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12:42, 18 December 2008
Ombudsman: custody conditions in Voroshilov ROVD of Volgograd are unsatisfactory
The custody conditions of the detainees kept at the Voroshilov ROVD of the city of Volgograd should be changed for the better, as Mikhail Tarantsov, Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region, said in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
12:32, 18 December 2008
Court finds refusal to initiate case on injury of Dagestan resident during special operation illegal
On December 17, the Khasavyurt City Court of Dagestan, presided by Federal Judge Akif Gadzhiev, considered and satisfied the complaint lodged by Gasan Baisultanov, a resident of Khasavyurt.
12:29, 18 December 2008
Azerbaijani parliament to consider cancellation of limit on presidential terms
Today, a joint sitting of parliamentary commissions on legal policy, issues of state structure and human rights has approved the draft Referendum Act on making amendments and additions to the Constitution of Azerbaijan. Then, the document was passed over for consideration at the plenary session of the National Assembly. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that among offered innovations there is a point on lifting restrictions on election of one person as the country's president for more than two times.
12:25, 18 December 2008
Supreme Court of Dagestan to reconsider violations of journalists' rights
The case of Rizvan Rizvanov, director general and founder of the weekly "Nastoyaschee Vremya" (Current Time) will be considered in the near future by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Dagestan.
12:18, 18 December 2008
Suspects of blowing up five-storey house in Baku complain of torture
On December 17, Elchin Bekhbudov, chair of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture, has addressed the Interior Minister Ramil Usubov on the issue of torture used at the 24th police station of the Nizami District Police Department.
12:16, 18 December 2008
Criminal prosecution of four oppositional activists stopped
A number of criminal cases initiated against oppositionists on clashes with the police on March 1 in Yerevan have been closed because of insufficient evidence. Journalists were informed about it by Vaagn Arutyunyan, head of the special investigatory group.
12:08, 17 December 2008
Ecologists: road construction in "Bolshoi Utrish" Reserve in Krasnodar Territory was legalized by three Departments
Ecologists now know from documents that three Departments of the Krasnodar Territory had participated in legalizing the road constructions in the "Bolshoi Utrish" Nature Reserve near the city of Anapa. And one of them - the Department of Biological Resources and Environment Preservation - has coordinated all the issues of this construction within one day.
12:06, 17 December 2008
Numerous violations revealed in old people's home in Volgograd Region
The Prosecutor's Office of the Kikvidzenskiy District of the Volgograd Region has revealed a number of gross violations in the operation of the state specialized in-patient establishment of social service of citizens of advanced age and invalids named "Macheshanskiy Boarding Home for Old People and Invalids". The top managers of the establishment were brought to administrative responsibility.
12:03, 17 December 2008
OSCE Observation Mission promulgates its final report on presidential election in Azerbaijan
The final report of the Observant Mission of the Office for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE runs that at the presidential election in Azerbaijan on October 15, the conditions crucial for pluralistic democracy were not observed.
11:59, 17 December 2008
Azerbaijani human rights activists state worsening of human rights situation
The Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan (MGHROA) has summed up its 2008. "The elapsing 2008 wasn't varicoloured from the viewpoint of ensuring human rights and won't be remembered for any significant positive events," Novella Dzhafaroglu, chairperson of the Society in Defence of Women's Rights named after Dilyara Alieva, said today in the press conference, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
11:56, 17 December 2008
Head of AACh in Georgia: Armenian party is against commission on studying accessory of Norashen Church
The Armenian party objects to setting up a special commission for studying the accessory of the Surb Norashen Church, since historically it is Armenian. This was stated by Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, head of the Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AACh) in Georgia, in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
11:53, 17 December 2008
Prosecutor's Office recognizes that victims' property in Dubrovka was plundered
The Prosecutor's Office of Moscow has recognized the fact that the property of the victims of the Dubrovka terror act was plundered. Advocate of the suffered party Igor Trunov said that such statement was made by the spokesman of the Prosecutor's Office of Moscow.
11:49, 17 December 2008
Human rights activist: nobody addresses the problem of North-Ossetian forced migrants
Nazir Kotiev, Chairman of the human rights organization named "Union of Deportees from North Ossetia", asserts that nobody is now dealing with the real solution of the problems of forced migrants from the Prigorodny District and Vladikavkaz from North Ossetia.
11:45, 17 December 2008
Armenia: trial on "Case of Seven" will be open
The trial that starts on December 19 on the criminal case of participants of mass disorders on March 1-2 in Yerevan, also known as the "Case of Seven", will be open, said Alina Engoyan, press secretary of the Cassation Court of Armenia.
11:29, 17 December 2008
Sarkis Atspanyan refuses to stop termless hunger strike
Despite all appeals of the members of the Committee in Defence of Political Prisoners, Sarkis Atspanyan continues his termless hunger strike. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from human rights activist Vardan Arutyunyan, who characterized Atspanyan's health condition as very grave.
16:21, 16 December 2008
Rostov Region: retired mine workers are on hunger strike
In the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, 11 retired miners are on hunger strike. The protesters, some of them have been hospitalized, stand for the privilege they deserve by the law - the right to use free-of-charge coal or heating facility.
16:19, 16 December 2008
In Krasnodar Territory, builders cut down century-old junipers in the Reserve
In Utrish, Krasnodar Territory, the builders have started to cut down century-old junipers in the area of the second lagoon - in the very centre of the "Bolshoi Utrish" Natural Reserve. On December 15, the site was visited by the investigatory group from the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Anapa, accompanied by the "Green" activists.
16:15, 16 December 2008
Chair of Azerbaijani Committee against Torture visits Insanov and Bashirli
Today, Elchin Bekhbudov, Chair of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture, has visited ex-Minister of Public Health Ali Insanov, who is treated at the medical establishment of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice located in Beyuk Shor village, and Ruslan Bashirli, leader of the "Eni Fikir" (New Thought) Youth Association, kept in Colony No. 1.
16:11, 16 December 2008
Papuashvili: Georgia breaks the rights of forced migrants
The rights of forced migrants in Georgia are violated since the country's leadership lacks clear programme and coordinated actions, as well as due legislation on how to tackle their problems. This was stated by lawyer Simon Papuashvili, coordinator of the project on rendering legal aid to refugees at the Human Rights Centre, in his interview to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
16:09, 16 December 2008
Azerbaijan: trial of the case "Abu-Bekr" Mosque believers versus police resumed
On Tuesday, December 16, the Nariman District Court of Baku, presided by Judge Turgay Guseinova resumed consideration of the claim lodged by the religious community "Believers of Nariman District" versus Nariman District Police Department. The believers want to restart attending the "Abu-Bekr" Mosque, which was subjected to armed attack on August 17 this year, when a grenade exploded inside killing two persons and wounding 13 more.
News
Lena Patyaeva. Screenshot from "Word for Protection" dated 23.08.26, https://t.me/endoflaw/3593. The security forces released Patyaeva from the police department in Grozny.

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the special military operation zone.

Lena Patyaeva at the picket in Grozny. Screenshot from "Word for Protection" photo from 23.08.26, https://t.me/endoflaw/3593 Seda Suleymanova's friend detained in Grozny

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.