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October 29, 2009 21:00

• Anna Politkovskaya Street to appear in Tbilisi

  Today, a Tbilisi body of local government (in Sakrebulo) made a decision to give the names of perished Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, actresses Sofiko Chiaureli and film director Olga Konskaya.

October 29, 2009 20:00

• HRW: criminal case on slander against head of HRC "Memorial" should be stopped

  The authorities of Russia should immediately stop the criminal prosecution of the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated.

October 29, 2009 19:20

• Relatives of Dzhavatkhanov assassinated in Chechnya deny his links with separatists

  Relatives and friends of Ramzan Dzhavatkhanov, 25, a resident of Tevzani village, who, according to Chechen power agents, was liquidated on October 27 near Makhkety village during a special operation, assert that a couple of days prior to his death Ramzan was kidnapped by unidentified persons.

October 29, 2009 18:00

• Residents of Ingushetia who move to Urals Mountains will get houses and travelling allowances

  The Ingushes who will resettle to the Sverdlovsk Region will be provided with accommodation and receive travelling allowances at a rate of 50-60 thousand roubles per capable family member. The administration of the Ingush President said that before mid-November an agreement will be signed by the republic's leaders and authorities of the Sverdlovsk Region about possible resettlement of Ingushes to agricultural areas of the Region.

October 28, 2009 23:50

• Son of the first President of Georgia detained for political reasons, his mother asserts

  The charges moved against Tsotne, son of the first President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, who was detained by the police yesterday, on October 27, were far-fetched, since the authorities are persecuting Gamsakhurdia on political grounds. This was stated by Tsotne's mother - Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia.

October 28, 2009 23:40

• Armenian Ombudsman: in 2008, most complaints were against police

  Human rights are still trampled on in Armenia. The Ombudsman's office received most of the complaints related to human rights violations - 259 out of 4090 - against the police. Courts were runners-up, then - the Mayoralty. These are the data from the report for 2008, presented by Armenian Ombudsman Armen Arutyunyan to the National Assembly.

October 28, 2009 23:10

• Concert in support of political prisoners to be held in Moscow

  On November 1, 2009, the Moscow Concert Hall "Mir" (Peace) in Tsvetnoi Boulevard will host a charitable concert "To your and our freedom" in support of political prisoners. Well-known poet-singer Timur Shaov, poets and satirical writers Igor Irteniev, Dmitri Bykov and Vadim Zhuk will take part in the event.

October 28, 2009 23:00

• Azerbaijani political prisoners remind the Council of Europe about themselves

  Azerbaijani prisoners of conscience - newspapers editors Einullah Fatullaev, Ganimat Zakhidov and other political prisoners - have decided to send a desktop pedestal, symbolizing a political prisoner, to Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

October 28, 2009 22:20

• Vladikavkaz residents hold silent protest after another "Electrozink" emission

  Today, about 500 residents of Vladikavkaz wearing bulky dressings rallied in central city and held a non-sanctioned protest action against emissions of the "Electrozink" factory. The participants have agreed, within an hour and a half after the today's emission of sulphur dioxide by the factory, with the help of the Internet to hold such action.

October 28, 2009 22:00

• President of Chechnya to demand a million from "Novaya Gazeta"

  Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, is going to file a civil suit to the "Novaya Gazeta" on defence of honour, dignity and business reputation, and on compensation of moral damage. The reason for the suit was the article "Execution in Vienna" on Kadyrov's possible involvement in the murder of Umar Israilov, a resident of Chechnya, committed in Austria.

October 28, 2009 21:00

• Next week, HRC "Memorial" to lodge full cassation against court ruling on Kadyrov's claim

  Now, the advocates of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" are preparing a cassation complaint on the decision of the Tver Court of Moscow, which had partially satisfied the claim of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to the head of the HRC Oleg Orlov. The complaint will be lodged to the Moscow City Court.

October 28, 2009 20:00

• Victims of marauding at Dubrovka terror act to go to European Court for increased compensations

  On October 27, the Moscow City Court refused to increase the sum of payments to the victims of plundering of hostages' belongings at the Dubrovka terror act and to compensate their moral damage; thus, having rejected the cassation complaint against the decision of the Zamoskvoretski Court, who had ruled to pay 130 thousand roubles under two claims.

October 28, 2009 19:00

• President of Chechnya calls Ahmed Zakaev a liar

  On October 27, at the extraordinary conference of the regional branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov characterized Ahmed Zakaev, former field commander and minister of culture in the government of Ichkeria, as a liar and hypocrite.

October 28, 2009 18:00

• Kabardino-Balkaria: four militiamen sacked after going to court for their unpaid overtime bonuses

  After reports appeared in media that servicemen of the regiment of patrol-sentry service of the militia (RPSSM) were refused their bonuses for overtime work, repressions against the militiamen who had been bold as to complain became stronger.

October 27, 2009 23:55

• Azerbaijani human rights activists call Ilham Aliev to release all political prisoners

  Today, the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan (MGHROA) has held a roundtable at the Media Centre dated to the Day of Political Prisoners marked on October 30. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the participants of the event a meeting have regretfully ascertained that, despite Azerbaijani membership in the Council of Europe (CE), the problem of political prisoners remains topical in the country.

October 27, 2009 23:50

• European Court fines Georgia for non-professional judges

  On October 27, the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg ruled to fine Georgia by 6000 euros for the 2001 trial of three participants of the plot against President by non-professional judicial assessors.

October 27, 2009 23:45

• Bloggers' trial protracted in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku, chaired by Araz Guseinov, continued the litigation on the case of young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade, accused of hooliganism and causing bodily injuries.

October 27, 2009 23:40

• Markelov's brother says the advocate's murder is solved

  In the near future, inspectors will arrest several persons who committed the murder of Stanislav Markelov because of his activities. This was stated by Mikhail Markelov, the lost lawyer's brother and head of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" Party; however, he refused to give the names yet.

October 27, 2009 23:40

• Amnesty International: authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria shall investigate Maksharip Aushev's murder

  Russian authorities, and, in particular, those of Kabardino-Balkaria are obliged to find and make responsible those guilty of murdering Maksharip Aushev, the leading Ingush activist of the civil society. This was stated today by the Amnesty International (AI), an international human rights organization.

October 27, 2009 23:10

• Astrakhan opposition continues protest actions against violations at Mayor's election

  Today in the morning, about 50 oppositionists tried to send crackers to Mayor-elect of Astrakhan Sergey Bozhenov, hinting on his soon arrest. The militia would not admit the activists into the mayoralty.