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October 31, 2009 10:00

• Rally held in Moscow on the Day of Political Prisoners

  On October 30, the Day of Political Prisoners, Moscow held a rally in defence of victims of political prosecutions in Russia. Despite cold weather, over two hundred persons came to take part in the event. The protesters demanded to immediately release the "prisoners of conscience" and reconsider the cases of all political prisoners.

October 31, 2009 09:00

• Participants of press conference in Moscow on situation in Ingushetia detect shadowing

  After the press conference of the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Liudmila Alekseeva, assistant of the President of Ingushetia Musa Pliev and the leader of the Ingush opposition Magomed Khazbiev on the current situation in Ingushetia in the context of the recent murder of Maksharip Aushev, its participants found that they were shadowed.

October 30, 2009 23:50

• Georgian Ombudsman states violation of human rights and freedoms in his country

  Georgiy Tugushi, Ombudsman of Georgia, has characterized the situation in the sphere of human rights in the country as grave. This is stated in his first report, for the first half of 2009, placed in the web site of the Ombudsman.

October 30, 2009 23:10

• UN criticizes work of law enforcement bodies in Northern Caucasus

  The situation with human rights and persecutions of journalists in Russia has deserved a special report, prepared by the respective profile committee of the United Nations. The results of the work of the experts of the UN Human Rights Committee were reported today in Geneva. Russian law enforcement bodies operating in the Chechen Republic and other subjects of Northern Caucasus were subjected to the sharpest criticism.

October 30, 2009 23:00

• Protest action dated to the Day of Political Prisoners held in Yerevan

  Today in Yerevan, on the Day of Political Prisoners, which for the first time was marked in the former USSR 35 years ago, a protest action was held at the building of the State Public Prosecutor's Office with a demand to release the remaining 17 political prisoners.

October 30, 2009 22:50

• Azerbaijani IRFS states pressure on NGOs

  Today, the Institute on Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has made a statement, which regards the sudden inspection of the Institute initiated by the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan to be a "start of a new campaign of frank pressure."

October 30, 2009 22:30

• In Dagestan, six-form pupil sent out of school for wearing hijab

  Rizvan Abusufyanov, a resident of Shamkhal-Station, Kirov District of Makhachkala, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his daughter Patimat Abusufyanova, a pupil of the sixth form, was sent away from school today because she is wearing an Islamic headscarf (hijab). Abusufyanov said that school director Patimat Magomedova was behind the incident.

October 30, 2009 22:10

• Georgia: court refuses to release Tsotne Gamsakhurdia for the period of investigation

  Georgia: court refuses to release Tsotne Gamsakhurdia for the period of investigation

October 30, 2009 22:00

• Homeless Dagestan teenager kidnapped from Moscow hospital

  On October 29, a source from law enforcement bodies reported that employees of the Moscow GUVD were searching a teenager of 14, kidnapped from the reception ward of the Morozov Children's Hospital.

October 30, 2009 21:10

• Russia loses three more ECtHR cases on Chechen residents' claims

  Russia has lost three more cases at the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg on the claims lodged by residents of the Chechen Republic and will have to pay 130,000 euros for disappearances in 2000.

October 30, 2009 20:00

• Chechen President finds "Novaya Gazeta" articles on Markelov's murder slanderous

  Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of the Chechen leader, has stated that the articles of the "Novaya Gazeta" on the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov contain slanderous information against President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.

October 30, 2009 19:00

• Moscow holds press conference on Maksharip Aushev's murder

  Today, Moscow will host a press conference on the situation in Ingushetia after the recent Maksharip Aushev's murder with participation of Liudmila Alekseeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Musa Pliev, assistant to the President of Ingushetia, and Magomed Khazbiev, leader of the Ingush opposition.

October 30, 2009 18:00

• Wife of missing Makhachkala resident is afraid for his life

  Zagra Kazimagomedova, a resident of Makhachkala, is afraid that her husband, Murad Salikhov, 24, who disappeared on October 29, can be killed. She told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that she was waiting for the on duty inspector at the Investigatory Department at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Sovietskiy District of the capital of Dagestan till late at night aiming to serve her petition to him, but he never appeared at his workplace.

October 29, 2009 23:50

• Woman from Makhachkala reports disappearance of her husband

  Zagra Kazimagomedova, a resident of Makhachkala, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that today her husband Murad Salikhov, 24, who lived in the capital of Dagestan at 55 Akushinskogo Street, disappeared in early evening.

October 29, 2009 23:20

• Chapanov: Makhloev kidnapped in Ingushetia was earlier under inquiry

  Makhsud Makhloev, who was kidnapped today in the morning in Sleptsovskaya village, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, earlier was detained by militia on suspicion of participating in the attempt on the head of Sunzha ROVD (District Interior Unit); however, 4 months later he was released, and later had no claims from law enforcement bodies. This was reported by Vakha Chapanov, head of the Ingush Information Agency "Maximum".

October 29, 2009 23:00

• "Imedi" journalists to address ECtHR on November 2007 events

  Journalists of the Georgian TV Company "Imedi" are going to address the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR). According to advocate Liya Mukhashavriya, who is representing journalists' interests, first they will address the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Georgia.

October 29, 2009 22:30

• Son of the first President of Georgia goes on hunger strike

  The Tbilisi City Court has accused Tsotne, the son of the first President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, of a murder attempt, illegal purchase, storage and bearing of arms. Ketevan Bekauri, Zviad's advocate, told journalists about it.

October 29, 2009 22:00

• Power agents take head of communication centre of Ingush MIA in unknown direction

  In Ingushetia, unidentified persons have kidnapped Mussa Matsievа, head of the centre of specialized communications of the local MIA.

October 29, 2009 21:30

• Eyewitness in Maksharip Aushev's murder case regains consciousness

  Tauzela Dzeitova, the main witness of the murder of the Ingush oppositionist Maksharipa Aushev, who was in his car at the moment of the murder, has come back to consciousness. It was reported today by the representative of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office) for Kabardino-Balkaria.

October 29, 2009 21:20

• Resident of Sleptsovskaya kidnapped in Ingushetia

  Today, at 5:30 a.m. in Sleptsovskaya village, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, unidentified power agencies kidnapped Makhsud Makhloev. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Lydia Mikhalchenko, editor of the website "Ingushetiyaru.org" with referring to the leader of Ingush opposition Magomed Khazbiev. Law enforcement bodies deny their participation in the incident.