News

December 23, 2008 22:00

• Georgian and Russian public discuss implications of Caucasian war

  On December 18, the building of "Memorial" hosted a meeting of representatives of Georgian and Russian public held within a visit organized by the Public Chamber of Russia. The meeting discussed the ways to overcome the humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

December 23, 2008 22:00

• International human rights organizations monitor Rasul Kudaev, inmate of SIZO in Kabardino-Balkaria

  International human rights organizations are seeing after the fate of Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of the SIZO of Kabardino-Balkaria accused under the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005, in Nalchik.

December 23, 2008 21:00

• Veteran of Karabakh War imprisoned in Armenia wants to refuse from water

  In case his demand to release all political prisoners before the New Year remains unfulfilled, Sarkis Atspanyan will refuse drinking water. Now, he is on his termless hunger strike in SIZO "Vardashen".

December 23, 2008 20:00

• Human rights activists of Nagorno-Karabakh plan to go on working with former war prisoners

  The NGO in Nagorno-Karabakh called "Centre of Civil Initiatives" (CCI) has made its annual report, which notes that the organization will henceforth deal with rehabilitation problems of the families of missing people, prisoners of war and former hostages.

December 23, 2008 07:02

• Defence in "Case of Seven": Armenian authorities hold provocations

  Today the advocates of the defendants in the "Case of Seven" have made a statement, in which they assert that the authorities of Armenia organized a number of provocations during today's court session. According to Ovik Arsenyan, advocate of Alexander Arzumanyan, the reinforced securities at the court building, redressed policemen who filled the courtroom by one third and verbal skirmishes in the courtroom allow asserting use of provocations.

December 23, 2008 00:00

• Video: story of human rights activist kidnapped by power agents in Ingushetia

  The "Caucasian Knot" presents a video story by Zurab Tsechoev, employee of the Human rights organization "Mashr", kidnapped this July by FSB agents in Ingushetia, telling the details of the incident.

December 22, 2008 12:23

• Ombudsperson on child's rights in Rostov Region asks to cancel "curfew" in Novocherkassk

  Alla Vasilieva, Ombudsperson for the rights of the child in the Rostov Region, has addressed the Regional Prosecutor's Office asking to react to the illegal, in her opinion, decision of the Mayor of Novocherkassk, restricting the stay of children outdoor late in the evening without accompanying adults.

December 22, 2008 11:17

• Ecologists urge Governor of Krasnodar Territory to preserve Utrish

  Today, the office of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory has registered an appeal to the Governor of the Territory Alexander Tkachov, in which ecologists demand to stop felling the Utrish. The appeal was accompanied by the signatures that ecologists managed to gather in the course of the picket held near the administration under the motto: "Save Utrish!"

December 22, 2008 11:17

• In Azerbaijan, advocate asks court to apply early relief to convicted journalist

  In Azerbaijan, Isakhan Ashurov, advocate of satirical poet Sakit Zakhidov (Mirza Sakit), employee of the "Azadlyg" newspaper who is serving his imprisonment, has addressed the Nariman District Court of Baku with a petition to consider the possibility of early relief for his client.

December 22, 2008 11:13

• Inmates of Nalchik IVS, Ingushetia, complain of administration's oppressions

  Zurab Estoev, a resident of Ingushetia and now one of the inmates of the temporary isolation facility (the so-called "IVS") in the city of Nalchik, complains of oppressions from the IVS administration. Estoev's relatives told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

December 22, 2008 11:13

• In Rostov Region, protesting miners complain of pressure exerted by the authorities

  The organizers and participants of protest actions in the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, experience amplified pressure from local authorities. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Valery Dyakonov, Deputy of Zverevo City Duma.

December 22, 2008 11:13

• Murder of Chechen activist Imran Gaziev in Azerbaijan remains unsolved

  The murder of Chechen activist Imran Gaziev (Umar Gazi), accomplished on November 18, 2007, in Baku, remains unsolved until now. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Isa Akhyadov, Chechen human rights activist who lives in Azerbaijan.

December 22, 2008 11:12

• Women's Charitable Hospital in Dagestan to move out till the end of the year

  The Women's Charitable Hospital, situated in the capital of Dagestan, received an order from the division of court marshals of the Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala on initiation of executive proceedings, according to which the Hospital shall abandon all the occupied premises before December 30, 2008.

December 20, 2008 23:30

• At least 7 casualties in Northern Caucasus within a week

  During the week from December 11 to December 17, at least seven persons were killed and fifteen more wounded as a result armed clashes and terror acts committed in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

December 20, 2008 19:21

• Azerbaijani opposition against changes in Constitution

  The changes in the Constitution assuming cancellation of the restriction to elect one and the same person President of Azerbaijan for more than two terms in a row are violations of one of fundamental principles of democracy - need of power turnover. This was the main idea expressed at the roundtable held on December 19 at the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety of Azerbaijan.

December 20, 2008 17:09

• "Memorial" opens business school in North Ossetia

  On December 18, the Centre for Promoting Small Businesses was launched in Kurtat village of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia with support of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

December 20, 2008 14:42

• Azerbaijani columnists campaign solidarity with convicted Zakhidov

  Azerbaijan has hosted a campaign "Ganimat's Week" held in solidarity with Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, who is now serving his term. The action was organized by the "ASI Club" ("Freedom of Speech Advocates' Club"), which is uniting the columnists of the independent and oppositional newspapers of the Republic.

December 20, 2008 14:03

• Explosion injures people in the capital of Chechnya

  Four militiamen and two civilians were wounded by an explosive hidden in a bag and left inside a buildings in the Leninskiy District of the capital of Chechnya.

December 20, 2008 11:51

• Azerbaijani soldier wants to become citizen of Armenia

  Rafik Rakhman Ogly Gasanov, a serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army, who surrendered to the Armenian party under obscure circumstances, has announced his desire to receive citizenship of Armenia, as the Ministry of Defence of Armenia reports.

December 20, 2008 09:32

• Forty WW II artillery shells found in Rostov Region

  On December 19, in Matveevo-Kurgan village, Rostov Region, forty unexploded shells remaining from the time of the World War II were found.