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August 15, 2019 15:00

• "Legal Initiative": law enforcers pursue human rights defenders in Caucasus

  On August 14, the Moscow office of the "Legal Initiative" was searched. Law enforcers explained it by their interest in another organization located in the same building. However, law enforcers photographed passports of employees of the "Legal Initiative" and asked them questions about the NGO's activities in Northern Caucasus, the human rights defenders reported.

August 15, 2019 14:44

• Azerbaijan reports control over new territory on border with Armenia

  Azerbaijani border guards took up new positions on the neutral section of the border with Armenia in the Gazakh District. The change of control over border sections on the contact line of troops is a "routine," the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia responds.

August 15, 2019 14:33

• Gadjiev's colleagues file new 27 notifications on actions in his support

  Friends and colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), submitted 27 more notifications to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan about holding public actions in his support. The activists are ready to hold a rally even at an offshore abandoned workshop of the "Dagdiesel" plant, states Arsen Magomedov, an initiator of the action.

August 15, 2019 11:34

• March against mining gold at Amulsar Mine held in Armenia

  An international expert group has concluded that environmental risks are minimal from operating the Amulsar gold deposit in Armenia. After that, more than 500 residents of the city of Jermuk held an action protesting against such a conclusion.

August 15, 2019 11:24

• Relatives of Ingush students arrested in Egypt state authorities' inaction

  Russian officials and diplomats are doing nothing to release the four Ingush students kept in an Egyptian prison for a year now. Their health condition has strongly deteriorated, the wife of one of the students has stated.

August 15, 2019 11:13

• Mother of the girl beaten up in Ingushetia demands to return her

  The biological mother of the girl from Ingushetia, who has suffered from beatings, hired an advocate aiming to return the child to her family. Guardianship authorities are seeking to deprive the girl's father and mother of their parental rights, the republic's Children Ombudsperson has stated.

August 15, 2019 08:23

• Armenian investigators deny Azerbaijan's version of traces of beatings on Gazaryan's body

  Prior to crossing the border with Azerbaijan, the Armenian soldier, Araik Gazaryan, had no bodily injuries, the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia has stated.

August 15, 2019 08:11

• Tbilisi court rejects Gvaramiya's appeal against bail judgement

  The Tbilisi Court of Appeal has found the judgement of the lower instance court about a bail as the freedom restriction measure for Nika Gvaramiya, a former director general of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, accused of embezzlement.

August 14, 2019 21:48

• Azerbaijani journalist hunger-striking in SIZO needs doctors' help

  The state of health of Ikram Ragimov, who is on a hunger strike in the SIZO (pre-trial prison), has deteriorated sharply, he was transferred to the medical unit of the SIZO, his close relative has informed today.

August 14, 2019 21:38

• Dispute about Imam Shamil provokes new reproaches to Kadyrov

  After the publication of a fragment of Ruslan Kurbanov's interview with Ramzan Kadyrov, some social network users refused to accept Kadyrov's explanations of his words about residents of Dagestan. Authors of many comments rebuked Kadyrov for protracting the public discussion about Imam Shamil.

August 14, 2019 18:04

• Ruslan Kurbanov makes public details of his visit to Ramzan Kadyrov

  Today, Dagestani journalist Ruslan Kurbanov has reported that during an interview in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov spoke about his attitude to Imam Shamil and "button heroes." The journalist made public a fragment of the interview with Ramzan Kadyrov.

August 14, 2019 17:46

• Dagestani MoJ: actions of Gadjiev's supporters banned because of terror act threat

  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan refused to sanction 23 rallies and one demonstration which organizers of the rallies wanted to hold in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik"(Draft). Among the reasons for the refusal, the Dagestani MoJ mentioned the possibility of a terror act. The initiators of the actions will go to court to challenge the answers received from the Dagestani MoJ, reported advocate Arsen Magomedov.

August 14, 2019 14:05

• Traumatologist testifies in favour of Benyash

  The doctor, interrogated at the trial, said that he saw no bite traces on the hands of the policemen, for attacking whom the Krasnodar lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, is accused.

August 14, 2019 13:55

• Threats addressed to Dagestanis cause new criticism of Kadyrov

  The threats to his opponents declared by Ramzan Kadyrov in the dispute about Imam Shamil have triggered a new wave of Chechens vs. Dagestanis confrontation, while the character of his statements is unacceptable for an official at the level of a head of the region, network users and residents of Chechnya assert.

August 14, 2019 11:22

• Gvaramiya's defence appeals against bail

  An advocate has appealed against the ruling of the Tbilisi City Court, which had set up a bail as a freedom restriction measure for Nika Gvaramiya, a former director general of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company.

August 14, 2019 11:14

• Defence claims deterioration of Malsag Uzhakhov's health

  In SIZO (pre-trial prison), Malsag Uzhakhov, the head of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans), fails to receive all the medicines needed because of his several serious diseases, advocate has stated.

August 14, 2019 11:03

• Social networks treat Shevchenko's statement as another apology to Kadyrov

  The refusal of journalist, Maxim Shevchenko, from his words in relation to Ramzan Kadyrov has reminded social network users of other apologies to the head of Chechnya.

August 14, 2019 01:03

• Head of Armenian MoD treats Azerbaijan's information about Gazaryan as propaganda

  Araik Gazaryan, a serviceman of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has deserted to the Azerbaijani side, possibly because he simply lost his way, David Tonoyan, the head of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD), has suggested.

August 14, 2019 00:52

• Orientalists explain change of starting date of Eid al-Adha in Dagestan

  The young moon, with which appearance in the sky the celebration of Kurban Bayram (Eid al-Adha) begins, is visible in Dagestan later than in Mecca; therefore, the transfer of the date of the holiday in this republic is justified, said Akhmet Yarlykapov. In his turn, Mikhail Roschin believes that the postponement of the Eid al-Adha indicates ambitions of Dagestani Muftis.

August 13, 2019 22:37

• Mothers of killed Dagestanis disappointed with court's decision to return case to Grozny

  In Chechnya, no court will be able to consider without bias the case of Dagestani residents, who, according to the Chechen law enforcement bodies, were killed in a shootout. This opinion was voiced by mothers of the Dagestani residents accused posthumously.