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Society, Politics, Interethnic relations, Human rights, Culture, Crime, Conflicts, Economics, Nature And Ecology, IncidentsRegions
Abkhazia / Adjaria / Adygeia / Armenia / Astrakhan region / Azerbaijan / Chechnya / Dagestan / Georgia / Ingushetia / Kabardino-Balkaria / Kalmykia / Karachaevo-Cherkesia / Krasnodar region / Nagorny Karabakh / North Caucasus / North Osetia - Alania / North-Caucasian Federal District / Rostov region / Russia / South Federal District / South Osetia / Stavropol region / Volgograd regionWeek in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 8-14
Five years after death of Ichkeria President Maskhadov; Dagestan records for Guinness Book; detentions of journalists and rallies against kidnappings in Ingushetia; oil projects in Azerbaijan; religion-motivated persecutions in the south of Russia; visit of Georgian oppositionists to Moscow and scandal with report on Russia's attack on Georgia, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of March 8-14, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Mar 15 2010, 23:50; CK correspondent
War films presented in Nagorno-Karabakh
| Within the Project "Cinema Dialogues", the city of Stepanakert hosted a presentation of films dedicated to the conflict in the region and created by young journalists - authors of documentaries from Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. |
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Mar 12 2010, 23:55; CK correspondent
International human rights organizations call Azerbaijan to release convicted bloggers
| The international human rights organizations "Committee to Protection Journalists", Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have made statements on the refusal of the Baku Appeal Court to cancel the verdict to bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, convicted to 2 and 2.5 years of imprisonment respectively. |
Mar 10 2010, 19:00; CK correspondent
Azerbaijani Appeal Court upholds verdict to bloggers
| Today, in Baku, the Azerbaijani Appeal Court, chaired by Judge Gail Mamedov, has upheld the verdict of the first instance court to bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade. |
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Mar 09 2010, 23:10
Protest action against resolution on Armenians' genocide held at the US embassy in Baku
| On Monday, March 8, in Baku, a protest action was held in front of the US embassy in the context of the approval on March 4 by the Committee on Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives of the US Congress of draft resolution on Armenians' genocide. |
Mar 06 2010, 15:00; CK correspondent
In Azerbaijan, journalists meet relatives of arrested colleagues
| On Friday, March 5, the office of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety of reporters (IRFS) hosted a meeting of journalists with families of arrested journalists Einullah Fatullaev and Ganimat Zakhidov, and of bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli. |
Mar 05 2010, 22:40; CK correspondent
Thomas Hammarberg disappointed that murder of journalist Guseinov is still unsolved
| The situation with the freedom of mass media, operation of the law-enforcement system of Azerbaijan and situation with NGOs were the main topics of debates in the course of the visit to the country on March 1-5 of Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner of the Council of Europe on Human Rights. |
Mar 05 2010, 22:00; CK correspondent
Elmira Suleimanova re-elected as Azerbaijani Ombudsperson
| At today's session of the Parliament, Elmira Suleimanova, 72, was re-elected to the post of the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan for her second term of 7 years. The opposition and human rights activists differed in their opinions on this re-appointment. |
Mar 03 2010, 22:10; CK correspondent
Azerbaijan: challenge of the court petitioned by bloggers' advocates rejected
| Today, the Baku Appeal Court, chaired by Gail Mamedov, continued considering the complaint lodged by bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade. |
Mar 02 2010, 22:00; CK correspondent
Azerbaijan: Einullah Fatullaev fears for his life
| Einullah Fatullaev, founder and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan", serving his imprisonment in Azerbaijan, has stated a threat to his life. This was the topic of his letter addressed to the bosses of the Penitentiary Services of Azerbaijan and to the Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders and Committee to Protect Journalists, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. |
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Azerbaijan: Articles
- Interview with David J.Kramer
- Andreas Gross: 'Russia underestimates the gravity of the totalitarian past'
- The Report of the Institute of Peace and Democracy on the Facts of Police Violence and Brutality against Women and Girls
- Azerbaijan and the European Neighborhood Policy
- Amnesty International: Azerbaijan