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September 05, 2020 08:27

• Gagieva finds her husband detained after CTO

  An investigator told Leyla Gagieva, a resident of Ingushetia, that her husband, who was detained after a counterterrorist operation (CTO), was kept at the temporary detention facility (known as the IVS).

September 04, 2020 23:16

• Four persons fell victim to explosion in centre of Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, one person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion of an oxygen cylinder at the "Dejavu" club, where the repairing works were being carried out.

September 04, 2020 23:02

• Relatives of Tofig Yagublu request doctors' control over his hunger strike

  Opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, sentenced in a case on disorderly conduct, claimed that he would continue his hunger strike until he was released. The Azerbaijani authorities may reconsider the verdict under the pressure from the international community, believes Elshan Gasanov, the head of the Centre for Monitoring Political Prisoners.

September 04, 2020 18:26

• Muftiate of Chechnya curses "Charlie Hebdo" for caricatures of Prophet Muhammad

  Today, Salakh Mezhiev, the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya, has reacted with curses to the re-post of the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad by the French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo".

September 04, 2020 18:07

• Human rights defenders condemn conviction of Tofig Yagublu

  The international human rights organizations "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) and "Amnesty International" condemned the conviction of Azerbaijani politician Tofig Yagublu. The human rights defenders called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to immediately release him.

September 04, 2020 17:52

• Social network users do not believe in victories of Kadyrov's children at boxing tournament

  In Grozny, three sons of Ramzan Kadyrov took part in fights at the "Time of Legends-5" boxing evening. Internet users have questioned the veracity of the victories of the Ramzan Kadyrov's sons in fights.

September 04, 2020 14:05

• Case against Azerbaijani activist Vafa Nagi closed

  The Neftchala District Court has terminated the criminal case initiated against Vafa Nagi, without explaining the reasons for such a decision, the activist herself has stated. She suggested that this was due to her exclusion from the municipal board.

September 04, 2020 13:47

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of six villages in conflict zone

  During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the villages on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 57 times, including from large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

September 04, 2020 10:47

• Tskhinvali residents commemorate victims of Beslan tragedy

  An action in memory of the victims of the terror act in Beslan was held in the Theatre Square of Tskhinvali. The day before, in the square, people lit candles, which were spread out on the ground. Anyone could come up and light a candle in memory of those killed in the terror act committed 16 years ago.

September 04, 2020 10:36

• Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya recognises those involved in the attempt on him

  Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya, a son of the first president of Georgia, who is in a clinic in Berlin, has shown by gestures to photographs of the people who had attacked him, said the advocate. After his coma, Tsotne can only communicate with gestures, his wife has explained.

September 04, 2020 08:15

• Olga Allenova: authorities try to erase memory about Beslan terror act

  The memory about the hostage-taking in the Beslan school is kept by the society despite the work of the state machine to oblivion, Olga Allenova, the author of the book "Outpost; Beslan and Its Hostages", wrote on the sixteenth anniversary of the tragedy.

September 04, 2020 08:00

• Magomed Doliev's relatives adjudge 2.5 million roubles from law enforcers

  The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is obliged to pay compensation to the father of Magomed Doliev, a resident of Ingushetia, who died from torture, and to his brother and two sisters. The court has reduced fourfold the compensation amount claimed by the victims.

September 03, 2020 23:43

• In Beslan, mourning ceremony held without restrictive measures

  In Beslan, hundreds of people gathered in the yard of the former school No. 1 to honour the memory of the victims killed in the terror act in 2004. At the mourning event, people did not comply with the social distancing measure, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.

September 03, 2020 23:18

• In South Ossetia, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs removed from office

  The President of South Ossetia signed a decree on the removal from office of Andrei Tskhovrebov, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Chief of the Criminal Militia of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), whose subordinates were detained in a criminal case on the death of Inal Djabiev.

September 03, 2020 22:59

• Prosecutor's Office finds false testimony in case on Georgian football player's murder

  A woman from Georgia thought up a story about a conversation which was allegedly overheard by her and which concerned the circumstances of the death of football player Giorgi Shakarashvili, the Prosecutor's Office reports.

September 03, 2020 18:41

• Bagaudin Yevloev complains about torture by law enforcers in Magas

  In the capital of Ingushetia, law enforcers were beating and torturing with electric current Bagaudin Yevloev, suspected of involvement in the ranks of militants. The complaint has been voiced today by an advocate of Bagaudin Yevloev. According to the defender, the law enforcers demanded from the arrested man to confess to plotting the seizure of a school.

September 03, 2020 18:12

• In Yerevan, protesters demand to open border with Russia

  Dozens of Armenian citizens gathered in front of the government building with the demand to resume transport connection with Russia. The local residents complained that they had lost their jobs abroad and found themselves separated from their relatives.

September 03, 2020 17:57

• Opposition activist Tofig Yagublu sentenced to imprisonment

  In Baku, the court found opposition politician Tofig Yagublu guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced him to four years and three months of imprisonment. Dozens of activists who came to the court building to support Tofig Yagublu held a spontaneous protest action against the court's decision.

September 03, 2020 13:33

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of five villages in conflict zone

  During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were shelled for 46 times, including from large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

September 03, 2020 13:16

• Makhachkala activists demand compensation after law enforcers' claims

  Activists Arsen Magomedov, Ziyautdin Uvaisov and Murad Muradov, who were brought to the police station after checking the reconstruction work quality in a square in Makhachkala, filed an application with the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), demanding compensation for their suffered moral harm.