News

March 10, 2012 20:00

• "Public Chamber" of Azerbaijan appoints nationwide rally for April 8

  At its today's sitting in Baku, the "Public Chamber" has decided to hold a nationwide rally on April 8 in the capital of Azerbaijan with a demand to release political prisoners. The action is dated to the first anniversary of the rally on April 2, 2011.

March 10, 2012 18:00

• NFHRH demands to resume its office in Azerbaijan

  The Norwegian Foundation "Human Rights House" (NFHRH) has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to resume the activities of its branch in this country – the "Azerbaijani Human Rights House (AHRH).

March 10, 2012 17:00

• Kalmykia: court marshals notify residents about their debts over Internet

  The website of the Department for Kalmykia of the Federal Service of Court Marshals has launched a new service that allows residents to know about their debt within the instituted executive proceedings.

March 10, 2012 14:00

• Georgia: NGOs urge authorities to hold parliamentary elections according to international standards

  In Georgia, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have addressed the authorities asking them to conduct the parliamentary elections this autumn in compliance with international standards. On March 9, activists of several NGOs submitted a corresponding statement to the President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, Speaker of the Parliament David Bakradze and Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze.

March 10, 2012 13:00

• Two tourists caught by avalanche in Adygea

  Today, in Adygea, at the foot of Mount Tkhach, two men were covered by avalanche; one of them managed to get out.

March 10, 2012 11:00

• Azerbaijani journalists and NGOs are outraged of blackmail against Khadidja Ismailova

  Representatives of mass media, NGOs and professional associations of Azerbaijan have made statements condemning the threats and blackmail, to which the journalist Khadidja Ismailova was exposed.

March 10, 2012 10:00

• Tyrnyauz commemorates victims of Balkars' deportation

  On March 8, in the centre of the city of Tyrnyauz, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a memorial board was opened in memory of the victims of deportation of the Balkar people.

March 09, 2012 23:00

• Five persons arrested in Azerbaijan after events in Guba

  In the context of the recent developments in the Azerbaijani city of Guba, where on March 1 a protest action turned into mass riots, five local residents were arrested.

March 09, 2012 22:00

• In Tbilisi, youth activists protest against human rights violations by policemen

  Today, activists of youth organizations and NGOs held a protest action in front of the Georgian MIA under the slogan "I am a free citizen."

March 09, 2012 21:00

• Residents of Imereti Lowland in Sochi have 3-day electricity outage

  About three thousand people – residents of the streets named Nizhnyaya Imeretinskaya, Imeretinskaya, Staroshkolnaya, Staroklubnaya, Uritskogo Tsimlyanskaya, Tavricheskaya and Polevaya in Sochi – are without electricity since March 7 and get ready to protests.

March 09, 2012 20:00

• Relatives of Akhmetgiri Tsechoev, killed in special operation, deny his links with militants

  Relatives and friends of Akhmetgiri Tsechoev, who perished in Malgobek at night on March 4 during a special operation, are categorically denying his association with militants. They do not believe that the retired lieutenant colonel, whose two brothers and a son are also professional militaries, was a militant, and talk about an extra-judicial execution.

March 09, 2012 19:00

• Dagestanis treat March 8 celebrations differently

  Like throughout Russia, March 8 was announced a day-off in Dagestan; however, people treat this holiday differently: some celebrate it, others believe it is a routine day.

March 09, 2012 18:00

• ICPJ condemns threats against journalists in Azerbaijan

  The International Committee to Protect Journalists (ICPJ) has resolutely condemned the threats addressed to Khadidja Ismailova, a journalist of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty.

March 09, 2012 17:00

• Defenders of Yerevan Mashtots Park present ultimatum to government

  In the Armenian capital, ecologists and public activists, campaigning in defence of the Mashtots Park against construction, have demanded from the Mayoralty and the government to make an immediate decision and start dismantling the kiosks installed in the park. Otherwise, they will intensify their protests.

March 09, 2012 12:00

• Deputies of the Georgian Parliament suggest toughening liability for xenophobia-related crimes

  Georgian authorities will toughen liability for crimes out of religious, race, lingual, national or ethnic intolerance. The respective amendments to the Criminal Code are planned. Deputies from the ruling party Kakhaber Anjaparidze and Zviyad Kukava became their originators and authors.

March 09, 2012 09:00

• Amnesty International and Ingush NGOs demand to stop pressure on “MASHR”

  International human rights organization Amnesty International expressed its concern about intimidation of members of human rights organization “MASHR” by the authorities of Ingushetia. Coordination Council of non-governmental organizations of Ingushetia also put forward a demand to stop persecution of the organization and its Head Magomed Multsogov.

March 09, 2012 06:00

• The participants of a mourning meeting in Nalchik declared that the authorities ignored the “land question”

  The participants of a meeting in Nalchik devoted to the 68th anniversary of deportation of the Balkar people stated that the officials of Kabardino-Balkaria ignored their demands. The participants of the action consider that the main problem of the Balkars is unsettled land question.

March 08, 2012 23:00

• North Ossetia begins trying suspect of blowing up people at wedding

  On March 5, the Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz held initial hearings on the case of explosion of a gas cylinder at a wedding in June 2011. The prisoners' dock keeps Vadim Vazagov, a resident of North Ossetia.

March 08, 2012 22:14

• Tbilisi holds conference in memory of deportation of Balkars

  Today, in Tbilisi, in the building of the Sukhumi State University, the NGO "Free Caucasus" and the teachers of the university held a conference in memory of the deportation of the Balkar people.

March 08, 2012 22:00

• In Adygea, liturgical building of Jehovah's Witnesses attacked

  In Adygea, an act of vandalism against the liturgical building of the Jehovah's Witnesses was committed.