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A believer during a prayer. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:58, 14 November 2018

Religious scholars treat Baku ritual beating as obscurantism

The beating with the aim of "exorcising ghosts" for healing sick patients, in particular, Murad Soltanov, an Azerbaijani resident, who died during the ritual, has nothing to do with religion, theologians have stated.

The building of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. Photo © Sputnik / Murad Orujov https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170827/411611498/Azravtoyol-avariya-verxovniy-sud.html

18:43, 14 November 2018

Azerbaijani SC slightly mitigates sentence to activist Gezyal Bairamly

A complaint filed by Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), sentenced to three years of imprisonment on the charge of smuggling, was partially granted by the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan. The SC reduced the term of imprisonment by two months. The defence intends to challenge the case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Magomed Khazbiev at a court session. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:11, 14 November 2018

Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev reports circumstances of assassination attempt

On November 13, the court questioned oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, accused of insulting Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and decided to proceed to listening to the oral statements of the parties without questioning the leader of Ingushetia.

The Azerbaijani Minister of Defence in the trenches. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/

14:04, 14 November 2018

Azerbaijan claims 29 cases of shelling in conflict zone

Over the past day, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled 29 times, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

11:00, 14 November 2018

In Georgia, presidential campaign leads to politicization of military men

Salome Zurabishvili continues to receive threats. A group of veterans of the Georgian armed forces condemned the use of military men and veterans for political purposes.

A law enforcer. Photo http://rosgvard.ru/ru/news/article/rosgvardiya-pokazala-kuxnyu-boevoj-raboty-otryadov-sobr-i-snajperov-prekrasnogo-pola

10:58, 14 November 2018

In Ingushetia, an activist's relative reports details of kidnapping

Kidnappers of Rustam Lyanov forced him to record three copies of a video message to his uncle Ibragim Lyanov, the head of the European Ingush Association, with a call to him not to criticize the authorities. According to Rustam Lyanov, he surrendered to the demands for fear for his younger brother kidnapped together with him.

Fariz Namazly. Photo: Azadliq Radiosu (RFE/RL)

08:24, 14 November 2018

Azerbaijan: arrest of persons accused of financing PFPA extended until March

The Baku court has extended until March 7 the arrest of the activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), namely, of Babek Gasanov, Agil Magerramov, Ruslan Nasirli, Salekh Rustamov and Vidadi Rustamli, accused of illegally sponsoring the PFPA.

08:21, 14 November 2018

Ingush court refuses to drop charges against athlete Khamkhoev

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has taken the arrest term already served by the athlete Albert Khamkhoev into account of his conditional imprisonment, but refused to declare him innocent of arms possession.

Chernobyl liquidators in KBR decided to postpone protest actions until the end of the investigatory processes. February 2013. Photo by Luiza Orazaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:21, 14 November 2018

Court rules in favour of victims in case of payments to KBR's Chernobyl liquidators

The Urvan District Court has held its first session on the criminal case on improper payments to the liquidators of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP), who are sufferers in the case. Given the large number of them living in different districts of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the court agreed to hold travel sessions at their residences.

War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Marko Djurica

22:24, 13 November 2018

Two North-Ossetian residents suspected of involvement in Syrian militants

The FSB has put two women-residents of North Ossetia, who, according to law enforcers, went to Syria and are fighting for terrorist organizations, on the wanted list.

An inscription on a protester's coat. Magas, October 2018. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:20, 13 November 2018

For Ingush activists, participation in rally results in fines

Administrative protocols were drawn up on 22 activists, who participated in the protest rally in Magas in October, said the journalist Isabella Evloeva and the human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov. At least three rally participants were fined.

Svetlana Gannushkina. Photo by the press service of Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

22:15, 13 November 2018

Rights defender Gannushkina fined for picket in Titiev's defence

A Moscow court has fined Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Civil Assistance Committee, who was detained at a rally with a demand to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", by 10,000 roubles.

Residents of the city of Shabran, detained on suspicion of beating Murad Soltanov to death. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20181112/417859252/izgnanie-djavol-ubijstvo-shabran.html

19:45, 13 November 2018

Six persons detained after death of Baku resident from ritual beating

Murad Soltanov, an Azerbaijani resident, was beaten with sticks to death in an attempt to "drive out ghosts," investigators have suggested.

The village of Khaibakh. Photo: screenshot of the video by the user Shaiman Bocharova. Argun museum-reserve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwS4uQkesM

19:42, 13 November 2018

Residents of Chechnya treat mosque opening in Khaibakh as landmark event

The participants in the opening ceremony of the mosque in the village of Khaibakh, which was attended by residents of the Galanchozh District, recalled the tragic events of 1944 and honoured the memory of hundreds of people who were burned down in the village during deportation.

Officers of the Azerbaijani army. https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/

13:22, 13 November 2018

Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages in conflict zone

Within the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani militaries stationed in the Karabakh conflict zone were fired for 24 times, including from heavy machine guns, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Law enforcers. Photo http://rosgvard.ru/ru/news/article/v-petropavlovskekamchatskom-oficery-sobr-sovmestno-s-operativnikami-fsb-i-mvd-zaderzhali-narkotorgovca

13:21, 13 November 2018

Residents of Chechnya report detentions of shootout casualties' relatives

After the shootout near the village of Martan-Chu, where two residents of Urus-Martan were shot dead, law enforcers detained men-members of their families, local residents said.

10:37, 13 November 2018

Social network users criticize law enforcers for killing two men in Chechnya

Users of social networks found doubts the law enforcers' version that the two men shot dead in the Urus-Martan District had been involved in the armed underground. The hunting rifle that the casualties had on them is not a typical terrorists' weapon; and the young people could just go hunting, many commentators have suggested. They indicate that the guys should have been detained and returned to normal life.

10:36, 13 November 2018

AI declares Rostov Maltsev's supporters in Rostov prisoners of conscience

Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Vyacheslav Shashmin, accused of attempting to take part in mass riots, are prisoners of conscience and should be immediately released, the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has stated.

A sleeve chevron of the "Rosgvardia" fighter. Photo http://rosgvard.ru/ru/news/article/v-dagestane-sotrudniki-rosgvardii-fsb-i-mvd-zaderzhali-uchastnikov-ekstremistskoj-organizacii

08:32, 13 November 2018

Shootout at Martan-Chu is tenth armed incident in Chechnya since start of year

In 2018, the shootout in the Urus-Martan District, during which law enforcers killed two people, was preceded by nine armed incidents in other district sof Chechnya.

Oyub Titiev in the court room on November 12, 2018. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:29, 13 November 2018

Oyub Titiev's colleagues tell about rights defenders' persecutions in Chechnya (+video)

The human rights defenders, who worked in Chechnya, received threats from high-ranking law enforcers and personally by Ramzan Kadyrov, but Oyub Titiev continued working in the republic, realizing the danger. This was stated at the trial by Dmitry Utukin and Sergey Babinets, members of the Joint Mobile Group (JMS).

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