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August 15, 2009 03:00

• Georgia and Abkhazia mark the date of regional conflict

  On August 14, Abkhazia marked the 17th anniversary of the start of the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, know in this republic as the Patriotic War of Abkhazian nation. Georgia also marks every anniversary of the start of this conflict.

August 14, 2009 23:50

• In Chechnya, witnesses fear to evidence on human rights activists' murders

  Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the ICPO, has stated that witnesses are afraid to evidence on murder cases of human rights activists in Chechnya.

August 14, 2009 23:30

• Resident of Chechnya reports that his fellow villager was tortured for having a telephone conversation with a militant

  In the Grozny District of Chechnya, power agents have severely beaten and tortured two residents of Pervomaiskoe village, located in this district, a father and his son. The reason was that the son received a call to his mobile phone his former friend who had joined militants a year ago.

August 14, 2009 23:00

• Dagestan's MIA names militants who attacked Buinaksk

  In Dagestan, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed that law enforcers know the names of several militants from the grouping that committed, in the evening on August 13, an attack a militia post and a sauna killing 11 persons. According to militiamen, the bandits, from 10 to 15 persons, were commanded by Nabi Migitdinov.

August 14, 2009 22:40

• In Armenia, shooter at Mikael Danielyan acquitted

  The end of the preliminary investigation of the case on the attack on Mikael Danielyan, a well-known human rights activist and chairman of the Helsinki Association, committed by Tigran Urikhanyan, former leader of the pro-governmental Progressive Party of Armenia (PPA), was unexpected - both parties were regarded innocent. Mr Danielyan himself told journalists about it.

August 14, 2009 22:10

• Alekseeva: vertical of power is to be blamed for Dzhabrailov's and Sadulayeva's murders in Chechnya

  In the opinion of Liudmila Alekseeva, chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, the murders in Chechnya of Zarema Sadulayeva and Alik Dzhabrailov - leaders of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation" - is a result of the vertical of power, built at different levels.

August 14, 2009 22:00

• Russian President: murders in Northern Caucasus aim to destabilize the situation

  At a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the outcomes of today's talks, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has stated that the recently committed murders of human rights activists and politicians have the aim to destabilize the situation in the Caucasus.

August 14, 2009 21:00

• Danielyan: human rights activist is illegally kept in Armenian prison

  Arshaluis Akopyan, a member of the Helsinki Association, is still illegally kept in prison, as human rights activist Mikael Danielyan said to journalists and reminded that Akopyan's custody was extended till September 5.

August 14, 2009 20:00

• Karassin: 162 locals and 48 militaries perished last August in South Ossetia

  In the course of last year's August events, in total 162 residents of South Ossetia were lost and 255 more wounded, and 48 Russian militaries perished, including 10 peacemakers, and 162 servicemen were wounded. These figures were presented by Gregory Karassin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

August 14, 2009 19:00

• Cherkasov: Kadyrov's words about Estemirova are self-explaining

  Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the Board of the of the HRC "Memorial", believes that the recent statements of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov that Natalia Estemirova, assassinated in Chechnya, "had never had honour, dignity and conscience", are, first of all, self-evidencing.

August 14, 2009 18:00

• Picket against political murders in Northern Caucasus held in Moscow

  On August 13, in the Pushkin Square in Moscow, 35 persons held a picket in memory of Zarema Sadulayeva, leader of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation", and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, who were found assassinated on August 11 in Chechnya, and journalist Malik Ahmedilov, who was shot dead in Dagestan.

August 13, 2009 23:50

• Amerkhanov is the third high-ranking official of Ingushetia killed in summer of 2009

  Ruslan Amerkhanov, Minister of Construction of Ingushetia, shot dead on August 12 in his study in the city of Magas, is already the third high-ranking official of Ingushetia killed during this summer.

August 13, 2009 23:30

• Husband of Chechen human rights defender could be killed for participation in Basaev's grouping

  The murder of Alik Dzhabrailov, husband of Zarema Sadulayeva, committed in Chechnya, may, probably, stem from the days, when he was a member of the grouping subordinated to Shamil Basaev.

August 13, 2009 23:00

• Inspection finds no violations of prisoners' rights in Stavropol colony

  Today, the office of the Ombudsperson for the Stavropol Territory has reported that the check conducted in Corrective Colony No. 11, located in the Shpakovskiy District, Stavropol Territory, failed to reveal any violations of prisoners' rights.

August 13, 2009 22:40

• Western diplomats are concerned of the fate of arrested Azerbaijani bloggers and head of Talysh Cultural Centre

  The fate of the arrested young bloggers and heavily sick prisoner Novruzali Mamedov is still in the focus of attention of the international community. In these last days, these issues were discussed during the meetings of members of western diplomatic missions with the Azerbaijani Ombudsperson Elmira Suleimanova.

August 13, 2009 22:10

• Verkhovskiy: "Chernovik" case in Dagestan leads to closing the paper

  The criminal case and trial of journalists of the Dagestan-based newspaper "Chernovik" will most probably result in closing the edition and conviction of its employees; and this is the problem of the current Russian anti-extremist legislation. This is the opinion of Alexander Verkhovskiy, director of the Information-Analytical Centre "Sova" and expert in wrongful application of the anti-extremist legislation.

August 13, 2009 22:00

• President of Chechnya claims 10 million roubles from the head of "Memorial"

  The Tver Court of Moscow has initiated a civil proceeding under the claim of President Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on defence of honour, dignity and business reputation.

August 13, 2009 21:00

• Witness in the case of Nalchik attack refused from her evidences given three years ago

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, which considers the case about attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, listened to two anonymous witnesses and Albina Karmova, a resident of Svetlovodskoe village, Zolskiy District.

August 13, 2009 20:00

• Internet disseminates video with Delimkhanov's threats addressed to Chechen human rights defenders

  The platform YouTube has placed a video clip quoting a news report of the Chechen television, in which TV in which Adam Delimkhanov, Deputy of the Russian State Duma, speaking in the Chechen language, calls human rights activists of Chechnya to account, since, according to his story, they "help criminals-militants."

August 13, 2009 19:00

• Zarema Sadulayeva's body had traces of beating

  Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the youth NGO "Let's Save the Generation", who was found, together with her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, assassinated in the morning on August 11 in Grozny, was beaten before her death. As reported by one of close friends of the victim, her body had huge bruises, and one of her arms was twice broken.