A photo in support of Martin Kochesoko. (RFE/RL)
On 25 November, a court in Cherkessk, the capital of Russian republic of Karachay–Cherkessia, acquitted five people accused of staging an illegal protest.
Askhabali Zairbekov is released. Photo: Kommersant.
On 26 November, a military court in Rostov-on-Don ruled that Askhabali Zairbekov receive compensation of ₽9.5 million ($150,000) and a public apology from the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian republic of Daghestan. The former police chief of the Kizilyurt District in central Daghestan had been charged and acquitted of armed robbery. [Read more…]
A street in Pankisi. Photo: Mari Nikuradze/OC Media.
One man has been shot dead and three more hospitalised after a conflict broke out between two families in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley. [Read more…]
Rashid Maysigov.
A journalist from Ingush news site Fortanga who was arrested in July on drug possession charges has been released under house arrest. [Read more…]
Protesters paraded an effigy of Georgian Dream chair Bidzina Ivanishvili on Rustaveli Street. Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media.
The authorities in Tbilisi have dispersed protesters blockading the Georgian Parliament for the second time in a week. As temperatures reached below zero in the early hours of Tuesday, riot police moved in deploying a water cannon against protesters.
The session at the Armenian Parliament on19 November. Official photo.
On 19 November, Armenia’s National Assembly passed a new draft bill on criminalizing the creation of criminal subculture groups. The bill passed, despite both parliamentary opposition parties opposing it. [Read more…]
Giga Makarashvili, For Freedom activist at the protest held on 17 November. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
Amidst protracted preliminary court hearings, 10 of the 37 people arrested following the protests on Monday have been sentenced to administrative imprisonment. Opposition groups have called for their release and vow to restart street protests next week. [Read more…]
Photo: still from video.
The former head of Armenia’s advisory Public Council, Vazgen Manukyan, has announced the creation of the Vernatun Club, a new political organisation, in a meeting on 15 November attended mostly by opposition figures linked to the former ruling Republican Party. [Read more…]
The Constitutional Court of Daghestan. Photo: Saida Vagabova / OC Media
The Constitutional Court of the Russian republic Daghestan has ruled that a ban on protests near government buildings contradicts the republic’s constitution. The case was brought by supporters of imprisoned journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiyev, who have been repeatedly denied permission to protest in the capital, Makhachkala.
Still from 'Numerous cases of illegal adoption of children by foreigners have been revealed’.
On November 14, the National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) announced that it had uncovered an organised crime ring involved in facilitating the illegal adoption of over 30 Armenian children by foreigners. [Read more…]
