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December 13, 2008 20:25

• In Ingushetia, militia posts shelled three times in one day

  Within the last 24 hours, in different areas of Ingushetia, there were three incidents with fire opened at employees of law enforcement bodies. Three militiamen were wounded.

December 13, 2008 19:21

• South Ossetia accuses Georgia of breaching Medvedev-Sarkozy plan

  The South-Ossetian Ministry of Defence reports that Georgia has deployed its special troops near the border with South Ossetia, which is a direct violation of the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreement reached after the Russian-Georgian August military conflict.

December 13, 2008 17:17

• March in defence of human rights held in Azerbaijani capital

  On December 12, the "Dalga" (Wave) Youth Movement held an action in Baku within the Week of Human Rights on the issue of restrictions imposed on the freedom of assembly in Azerbaijan.

December 13, 2008 16:09

• Rostov Region strengthens people's credit of militia

  The project "We know our rights. And you?", realized in the Rostov Region by the Union "Women of Don Region", has promoted stronger trust of the population to law enforcement bodies, as Valentina Cherevatenko, leader of the Union, believes.

December 13, 2008 15:02

• Ingush public call authorities to return the Prigorodny District

  Representatives of public organizations of Ingushetia have addressed the leaders of the Republic with an appeal to return the Prigorodny District, belonging nowadays to North Ossetia, back within administrative borders of Ingushetia.

December 13, 2008 13:55

• Residents of Rostov Region collect books for South-Ossetian children

  In Rostov-on-Don, the regional children's library is gathering books for the children's library in South Ossetia.

December 13, 2008 12:45

• In Adygea, officials are ordered to be more careful when driving service cars

  The government of Adygea has passed a statement instructing state servants not to use their service cars for personal needs and not to drive them personally.

December 13, 2008 10:24

• NAChO: distribution system of presidential grants needs reforming

  The National Association of Charitable Organizations (NAChO) of Russia has studied the peculiarities of allocation of presidential grants and concluded that budgetary funds in the country are often granted to organizations and projects whose aims are foggy, and relation to declared activities y is non-evident.

December 12, 2008 19:51

• Movement "Dalga" holds action near Iranian embassy in Baku

  On Thursday, December 11, the Youth Organization "Dalga" (Wave), acting within the Week of Human Rights, held a protest action before the embassy of Iran to Baku.

December 12, 2008 19:49

• Russian Supreme Court refuses to revise Boris Stomakhin's verdict

  The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has refused to revise the verdict to the publicist of the website "Kavkaz-Centre" Boris Stomakhin convicted to five years of colony for kindling interethnic enmity and extremism. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by his mother Regina Stomakhina.

December 12, 2008 19:44

• Institute of Media Rights states problems with freedom of press in Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani Institute of Media Rights (IMR) has promulgated a report on situation with mass media of the country in November. The document, now at the disposal of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, runs that in the reporting period five facts of pressure on journalists were registered.

December 12, 2008 13:51

• Pliev: Judge in Magomed Evloev's case is under prosecutors' pressure

  The judge refused to re-qualify the case dealing with the murder of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", into another article of the Criminal Code because of the pressure exerted by the prosecutor's office. This opinion was stated by human rights activist and advocate Musa Pliev, now appointed as adviser of President of Ingushetia to coordinate the work of power agencies.

December 12, 2008 13:48

• Linguistic experts say they never called the Dagestan newspaper "Time of Actions" as extremist

  Representatives of the Association of Linguistic Experts named "Argument", who were engaged in analyzing articles from the newspaper "Time of Actions", have stated that never treated the paper as extremist. Since judicial bodies only are entitled to qualify and, moreover, recognize this or that text or mass media as extremist.

December 12, 2008 13:46

• In Moscow, militiamen dislike slogans of picket against Kremlin's policy in Northern Caucasus

  Last night, on December 11, militiamen and a representative of the administration of the Tver District of Moscow moved claims to the slogans of the participants of the weekly picket against violations of human rights in Northern Caucasus. The picket was held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in the centre of the capital, near a big New Year tree decorated with garlands.

December 12, 2008 13:44

• In Azerbaijan, ex-minister of public health Ali Insanov placed into prison hospital

  The authorities of Azerbaijan have fulfilled the prescription of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) to transfer former Minister of Public Health Ali Insanov, who is now serving his imprisonment, to the medical establishment of the Penitentiary Service. Insanov's advocate Togrul Babaev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his client was transferred today from Colony No. 13 to the hospital of the Penitentiary System.

December 12, 2008 13:42

• Court rejects petition to transfer trial on Nalchik attack to some other region

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has rejected the petition lodged last week by the accusation asking to transfer the trial on the events on October 13, 2005, to some other region.

December 12, 2008 13:40

• Krasnodar schools make lists of Caucasian nationals

  In Krasnodar, district departments on education have ordered from city schools to compile lists of pupils-natives from the Caucasus with indication of their home addresses.

December 12, 2008 13:37

• Ingushetia: hotline on power agents receives 5-6 calls per hour

  On December 10-11, the telephone hotline opened in Ingushetia for people to complain against power agents' actions received 5-6 calls every hour, as human rights activist and lawyer Musa Pliev, appointed as adviser to President of Ingushetia for coordinating power agencies, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Mr Pliev has appointed personal meetings on December 12 to three complaining citizens.

December 11, 2008 14:12

• European Court to consider destroyed Armenian khachkars in Nakhichevan

  The European Court for Human Rights has accepted to consideration the claim against Azerbaijan demanding to find the state guilty of destroying Armenian khachkars in Staraya Dzhuga (Nakhichevan). The claim against the government of Azerbaijan was filed by the organization named "The Board West-Armenian Armenians".

December 11, 2008 14:04

• Krasnodar Territory: construction of Sukko-Utrish Highway suspended

  On December 10, the UVD (Interior Department) of the city of Anapa and the Azov-Black Sea Nature Protection Prosecutor's Office suspended the construction of the Sukko-Utrish Highway in the "Bolshoi Utrish" Reserve.