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Chechnya, Argun. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
20:00, 11 December 2009
Resident of Chechnya kidnapped several months ago announced to be liquidated militant
Employees of Chechen power agencies have handed over the body of a 21-year-old citizen of the city of Argun to his relatives. He was kidnapped by armed persons several months ago after he had been released from a militia station. The militia asserts that the young man was killed in the recent armed clash with members of the armed underground. However, human rights activists and his relatives are sure that he fell victim of an extrajudicial execution.
18:00, 11 December 2009
Ingushetia: indictee in Magomed Evloev's murder case sentenced to 2 years in colony-settlement
Judge Murat Tungoev from the Karabulak City Court has sentenced Ibragim Evloev, accused of murdering Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru", to two years of imprisonment in a colony-settlement. Magomed Evloev's family is going to appeal against the verdict.
23:40, 10 December 2009
Bloggers' appeal to be considered on December 22
The consideration of the appeal complaint lodged by the bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, convicted in Azerbaijan, was appointed for December 22 at the Baku Appeal Court under presidency of Gail Mamedov.
23:10, 10 December 2009
Case on Nalchik attack may be continued by a new bench
Today, at the process on the case on the attack on Nalchik at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, it became known that Galina Gorislavskaya, who was chairing the trial, was appointed, by the order of Russian President, to the position of a judge of the Moscow Regional Court.
23:10, 10 December 2009
Kabardino-Balkaria sees more complaints sent to Ombudsman
Boris Zumakulov, Ombudsman of Kabardino-Balkaria, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the number of complaints and applications addressed to him is on the rise. At the same time, according to his story, the republic sees a positive trend towards greater openness and transparency of the work of various law-enforcement bodies.
23:00, 10 December 2009
AI: fate of Ingush native detained in Egypt still unknown
The international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) possesses information that Russia has sent an extradition request to Egypt in relation to Ibragim Mankiev, a native of Ingushetia, because he was slandered by someone under torture. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Natalia Prilutskaya, an AI employee.
22:30, 10 December 2009
Major Dymovskiy from Novorossisk tells about instructions to militiamen on how to confront human rights activists
Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy from Novorossisk has stated that militia bosses from his city issued orders on how to counteract human rights activists. This was stated by Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee for Human Right, who is Dymovskiy's official representative.
22:10, 10 December 2009
In Azerbaijan, international forum states restrictions on NGOs
The two-day international conference, opened on December 10 in the Baku "Europe" Hotel, is on development of the civil society in Azerbaijan. Officers from power agencies are not taking part.
22:00, 10 December 2009
Charges lifted from Marat Valeev, accused of murdering Paul Khlebnikov
Marat Valeev, the figurant of the murder criminal case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine, shot dead on July 9, 2004, was set free. The accusation failed to prove his involvement in the murder of the journalist.
21:00, 10 December 2009
In Azerbaijan, Supreme Court upholds verdict to two journalists
On December 9, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, presided by Judge Ilham Dzhafarov, considered the cassation complaint of three journalists of the "Nota" newspaper convicted for slander. The complaint was denied.
Chechnya, Katyr-Yurt. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/19503926
20:00, 10 December 2009
Inspector reprimanded for non-giving case materials to lawyer
On December 8, the North-Caucasian Military Regional Court upheld the decision of the Grozny Military Court passed in October on illegality of inspector's refusal to present case materials to advocate Yuri Kastanov who represented the interests of Katyr-Yurt villagers from Chechnya.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
19:00, 10 December 2009
Sadulayeva's murder is badly investigated in Chechnya, her colleagues assert
The investigation of the case dealing with kidnapping and subsequent murder of Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the public organization "Let's Save the Generation", and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov is run at a poor level. This is the opinion of the victims' colleagues and friends. Besides, they assert that Victor Ledenyov, head of the Investigatory Committee of Russia for Chechnya, just repeats the earlier expressed version of Chechen President.
18:00, 10 December 2009
Maksharip Aushev posthumously awarded for human rights activities
In the context of the World Day of Human Rights, marked today, the US State Department has rewarded Maksharip Aushev from Ingushetia, assassinated in October 2009, among the two, in their opinion, outstanding activists of the human rights movement.
23:50, 9 December 2009
IOAT to hold actions in defence of journalist Mushvig Guseinov
The International Organization Against Torture (IOAT) plans to hold protest actions demanding to release from imprisonment in Azerbaijan Mushvig Guseinov, a journalist of the employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way), who suffers from tuberculosis. This is stated in the letter sent to the Azerbaijani Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD).
23:40, 9 December 2009
Armenian doctors hold charitable actions in Sochi
Surgeons from the medical centre "Erebuni" from Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, are in Sochi for their charitable actions. On December 7, at the local children's hospital they made an operation to correct a congenital lip defect to Mikhail Avdzhan, a six-year old Sochi resident. Within the next few days they plan to make three similar surgeries more.
23:30, 9 December 2009
Natives of Chechnya detained on "Neva-Express" train explosion case are suspected of drug dealing
A criminal case against two natives of Chechnya detained in the context of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train was opened because two dozes of hashish were found in the pockets of both of them.
23:10, 9 December 2009
BEBP office set on fire in Kabardino-Balkaria
Today at night, at about 2 a.m., a fire happened in the office of the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP). It was extinguished by the fire-fighting service of the Ministry for Emergencies of Kabardino-Balkaria. According to BEBP's the office equipment and furniture burnt down.
23:00, 9 December 2009
Authorities of South Ossetia are ready to sue Radio Liberty for broadcasting in the republic
According to Georgiy Kabisov, chairman of the State Committee of Informatization and Communications of South Ossetia, the broadcasting of Radio Liberty in the territory of South Ossetia is illegal. In his opinion, there are all grounds to bring an action against the radio station.
22:20, 9 December 2009
Kadyrov interrogated in Chechnya on his lawsuit against Orlov
On December 8, under the order received from Moscow President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was interrogated in Grozny under the slander criminal case initiated against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
22:00, 9 December 2009
South-Caucasian human rights activists to launch broad-scale campaign in EU embassies
On December 10, the Day of Human Rights Defender, 30 human rights organizations from the countries of South Caucasus prepare to hold a campaign entitled "Lobbing the European Union's Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders".
News
A possible "honor killing" in Chechnya has sparked debate about the causes of the phenomenon.

Airports in southern Russia have suspended operations following the attack on Rostov-on-Don.

Human rights activists are alarmed by the lack of information about the fate of Belkisa Mintsayeva.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.