Dmitry Agranovsky, the lawyer of the defendant Igor Berezyuk, reported about his intention to challenge the court's decision.

August 11, 2011 16:00

• Refugees staying at Hotel "Abkhazia" in Tbilisi intend to challenge decision of their eviction in court

  Refugees from South Ossetia, living in the Tbilisi Hotel "Abkhazia", continue to hold protests against their eviction, scheduled for August 15 by the Ministry for Internally Displacement Persons, Resettlement and Refugees in Georgia.

August 11, 2011 15:00

• Azerbaijani rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov faces threat of 3-5.5 years of imprisonment

  Vidadi Iskenderov, the head of the NGO "Promotion for the Defence of Democracy", faces a threat of 3-5.5 years of imprisonment. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Khalid Bagirov, the lawyer of the human rights activist.