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September 12, 2019 14:04

• ICRF's refusal to investigate torture of Gelendzhik resident provokes questions from human rights defenders

  An investigator refused to institute a case on torture by law enforcers of Maxim Timoshenko, a resident of Gelendzhik, the Committee Against Torture (CaT) reported on September 11. The human rights defenders decided to seek additional verification of the Maxim Timoshenko's complaint.

September 12, 2019 13:54

• Political analysts approve Georgia's entry into NATO without resolving territorial disputes

  Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen invited Georgia to join NATO under such a mechanism that NATO's Article 5 on collective defence of member states would not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgian political analysts reacted positively to the initiative.

September 12, 2019 11:05

• Khabib's fans show selective approach to women in papakhas

  Supporters of traditional values from Dagestan have criticized the Russian women who put on papakhas, but prefer to ignore the participants of the #PapakhaChallenge flash mob, which was organized by an American fan of Khabib Nurmagomedov.

September 12, 2019 10:52

• Opponents of Amulsar development set deadline to Pashinyan

  The activists, who oppose the gold mining at the Amulsar deposit have demanded from the Armenian government to take a final decision on the development thereof by September 20.

September 12, 2019 10:40

• "Azadlyg" condemns policemen for using force against journalist

  Law enforcers knocked the journalist, Tezekhan Miralamli, down to the ground, when activists were squeezed away from the courthouse during the trial of opposition activist Ruslan Amirli, the "Azadlyg" newspaper has informed.

September 12, 2019 01:01

• Four children taken from Syria to Chechnya and Dagestan

  In total, on September 7, four children were taken out of Syria. One of them, a girl, is being handed over to her relatives in Dagestan, other three children have been taken to Chechnya.

September 12, 2019 00:42

• Alkhas Kvitsiniya challenges in court outcome of presidential election in Abkhazia

  The Supreme Court of Abkhazia has received a statement of claim lodged by Alkhas Kvitsiniya, in which the opposition politician asks to illegitimate the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC), which had declared the victory of Raul Khadjimba at the presidential election.

September 11, 2019 21:15

• Elvin Isaev's advocate points to threat of his kidnapping

  The blogger, Elvin Isaev, has been released from the Centre for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens in the Leningrad Region, but his relatives fear that Isaev may be kidnapped for further extradition to Azerbaijan, said Olga Tseitlina, a lawyer at the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

September 11, 2019 21:04

• Soldier of the Russian military base in Gyumri dies

  Signs of violent death have been found on the body of the perished soldier of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, the Armenian Investigating Committee (AIC) has reported.

September 11, 2019 20:53

• Azerbaijani activist Ruslan Amirli arrested for 30 days

  A Baku court has found Ruslan Amirli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) guilty of petty hooliganism and disobedience to the police. Mr Amirli himself has denied all the allegations and stated that he would appeal against the judgement, his advocate has stated. PFPA leader has called Amirli's arrest "a political order."

September 11, 2019 19:11

• Malsag Uzhakhov gets help of doctors in SIZO

  The health state of Malsag Uzhakhov, the head of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans), has deteriorated sharply at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Vladikavkaz, his advocate reports today.

September 11, 2019 18:58

• Chechen residents publicly apologize for talking about money for mosque in Shali

  Adam and Magomed Ismailov, who wrote in social networks that the mosque in Shali was built with "illegal money," apologized for their posts on air of the Chechen TV Channel.

September 11, 2019 18:49

• In Kuban, fire victims claim inaction of authorities

  In the Temryuk District, 39 residents of MTF-1 village lost their houses in a fire. Local residents said that they had not yet received any assistance from the authorities.

September 11, 2019 13:59

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling four villages

  During the past 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled for 22 times, including those stationed in the villages bordering on Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

September 11, 2019 13:37

• "Smart Voting" yields notable results only in one region of Southern Russia

  Because of the imposed restrictions, the "Smart Voting" strategy failed to find its broad application at elections in regions of Southern Russia; however, the candidates for the Volgograd Regional Duma suggested by the "Smart Voting" won second places in many constituencies; one of them has won, supporters of Alexei Navalny have stated.

September 11, 2019 10:08

• Rostov LGBT activists complain about police inaction

  Law enforcers have refused to initiate a criminal case on the applications of Anna Dvornichenko, a Rostov LGBT activist, submitted after two attacks and threats against her. Polina Raizman, another activist, has complained about police inaction in searching for the man, who threw a smoke bomb at a café.

September 11, 2019 09:57

• "Sanitek" workers demand wages from Yerevan Mayoralty

  The participants in protest rally held in Yerevan by the workers of the "Sanitek" Company assert that the city authorities failed to transfer funds to pay wages to them. In their turn, Yerevan authorities claim they paid the "Sanitek" for the amount of the work that the garbage collection operator had performed.

September 11, 2019 09:41

• Jury finds suspects of assassination attempt on Imam Chumakov innocent

  The jury found three figurants not guilty of attempting to assassinate Khamzat Chumakov, the Imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque in Ingushetia, but found two of them guilty of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

September 11, 2019 01:36

• Version about plans of Aziev killed in Grozny voiced out without proofs

  The official version of the death of the 18-year-old Usman Aziev in Grozny, as well as statements about his plans to attack law enforcers, is causing distrust among local residents.

September 11, 2019 01:27

• 5809 Azerbaijani believers donated blood on Ashura Day

  The Azerbaijani police have ensured increased security measures in connection with mourning ceremonies held in mosques and shrines on the occasion of the Day of Ashura revered by Shiite Muslims. In places of mourning ceremonies, donor blood donations were organized.