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September 26, 2011 23:10

• Bitsadze, ex-boss of Frontier Police, convicted in Georgia, found in Austria

  Georgian journalists found General Badri Bitsadze, former Deputy Interior Minister of Georgia, who was sentenced in absentia at home to 5.5 years of imprisonment, in Vienna.

September 26, 2011 23:00

• Armenia implements "Week of Freedom" project

  On September 21-28, Armenia holds the "Week of Freedom of Information", dated to the International Day of Freedom of Information.

September 26, 2011 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 19-25

  Recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Pacific State of Tuvalu; PACE inspection of TACs of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia; terror act with dozens of victims; the fifth within a month attempt on high-ranking law enforcer; and the trial of policemen accused of beating lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, which ended without starting in Dagestan, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 19-25, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 26, 2011 22:40

• Judges considering attack on Baksan HPP refuse to question power agents

  At the trial on the case of the attack on the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), interrogation of six witnesses failed, as they came to the session without their IDs.

September 26, 2011 22:30

• Action to restrict nightclubs held in North Ossetia

  In the course of the campaign "Let's Stop Lawlessness Together!" youth organizations of North Ossetia collected over 38,000 signatures to the appeal addressed to the country's and republic's leaders asking to adopt legislation to restrict operation of nightclubs in the republic.

September 26, 2011 22:20

• Rostov Region commemorates repressed priests and teachers of "Surb Astvatsatsin" parish school

  On September 24, near the Armenian Church "Surb Astvatsatsin" (St Mary's Church) of the Novo-Nakhichevan and Russian Eparchy, located in the village of Bolshie Saly, Myasnikov District of the Rostov Region, a cross was installed in memory of the repressed priests and teachers of the parish school.

September 26, 2011 22:10

• At inauguration, Ankvab proclaims unity of public institutions and branches of power as priority

  In Sukhumi, the inauguration of the president-elect of Abkhazia for first time took place without official invitation of foreign guests. In his inaugural speech, Alexander Ankvab said that he sees country's successful development in highly skilled work of the government, effective actions of legislators and close cooperation of the civil society with the authorities.

September 26, 2011 22:00

• Baku: prosecutor demands prison for four oppositionists

  At the Sabail District Court of Baku, at the trial of four oppositionists, arrested for taking part in the April 2 rally, the state prosecutor Djeikhun Kyazimov asked to sentence the accused to 2.5 and 3 years of imprisonment.

September 26, 2011 21:00

• Participants of the movement "Save Historical Memorials" cleaned a church in Nagorno-Karabakh

  On September, 25, activists of the civil movement "Save Historical Memorials" carried out cleansing works in Vankasar church dating back to VI-VII centuries not far from the ancient town of Tigranakert (Nagorno-Karabakh).

September 26, 2011 20:00

• 15 thousand residents of Batumi left without electricity because of pelting rains

  As a result of pelting rains which lasted day and night on September, 25, the traffic in the major highways of Batumi (Adzharia, Georgia) was paralyzed for several hours. Water level in the main streets of the town reached 1 - 1,5 meters.

September 26, 2011 19:00

• Foreign surgeons who arrived in Chechnya will operate on 30 children at no charge

  Famous cosmetic surgeons from the USA, Germany and Australia who arrived in Chechnya last week will operate on 30 Chechen children who need oral surgery aid. All the high-priced operations will be performed at no charge.

September 26, 2011 18:00

• A person accused of disturbances in Manezhnaya square of Moscow appealed against his arrest to the European Court

  Igor Berezniuk, defendant on the case of mass disturbances in Manezhnaya square of Moscow last December, appealed against his arrest to the European Court of Human Rights. This was reported by Dmitry Agranovsky acting as the defendant's attorney today.

September 24, 2011 23:59

• FIDH opens trilingual website in support of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski

  On September 25, Ales Bialiatski, Vice President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" (Spring) – a FIDH member-organization in Belarus, is 49 years old.

September 24, 2011 22:00

• Georgia holds rally of gratitude to ECtHR

  On September 23, in Tbilisi, the oppositional party of the former Georgia's Ambassador to the United Nations Irakli Alasaniya "Our Georgia – Free Democrats" held an action of gratitude to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the decision on the case of Sandro Girgvliani. The participants of the rally called on the Council of Europe (CoE) to force the Georgian government to fulfil the decision.

September 24, 2011 21:00

• Ecologists detect second illegal quarry in Sochi National Park

  The "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" reports, with reference to local residents, that in the valley of the Psou River, in the territory of the Sochi National Park, there is another illegal quarry.

September 24, 2011 20:10

• Ingushetia: residents of Ekazhevo hold gathering in context with Ali Dobriev's detention

  Today, the rural settlement of Ekazhevo, Nazran District of Ingushetia, hosts an extraordinary gathering of villagers in protest against detention on September 18 of Ali Dobriev, Senior Assistant of the Sunzha District Prosecutor, on suspicion of organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF) and preparing a terror act.

September 24, 2011 19:13

• Labourites urge UN to react to "Anglo-Americanization" of Georgia

  The Labour Party of Georgia asks the UN committee on discrimination "to investigate the issue of discrimination of the Georgian language and adopt a resolution against the Anglo-American colonization of Georgia."

September 24, 2011 18:00

• Rostov-on-Don hosts protest against high gasoline prices

  The protest action against high gasoline prices was organized by about 20 persons, who plan to send their adopted resolution to Russian President.

September 24, 2011 17:00

• Refugees in Ingushetia state poor living conditions

  The forced resettlers from Chechnya and North Ossetia, who live in Ingushetia in temporary accommodation centres (TACs), assert that their long years spent in trailers have undermined their health.

September 24, 2011 16:11

• In Ingushetia, international youth forum "Targim-2011" is over

  On September 23, the closing ceremony of the international youth forum "Targim-2011" and presentation of diplomas and memory gifts to its participants took place in Ingushetia.