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People at the Shali City Court in Chechnya. Photo is provided by the press service of HRC 'Memorial'

10:11, 15 September 2018

Judge presents details of verdict to 14 residents of Chechnya

The 14 residents of the Chechen Kurchaloi District, convicted within the resonant case, received long prison terms for participating in the armed underground, Judge Taus Getaev has stated.

08:35, 15 September 2018

Head of Makhachkala customs complains to rights defenders about torture

Askandar Bilalov, a former acting head of the Makhachkala customs post, has turned to the Committee Against Torture (CAT) with a complaint about torture after his detention in August 2016, stating that over the past two years, fourteen resolutions were passed on his complaint, rights defenders report.

08:26, 15 September 2018

Call to protest causes fear in residents of Chechnya

Chechen residents do not rule out that the call to go to the rally in Grozny could be a provocation staged by law enforcers. They believe that a very small number of people would respond to the call.

Makhmud Velitov. Photo: press service of RFE/RL

08:17, 15 September 2018

Defence complains about quality of Imam Velitov's treatment

Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, convicted for justifying terrorism, was kept at the Astrakhan City Hospital, chained to the bed; now, he is back at the prison hospital, where they fail to treat his heart problems, but tore off his nails because of fungus, Velitov's advocate has stated.

Russian Embassy to Azerbaijan. Photo: © Sputnik / Murad Orujovhttps://ru.sputnik.az/russia/20160915/407054686/posolstvo-rossii-prizyvaet-golovat.html

21:31, 14 September 2018

Son of Rustamov, arrested in Baku, complains about absence of Russian help

The Russian Embassy to Azerbaijan has refused to help in arranging a meeting with a Russian citizen Salekh Rustamov, who was arrested in Baku on charges of illegal sponsoring the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), his son has stated.

Law enforcers. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru

21:23, 14 September 2018

NAC reveals circumstances of killing alleged militant in Dagestan

During the shootout in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, law enforcers and civilians did not suffer, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated today.

At a polling station in Kalmykia. Photo: www.elista.org

18:32, 14 September 2018

The author of video of ballot-stuffing at elections in Kalmykia asks to stop searching her

The Investigating Committee is checking the today's video message of Aisa Khulaeva, who had disappeared after she recorded a ballot-stuffing one of the polling stations in Kalmykia.

Servicemen of the Armenian Army. Photo: Sputnik / Aram Nersesyanhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20180901/14193056/popytka-diversii-v-karabakh-azerbajdzhanskih-voennyh-spaslo-tolko-blagorazumie.html

18:19, 14 September 2018

Military exercises in Armenia and Azerbaijan simulate war resumption

Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have held, and Azerbaijan has announced exercises that imitate a sharp aggravation of military confrontation in the region.

Playing video on a smartphone where convicts' relatives express their indignation at the verdicts. Screenshot from video broadcasted by "Grozny" TV Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPg7TqLENs

13:37, 14 September 2018

Relatives of convicted Kurchaloi residents publicly recognize their guilt

Family members of three out of 14 residents of the Kurchaloi District, sentenced for terrorism, on air of the republic's TV asked not to spread the video showing relatives reacting with indignation to the court verdict.

Soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24058

13:27, 14 September 2018

Azerbaijan reports machine-gun shelling in conflict zone

During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were fired for 92 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Student Aisa Khulaeva. Photo from personal Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/khulaeva.aisa/

13:17, 14 September 2018

Kalmyk University confirms disappearance of student

Aisa Khulaeva, a student, who filmed a ballot-stuffing at the recent elections, has not appeared in the hostel and at classes since; an application has been submitted on her disappearance, the Kalmyk State University (KSU) has stated.

Salome Zurabishvili. Photo: © Sputnik / Denis Aslanov https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180912/242063705/Est-li-u-Zurabishvili-shans-vyigrat-v-pervom-zhe-ture-prezidentskikh-vyborov.html

10:01, 14 September 2018

Zurabishvili's presidential campaign starts at background of protest action

Ms Zurabishvili officially launched her election campaign on September 12 with a meeting with the population of Kutaisi. However, by the start of the meeting, in front of the building, in which it was planned, several locals gathered with posters.

09:53, 14 September 2018

Alleged militant killed in Dagestan

A man, who opened fire on law enforcers, was shot dead in the Khasavyurt District, law enforcement sources have reported.

Georgia-South Ossetia border. Photo: Sputnik / Natalia Airiyan https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20180505/6325992.html

09:42, 14 September 2018

Interpol announces search for Tatunashvili's torturers

The South-Ossetian law enforcers David Gurtsiev and Alik Taboev, accused of involvement in the death of the detained Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili, have been announced wanted under the red circular of the Interpol. In case of their capture, Georgia will seek extradition of them to Georgia, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by user Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNPW31tczms

08:23, 14 September 2018

Tumso Abdurakhmanov names 14 convicted Kurchaloi residents

Eight surnames from the list of blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov exactly coincide with the names of those detained 1.5 years ago in the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya.

Svetlana Gannushkina and Oleg Orlov hold picket in Manege Square in Moscow, July 9, 2018. Photo: press service of HRC 'Memorial'

08:14, 14 September 2018

Orlov fined for picket in support of Titiev

The court has fined Oleg Orlov, the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", by 10,000 roubles for an action in Moscow with a demand to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the HRC "Memorial".

Dagestani resident holds picket in support of the Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, Moscow, September 13, 2018. Photo is provided by the activist

21:47, 13 September 2018

Activist tells about law enforcers' reaction to picket in Khazbiev's defence

In Moscow, at the buildings of the Federation Council (FC) and the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), a resident of Dagestan has held a solo picket in support of the Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev.

Law enforcer. Photo: REUTERS/Alkhan Gargayev

21:37, 13 September 2018

Relatives of convicts for terrorism accuse Chechen authorities of breaking their promises (+video)

Family members of 14 residents of the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya believed in the promises of law enforcers and gave no publicity to the case in hope of lenient sentences, convicts' relatives told the "Caucasian Knot".

17:27, 13 September 2018

KChR: law enforcer announced wanted under torture case

A high-ranking employee of one of the divisions of the "E" Centre for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) was put on the wanted list after an application lodged by a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) about torture, the Republic's Investigating Committee has reported today.

Press conference of Arthur Vanetsyan, Director of the NSS, and Sasun Khachatryan, head of the SIS. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants, https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180913/14428804/sledovateli-armenii-ishchut-slivatelej-razgovora-svoego-nachalnika-s-glavoj-snb.html

17:17, 13 September 2018

Inquiry into officials' wiretapping gives rise to scepticism in Armenia

The record of a telephone conversation of the Director of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia with the head of the Special Investigating Service (SIS) posted on the YouTube contains elements of abuse of authority, investigators have suggested. The case opened under this article can be easily closed, the lawyer Ara Kazaryan believes.

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