NAC reports killing three militants in Dagestan May 24, 2019 13:31 Three persons were killed in a shootout with law enforcers in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed today.
Editor-in-chief of website "Bakupress.az" stops her hunger strike May 24, 2019 13:20 Shafag Agabalaeva, the editor-in-chief of the website "Bakupress.az", arrested on suspicion of drug dealing, has begun taking food, her son said.
Activist Shevchenko awarded Nemtsov Prize May 24, 2019 11:59 The Boris Nemtsov Prize for courage in fighting for democratic values in Russia has been awarded to Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko, accused of association with an undesirable organization.
"Dashnaktsutyun" Party reproaches Pashinyan for absence of reforms May 24, 2019 11:50 About 2400 people gathered at the rally of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" in Yerevan. A year has passed after the "velvet revolution", but the promised economic changes have not happened; the new government only sows hatred and enmity, trying to distract citizens from real problems, protesters have stated.
Court extends arrest of five Ingush activists May 24, 2019 11:40 The Nalchik City Court has ruled to extend by four months the arrest of Bagaudin Khautiev and four other protesters in Magas, the lawyer, Kaloi Akhilgov, has informed.
Law enforcers disrupt journalists' protest in Baku May 24, 2019 01:35 Policemen have pushed the employees of the edition "Futbol+", who protested against the stop of governmental financing, away from the presidential Administration. Three journalists, who wanted to cover the action of their colleagues, said they were detained and spent three hours at the police station.
CaT achieves check of complaint of resident of Chechnya May 24, 2019 01:19 Investigators have started, with an almost three-year delay, examining the complaints lodged by Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Sharoi District of Chechnya, about his prosecutions after his video appeal to Vladimir Putin about the problems of the village of Kenkhi, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed.
YeSU Rector resigns amid students' protests May 23, 2019 21:58 Today, Aram Simonyan, whose resignation was demanded by student activists, has voluntarily left the post of Rector of the Yerevan State University (YeSU). As explained by the press secretary of the university, Mr Simonyan does not want to darken the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the YeSU with the struggle around his candidacy.
Passengers at Rostov Airport evacuated after bomb call May 23, 2019 21:44 Reports about mining of the Platov Rostov Airport turned out to be false, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. Flights are not delayed; the staff works in normal mode, the airport has informed.
Buynaksk residents charged with involvement in IS* retract their confessions May 23, 2019 19:16 An investigator convinced the court to extend for a month the arrests of four young men from Buynaksk, accused of having links with the militants. The detainees retracted their confessions obtained under torture, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reported.
Georgian company refuses to meet demands of striking miners May 23, 2019 19:04 The "Georgian Manganese" Company called on miners on strike in the city of Chiatura to return to their work and accused them of disrupting agreements. Negotiations give no results, and the strike continues, the spokesperson of the trade union reports today.
Stanislav Zimovets voices reasons for his hunger strike in Volzhsky penal colony May 23, 2019 18:53 Stanislav Zimovets, a resident of the city of Volzhsky, sentenced for using violence against a policeman during a protest action, has been on the hunger strike since May 14. He demands to release political prisoners, his advocate reports today.
Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages in the conflict zone May 23, 2019 15:14 The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the conflict zone were shelled for 21 times during the last 24 hours; two border villages came under fire, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Baku protesters condemn violence at detention of journalist in Moscow May 23, 2019 14:57 A protest action was held in front of the Russian Embassy in Baku. Its participants demanded to punish the law enforcers, who used of violence against the Azerbaijani journalist, Fuad Abbasov, detained in Moscow.
Two residents of Volgograd Region tell about slave labour in Kalmykia May 23, 2019 14:52 Alexander Kozlov and Alexander Kolesnikov, residents of the Volgograd settlement of "Zarya", said that they had been kept against their will at livestock farms in Kalmykia.
GPO reports five complaints after blocking courthouses in Armenia May 23, 2019 10:59 Applications on illegal actions during the blocking of courthouses in Armenia have been received from two judges and three advocates, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.
Azerbaijani oppositionist Salaev tells about torture at police May 23, 2019 10:52 Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Salyan regional organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was released after his third administrative arrest over the last six months. He said that during his second arrest, law enforcers tortured him, knocking out a tooth and damaging his ribs.
Kadyrov's criticism of name of Tsentaroi contradicts historians' data May 23, 2019 08:24 At the gathering on May 21, villagers of Tsentaroi (Khosi-Yurt) themselves demanded to rename the village in honour of Akhmat Kadyrov, said Ramzan Kadyrov, who had announced that the founder of the village was not a Chechen.
Bomb report leads to evacuation of people from Nalchik mosque May 23, 2019 08:13 Law enforcers checked information about a bomb planted in a mosque building in the centre of Nalchik; the threat turned out to be false, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
HRC "Memorial" states religion-based discrimination of resident of Dagestan May 22, 2019 23:35 The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has refused to check the complaint of Vazir Bazanaev, a resident of the Dagestani village of Chinar, who had stated that law enforcers persecuted him because of the so-called "prophylactic registration", the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated today. Human rights activists intend to seek a reaction from the Russian General Prosecutor's Office GPO).