News

The decision of the Azerbaijan Bar Association to stop the advocate's powers of Yalchin Imanov is a revenge for his publicizing human rights violations, Nils Muižnieks, the Human Rights Commissioner of Council of Europe (CoE), has stated and urged the Azerbaijani authorities to stop pressing advocates.

The participants of the action to commemorate victims of political repressions held on October 30 in Astrakhan are suspected of an unsanctioned event and were questioned by the police to this end.

Three suspects of terrorism were killed by law enforcers during a special operation in Tbilisi, another one has been detained, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reports.

Power agents have completed their special operation in Gabriel Salos Street in Tbilisi, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the scene. The special troop's fighter, who was wounded there, has died in a Tbilisi hospital.

In the evening on November 21, the detention of Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov in Nice was extended for other 24 hours. Russian diplomats have sent a note to France with the demand to release the senator.

The Tver Court of Moscow has imposed a fine of 500,000 roubles on Umar Djabrailov, a businessman and a former senator from Chechnya, accused of hooliganism.

The Armenian Parliament has launched a "roundtable" on the abolition of the academic postponement from the army service. The talks involve members of the initiative "For the Development of Science", MPs, and officials from the Ministry for Public Education and Science and the Ministry of Defence.

A suspected member of the terrorist organization has been detained in Tbilisi, reported the Georgian State Security Service.

Starting from tonight, a special operation is being conducted in a residential building in Tbilisi. A fire broke out as a result of shootout and explosions. An injured special troop's fighter was brought to a hospital.

Suleiman Kerimov, a senator from Dagestan in the Federation Council, detained in Nice on suspicion of non-payment of taxes, pleads not guilty, reported an informed source. It turned out that Suleiman Kerimov stayed in France without his diplomatic passport.

According to the edition "Interpressnews.ge", an explosion occurred in the venue of the special operation that was held in Gabriel Salos Street; before the explosion, a strong sound of broken glass could be heard.

Official reports released by the law enforcement bodies about incidents in Chechnya need serious verification. However, it is very difficult to confirm or deny their reliability. This opinion has been voiced by rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Tbilisi City Court (TCC) has upheld the refusal to grant refugee status to Mustafa Emre Chabuk, whom Turkish law enforcers treat as a supporter of Fethullah Gülen. The defence of Mr Chabuk will appeal against this decision at the Court of Appeal, Soso Baratashvili, Chabuk's advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan in the Federation Council, was detained by the French police in the city of Nice in the south of the country, the spokesman for the Russian Embassy in France has reported. Kerimov was detained under the tax evasion case, a representative of the French Prosecutor's Office has added.

Relatives of Molda Kaimov, sentenced in Chechnya for an attempt on a policeman and involvement in the armed underground, have succeeded in seeking compensation through the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the amount of 24,000 euros for his death from tuberculosis in a penal colony.

Today, Russia's Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova has requested her Chechen counterpart to check information about detentions of republic's residents for consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Eight persons have been extradited from Ukraine to their homeland with the involvement of the Georgian secret services, stated Mikhail Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia. There were no talks on deportation of Georgian citizens, emphasized Teya Tsulukiani, Georgian Minister of Justice.

On the third day after reports about an attack on a police checkpoint in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that the republic's authorities are able to prevent terror acts while planned.

One of the men suspected in an attack on policemen in Chechnya arrived in the republic from Barnaul after he had changed his name and surname. Meanwhile, both of the killed assailants were not members of the armed underground, law enforcers believe.

At a hearing held on November 20 at the Tbilisi City Court, Turkish citizen Mustafa Emre Çabuk, accused at home of aiding and abetting terrorism, pleaded not guilty and called on the Court to grant him refugee status.