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Policemen stop disturbing parishioners of mosque in Kaspiisk after interference of top-ranking official
In Kaspiisk, officers of the local OVD (Interior Division) do not hamper parishioners of the mosque, located in Aeroflotskaya Street, to perform prayers in the building, although yet on April 21, they asked parishioners not to do that. This was reported by Timur Emirbekov, the leader of local Muslims. The incident was resolved after interference of a top-ranking official.
May 15 2012, 23:00; CK correspondent
Relatives of people kidnapped in Dagestan plan massive protest action
| Today, in Makhachkala, relatives of people kidnapped in Dagestan again gathered near the Republic's Prosecutor's Office. They claimed that they planned to hold a large-scale protest action in Makhachkala. |
May 15 2012, 19:00; CK correspondent
Gerter: the sufferers from the road accident in the neighbourhood of Pyatigorsk will get financial aid
| The families of the lost people and those who got injured in the road accident with the participation of buses in the settlement of Inozemtsevo, Stavropol region, will get financial aid, Ivan Gerter, Chairman of the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria, said at a session of the Government on May, 14. |
May 15 2012, 18:00; CK correspondent
A trestle bed set in the courtroom for one of the defendants on the case of assault at Nalchik
| Defendant Zaur Tokhov will participate in the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik in a lying position for one month and a half. A special trestle bed was set in the courtroom for this purpose. |
May 14 2012, 23:50; CK correspondent
Resident of Kaspiisk claims his brother's kidnapping of power agents
| In the city of Kaspiisk, relatives of Sedritdin Khalibekov, a local resident, seek help from rights defenders in searching for him. They believe that Makhachkala policemen had to do with Sedritdin's disappearance. However, law enforcers fail to confirm this information. |
May 14 2012, 23:30; CK correspondents
In Dagestan, a local resident reports about unidentified persons' attempt to kidnap him
| On May 13, in the city of Derbent, an attempt was undertaken to kidnap Ramil Yarmagomedov, a resident of the city of Dagestanskie Ogni. He suspects that Dagestani special agents and law enforcers were involved and fears further provocations against him. The on duty unit of the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Department) said that on that day no special actions were conducted in the city. |
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May 14 2012, 23:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 7-13
| Preliminary results of parliamentary elections in Armenia, according to which 80 percent of seats go to pro-government candidates; earthquakes in Azerbaijan; oppositional rallies in Volgograd; protests against Gelman's exhibition and opposition's "folk festivities" in Krasnodar; fights and attacks with casualties in Dagestan, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 7-13, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot". |
May 14 2012, 22:20
Freedom restriction of Chechen native, accused of trying to sell drugs, extended in absence of advocate
| According to Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance" and a member of the Board of the HRC "Memorial", the custody of Malkho Bisultanov, a native of Chechnya, who was detained in the territory of the "Mosfilm" Studio and accused of trying to sell drugs, was extended for the fifth time; and this was done without the presence of a lawyer. |
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May 14 2012, 22:00; CK correspondent
Relatives of kidnapped Dagestanis hold picket in front of Republic's Prosecutor's Office
| Relatives of Rashid Ismailov, who was kidnapped in May in Makhachkala, have picketed the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, demanding a meeting with Andrei Nazarov, the Public Prosecutor of the republic. They were supported by relatives of Timur Danilin and Magomed and Abdullah Murtuzaliev, who were kidnapped in March. |
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May 14 2012, 20:00
The police interfered in a quarrel between the fans of "Anzhi" and "Zenit" clubs during a match in Makhachkala
| During the final tour of the Championship of Russia "Anzhi" - "Zenit" members of riot squad had to interfere in the quarrel that emerged between the club fans in the tribunes of the stadium in Makhachkala. After the match several stones were thrown into the bus where members of "Zenit" were at the moment. |
NGO Documents
- Resolution on the results of a joint meeting between the Association of scientists of Ahliu-Sunna in Dagestan and Religious Board of Muslims of Dagestan
- Statement of “Memorial” Human Rights Center on the act of terror in Makhachkala
- Resolution of the rally "No to NATO base!" (Makhachkala)
- Appeal of Dagmara Musalimova (Dagestan) to human rights defenders in context with persecution of her son
- Appeal of residents of Ingushetia to the authorities of the country and the republic on the fact of abduction of A.I. Tsechoev
- Appeal of Aslan Cherkesov’s mother (Kabardino-Balkaria) on the fact of beating his son in investigative isolation ward of Krasnoyarsk
- Address of the Mufti of Dagestan
- Ingushetia. Statement of the "Civil Assistance" Committee: Karabulak trial and glasnost
- Open letter of Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization "Mashr" (Ingushetia)
- Proposals and questions of the Regional Public Movement of the Republic of Ingushetia (RPMoRI) "Mekh-Khel" to Evkurov, Yu. B., leader of the Republic of Ingushetia, with the aim to achieve social consensus


