French Senate adopts law criminalizing denial of Armenian Genocide October 15, 2016 02:32 The French Senate has adopted a draft bill criminalizing the denial of all crimes against humanity, including the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
In Buynaksk, hunger-strikers claim no reaction from city authorities October 15, 2016 00:32 In Buynaksk, an ambulance was called for protestors on hunger strike. The hunger-strikers were put on a drip; however, they refused hospitalization. The protestors also claim attempts to discredit them.
Mothers of missing Dagestanis decide to set up public movement October 14, 2016 21:42 Relatives of missing residents of Dagestan have no intent to stop their protests until they receive information about the fate of their missing relatives. The women-participants of the rally in Khasavyurt have called on all women of the Caucasus to unite against kidnappings and extrajudicial executions of their children and husbands.
MIA refutes termination of Bilalov brothers' cases October 14, 2016 19:04 The investigation of criminal cases initiated against businessmen Akhmed and Magomed Bilalov, suspected of abuse of power during the construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi, continues, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.
Five oppositionists warned by Azeri GUBOP October 14, 2016 17:32 Today, the Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (known as GUBOP) has issued a warning to five oppositional political and public figures for their criticism addressed to the authorities and law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan, related, among other things, to the investigation of the so-called "Nardaran case".
About 100 relatives of missing Dagestanis go out to rally October 14, 2016 17:31 Today, about 50 women have gathered to a protest action in Khasavyurt; they held photos of their missing relatives, the "Chernovik" weekly reports.
Ingushetia: Mother of Zulfiya Ausheva who was killed in special operation is in hospital October 14, 2016 14:50 During talks with the militants in Gazi-Yurt, mother of the woman, who was in the blocked house, felt bad; and she is still in the intensive care unit, said an Ingush official.
NAC reports on prevention of terror act in Kabardino-Balkaria October 14, 2016 08:40 The three men, killed in special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13, were involved in plotting a terror act to be committed in one of the places of mass stay of people on the anniversary of the attack on Nalchik. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Advocate Elena Denisenko associates her detention on outskirts of Dagestan with her professional activities October 14, 2016 05:30 After her detention at the border between Dagestan and Chechnya, advocate Elena Denisenko has appealed to the Bar Association for the KrasnodarTerritory and the Prosecutor's Office with a request to protect her right to freedom of movement. According to Elena Denisenko, her detention is connected with her protection of a person accused of organization of terrorist activities, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Relatives of missing Dagestani residents claim being pressured by law enforcers October 14, 2016 04:20 Law enforcers demanded from relatives of Gashim Uzdanov, Islam Magomedov, and Pakhrudin Makhaev, who disappeared in Dagestan, to refuse holding protest actions and threatened them with administrative arrest in case of their disobedience. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a relative of one of the disappeared men.
NAC reports on three persons killed in special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria October 14, 2016 02:23 On October 13, in the Chegem District, three persons were killed, including the leader of the criminal grouping, which members shelled and killed two policemen in the town of Prokhladny. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Rights defenders treat 87 people arrested in "Nardaran case" as political prisoners October 14, 2016 00:34 On October 13, the Public Alliance "Azerbaijan without political prisoners" released a preliminary report on the results of monitoring of the investigation into trial in the "Nardaran case". This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Oktai Gyulalyev, the head of the human rights organization.
Four people killed in CTO in KBR October 13, 2016 22:45 According to a law enforcement source, today, "four militants have been killed" in the village of Yanikoi, Chegem District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). According to preliminary information, these were the militants, wanted for the execution of policemen in the city of Prtokhladny, the "Life" reports, citing its law enforcement source.
Buynaksk hunger-strikers complain about health deterioration October 13, 2016 21:02 Eight participants of the hunger strike, who demand to cancel election outcomes in Buynaksk, state the worsening of their health condition and call doctors every day, but have no intention to stop their protest action.
Representative of Nemtsov family doubts torture of Gubashev October 13, 2016 19:06 Olga Mikhailova, a representative of the affected party, said that Anzor Gubashev, one of the figurants in the Boris Nemtsov's murder case, used insulting words against Boris in his testimony; no detective would have dictated such words.
Gukovo miners state stop of payments October 13, 2016 15:55 According to organizers, 120 miners gathered today in the town of Gukovo, Rostov Region at the office of the "Kingcoal", a former coal company. Within a week, former employees received about 2 million roubles of salary debts; then, the payments stopped.
On Ashura Say, Azerbaijani Shiites hold blood donation October 13, 2016 14:20 The actions of blood donation were held in 15 mosques of Azerbaijan on the mourning Ashura Day; a total of 4141 Shiite Muslim took part in them. The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Caucasus has treated the blood donation as more appropriate form of remembrance on the Ashura Day than traditional rituals of symbolic self-torture.
Relatives of missing Dagestanis fail to find out their fate from Chechen power agents October 13, 2016 14:08 After a special operation in the Gudermes District of Chechnya, where on October 9 eight persons were killed, relatives of Gashim Uzdanov and Islam Magomedov, who had disappeared in Dagestan, went to Chechnya for identification of the bodies. However, it turned out that the bodies had not been identified yet; and relatives returned home empty-handed.
Nemtsov's murder case: Gubashev reports on giving confession under torture October 13, 2016 13:27 Today, at the trial, Anzor Gubashev, one of the defendants, accused of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, has claimed that during interrogation, law enforcers took all his clothes off, beat him and tortured him with electric current.
Police examine records from CCTV cameras in search for attackers on Emelianenko's daughter October 13, 2016 12:22 In Moscow, the law enforcement authorities are engaged in considering several versions of an attack on a daughter of Fyodor Emelianenko. However, law enforcers do not associate the attack of the girl with the fact that her father criticized the children's MMA fights in Grozny, involving sons of Ramzan Kadyrov. This was reported by a source from the Moscow Police.