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October 12, 2019 11:41

• Azerbaijani oppositionist arrested after picket

  On October 11, Tofig Mamedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who held a solo picket in Baku, was placed behind bars for 10 days. It is his fourth detention since the start of the year.

October 12, 2019 11:29

• Akhmed Pogorov detained in Ingushetia

  Akhmed Pogorov, one of the leaders of the Ingush opposition, was detained in Karabulak after 5.5 months of search.

October 12, 2019 08:36

• Homosexual who emigrated from Russia tells about torture in Chechnya

  Amin Djabrailov is the first ethnic Chechen who, without hiding his name, told about the torture he was subjected in Chechnya for his sexual orientation, says the interview "I'm a good guy", posted on October 11 on the website of the Radio Liberty.

October 12, 2019 08:29

• Afghan War veterans remind Dagestani authorities about idling rehabilitation centre

  The Makhachkala Afghan War veterans, who are holding a picket, have ordered a large warmed-up tent and are ready to mobilize all their colleagues to make the protest massive. In Dagestan, they had solemnly opened the "Afghanets" rehabilitation centre for veterans, but it has never started working, said the picketers.

October 11, 2019 22:34

• Nine LGBT activists detained at picket near Chechen Representative Office in Moscow

  Today, participants of a picket in the Russian capital have demanded to investigate murders and torture of gays in Chechnya. Nine LGBT activists were taken to a police station.

October 11, 2019 22:24

• Kuban Court finds Mikhail Benyash guilty of assaulting policemen

  Today, in Krasnodar, the court has pronounced a decision to fine advocate Mikhail Benyash 30,000 roubles, taking into account his one-month stay in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).

October 11, 2019 21:55

• Volgograd Mayoralty responds to Isinbayeva's complaint to Putin

  The Volgograd authorities promised to repair a sports school building in the city after Yelena Isinbayeva, two-time Olympic pole vault champion, complained to President Putin about "the disgusting state" of the school's premises and gym.

October 11, 2019 17:39

• Makhachkala residents shocked by secret registration of schoolgirls in hijabs

  Officials from the Dagestani Ministry of Education and Science and the City Education Department explained the collection of information about girls wearing hijabs in Makhachkala schools by an initiative of teachers. City residents expressed their indignation by the fact that the information is being collected without the knowledge of the schoolgirls' parents.

October 11, 2019 17:23

• Former Makhachkala Mayor released on CER

  In the evening on October 10, Musa Musaev, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, was released after almost two years of imprisonment in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) and a penal colony, his advocate reported. The Musa Musaev's early release will not affect the cases of other officials, Dagestani journalists believe.

October 11, 2019 13:38

• Nika Meliya refuses to comply with court's ban on leaving house

  On October 10, in Tbilisi, the court upheld all restrictions imposed on opposition MP Nika Meliya, including a ban on uncontrolled leaving of an apartment. Nika Meliya said that he would no longer sit at home and continue carrying out his political activities.

October 11, 2019 13:19

• Azerbaijan reports 22 shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

October 11, 2019 12:18

• Baku: forced migrants demand housing

  On October 10, a group of forced migrants held a protest action in Baku demanding to provide them with comfortable housing. Officials have promised to give apartments to 3700 migrants by the end of the year.

October 11, 2019 12:08

• Prosecutors refuse to approve Martin Kochesoko's indictment

  The case of the Circassian activist, accused of drug storage, has been returned for additional investigation.

October 11, 2019 11:54

• "EcoWatch" demands to ban road construction across Western Caucasus

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Adygea found as justified the lawsuit lodged by activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), who demand to ban the construction of a road in the territory of the natural monument "Heads of Pshekha and Pshekhashkha Rivers".

October 11, 2019 08:42

• Akhmed Barakhoev files complaint with the ECtHR

  The first complaint of an Ingush oppositionist, arrested after the March rallies in Magas, has been filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Akhmed Barakhoev, one of the leaders of the protests, demands to recognize a violation of his rights under four articles.

October 11, 2019 08:36

• Georgian authorities announce partial opening of monasteries in disputed border section

  On October 11, the monasteries of Udabno and Chichkhituri of the David Gareja Complex, closed because of the conflict with Azerbaijan, will open for Georgian clergymen. The Patriarchate has stated that it has the right of ownership on these monasteries.

October 11, 2019 08:28

• Gadjiev's wife refuses testifying against husband

  The investigator persuaded the wife of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the arrested journalist of the "Chernovik", to testify, but she refused to evidence against her husband. The woman is his public defender and cannot be a witness.

October 10, 2019 22:22

• Tour operators not ready for trips to new Chechen tourist complex

  In Chechnya, the unique "Twin Towers" tourist complex worked for the first week in the mountainous Itum-Kale District. So far, tourists do not book rooms in advance, and tour operators do not organize trips to the new tourist complex.

October 10, 2019 22:07

• South-Ossetian authorities confirm use of force against prisoners on hunger strike

  In the Tskhinvali penal colony, some of the prisoners who declared a hunger strike are forced to accept food, while several inmates continue the protest action, reports the South-Ossetian Minister of Justice. According to relatives, warders beat six prisoners.

October 10, 2019 17:06

• Yerevan announces evacuation of Armenian families from shelling in Syria

  The Armenian authorities decided to remove the Armenian population from Syria, which came under fire of the Turkish army, and called on the international community to protect the rights of national and religious minorities in the area of hostilities.