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February 09, 2019 08:29

• Court bans advocate of journalists beaten up in Ingushetia to get acquainted with case files

  The court in Magas refused to satisfy the complaint about the investigators' refusal to provide the case files about the attack on journalists on the Chechen-Ingush border in 2016, Andrei Sabinin, a lawyer from the "Agora" has stated.

February 09, 2019 08:25

• Detention of Kadyrov's assistant reminds about Kremlin's lenient attitude to his people

  The Kremlin closes its eyes to the events involving people from Ramzan Kadyrov's retinue; therefore, the incident with Murad Saidov in the Crimea will not affect the relationships of Russian top leaders to the head of Chechnya, political analysts believe.

February 09, 2019 08:21

• Anar Mamedov's case marks new wave of pressure on Azerbaijani media

  The case of Anar Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the "criminal.az (criminalaz.com)" website, indicates that the authorities have stopped looking for far-fetched reasons for persecuting independent media outlets, and decided to openly persecute them for specific publications, the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has stated.

February 08, 2019 23:55

• Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov released from police

  Idris Yusupov, a journalist of the newspaper "Novoye Delo" (New Cause), detained near a Salafi mosque in Makhachkala, reported that he had been released from the police station without any explanations. Another detainee reported that law enforcers wanted to draw up protocols against him and two other believers, but changed their minds.

February 08, 2019 22:40

• HRC "Memorial" recognizes Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko as political prisoner

  Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko was arrested for her political views and participation in peaceful assemblies, stated the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". The criminal proceedings against the activist prove preparation of a new wave of repression, rights defenders believe.

February 08, 2019 22:38

• In Dagestan, residents of Gumbetovsky District concerned over border with Chechnya

  On February 7, residents of the Gumbetovsky District took part in a meeting on the issue of the border between their district and Chechnya. The neighbouring republic voiced a number of claims on the land plots, a specialist on land issues announced.

February 08, 2019 22:36

• Journalist Idris Yusupov detained for filming law enforcers' raid in Makhachkala

  Idris Yusupov, an employee of the Dagestani newspaper "Novoye Delo" (New Cause), was brought to a police station after filming the detention of three persons near a Salafi mosque in Makhachkala. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) does not confirm the information about the believers' detention.

February 08, 2019 22:34

• Woman from Ingushetia publicly explains her criticism of Chechen authorities

  Makka Khamkhoeva, a resident of Ingushetia, explained she felt aggrieved when she said that the Chechen authorities should help those in need and not give gifts to female singers.

February 08, 2019 14:33

• Armenian film director Galstyan demands to speed up consideration of his lawsuit

  Ovannes Galstyan, who demands to resume funding of his film "My Grandma's Curls", has given up the idea of a dry hunger strike, explaining that he wanted to save his strength for further struggle. The consideration of his lawsuit to the National Cinema Centre (NCC) of Armenia is deliberately protracted, he said.

February 08, 2019 14:19

• Chechen authorities disown Saidov detained in Crimea

  The regional permanent representatives of Ramzan Kadyrov have no deputies, the Chechen Minister, Djambulat Umarov, has commented on the detention of Murad Saidov, a Deputy Permanent Representative in the Crimea.

February 08, 2019 10:30

• Oyub Titiev's defence claims court's accusatory bias

  The court that is considering the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is supporting all the prosecution's arguments and rejects all the defence's motions, since they reveal gross falsifications, Oyub Titiev's advocates assert.

February 08, 2019 10:29

• Release version of Bekkhan Yusupov in Chechnya questioned

  The publication about the detention in Chechnya of Bekkhan Yusupov has helped save his life, says Igor Kochetkov, the head of the Russian LGBT Network. Yusupov's advocate claims that prior to his client's arrival in Grozny, he was in mortal danger.

February 08, 2019 10:27

• Chechnya and Dagestan fix no deadline for border demarcation

  The authorities of Chechnya and Dagestan have agreed to fix the mutual border by the end of 2019. The parties have reached an understanding on this issue; it remains to finalize technical issues, said Khizri Shikhsaidov, the Speaker of the Dagestani Parliament. Both authorities do not claim for any territories, Magomed Daudov, the head of the Chechen Parliament, has stated.

February 08, 2019 08:36

• NKR criticizes Azerbaijan for announcing Elnur Guseinzade wanted

  Elnur Guseinzade, whom the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) consider to be a prisoner of war, has been declared wanted by Azerbaijan for state treason. This decision violates Guseinzade's rights, who refused to return to his country, the spokesman of the NKR's president and rights defenders have stated.

February 08, 2019 08:33

• Circassians offered to define single name of their nation

  On the eve of the All-Russian Census, Circassian activists have announced a flash mob "#yacherkesAty?" (I'm a Circassian, and you?) with the aim to unite all the Circassians under the common international name "Circassians". Facebook users have supported the action order to exclude an artificial split of one nation during the census.

February 08, 2019 08:29

• Malkhaz Machalikashvili urges Georgian MPs to investigate the murder of his son

  Temirlan Machalikashvili's father asked Georgian MPs to comment on the initiative to set up a commission to investigate the special operation in Pankisi, in which his son was killed.

February 08, 2019 08:26

• Kadyrov's deputy permanent representative detained in Crimea

  Ramzan Kadyrov stood up for Murad Saidov, the deputy of his permanent representative in the Crimea, who was detained after the conflict with a Chechen businessman, who lives in the Crimea. According to Kadyrov, Saidov legally owned the firearm seized from him.

February 07, 2019 23:59

• Relatives of detained Dagestani resident ask for help in his search

  On February 4, after a search, law enforcers took a resident of Khasavyurt away with them and since then his fate is unknown, reported relatives of the detainee.

February 07, 2019 23:57

• Court softens punishment for Chechen resident for attempting to join Syrian militants

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya took into account the time that a local resident spent at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and reduced by six months his sentence for trying to join militants in Syria, the Prosecutor's Office reported.

February 07, 2019 23:50

• Court dismisses arguments of Oyub Titiev's defence

  The defence of the head for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny was refused in conducting a handwriting examination of police protocols and excluding the results of the physical and chemical examination from the evidence list. The court also refused to include in the case file the evidence to prove the existence of a police rapid response team (known as GBR) in Kurchaloi.