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May 14, 2008 11:11

• Advocate Dorogova asks President of Kabardino-Balkaria to protect her from prosecution

  Larissa Dorogova, a lawyer of the Bar of Kabardino-Balkaria, has sent a letter to President of the Republic Arsen Kanokov with a request to protect her and her son from incessant prosecutions.

May 14, 2008 11:04

• In Azerbaijan, journalist Agyl Khalil is ready to testify to the investigation

  Azerbaijani journalist Agyl Khalil, who earlier refused to give evidence on the motive that the case was falsified by the Prosecutor's Office, has reported his readiness to testify.

May 14, 2008 10:53

• Armenia: diplomats challenge their dismissal

  On March 14, the Administrative Court considered a claim of four diplomats who were dismissed from office and deprived of their diplomatic ranks in February 2008, after they made a statement on February 24 about post-election processes in Armenia.

May 14, 2008 10:49

• European Court for Human Rights to consider the complaint of Azerbaijani ex-Minister of Public Health

  The European Court for Human Rights has accepted to consideration a complaint lodged by Ali Insanov, former Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan.

May 14, 2008 10:46

• In Armenia, Karabakh war invalid Arshavir Bazinyan stops his hunger strike

  Late at night on May 13, Arshavir Bazinyan, ex-combatant from the district of Vanatur in Razdan, invalid of war in Nagorno-Karabakh, stopped his hunger strike, which he resumed on May 8.

May 14, 2008 10:41

• 67 jury candidates for litigation on attack on Nalchik self-disqualify

  Today, at the process on the criminal case dealing with the attack on power agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, out of 145 candidates for the jury 67 persons have self-withdrawn.

May 14, 2008 10:32

• United Opposition of Georgia defines Saakashvili's "7 irreparable mistakes"

  On May 13, the members of the Youth Movement of the United Opposition of Georgia held an action in front of President's residence named "7 irreparable mistakes".

May 14, 2008 10:27

• Dieter Boden stands for independence of Abkhazia

  German diplomat Dieter Boden, former special representative of the UN Secretary General for the Abkhazian conflict and nowadays head of the mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for observing elections, now, after recognition of independence of Kosovo, is supporting the independence of Abkhazia.

May 13, 2008 17:12

• In Armenia, two residents of the city of Maralik go on hunger strike in support of arrested oppositionist

  In Armenia, in the former district capital named Maralik, Babken Urutyan and Karapet Loretsyan announced a termless hunger strike starting May 11 with a demand to release Arutyun Urutyan and other arrested oppositionists.

May 13, 2008 17:08

• NAC: 50 NGOs abroad support Chechen separatists

  Victor Orlov, a representative of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), has stated that more than 50 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) abroad are supporting militants in Chechnya.

May 13, 2008 17:03

• Office to help China earthquake victims opened in North Ossetia

  Today, the Ministry for Matters of Youth, Physical Culture and Sports of North Ossetia has opened an office with the aim to render assistance to the victims of the earthquake in China.

May 13, 2008 17:00

• In Armenia, ex-vice-speaker Karapet Rubinyan released

  Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor of Armenia, has ruled to change former vice-speaker of the National Assembly Karapet Rubinyan's freedom restriction measure. He was released under recognizance not to leave.

May 13, 2008 16:57

• Azerbaijan: verdict to editor-in-chief of opposition newspaper upheld

  Today, the Baku Appeal Court has upheld the verdict of the first instance court - 4 years of imprisonment - to Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper.

May 13, 2008 16:55

• Badrudi, Sulim Yamadaev's brother, can be charged anew

  A native of Chechnya who is now living in Moscow accuses Badrudi Yamadaev - brother of the commander of the "Vostok" battalion - of kidnapping and extortion.

May 13, 2008 16:52

• In Armenia, opposition wants to resume rallies

  Should till June 20 the authorities go on denying the opposition's right to hold rallies, people will rally, in response to appeal of the Centre of All-National Movement, in the Freedom Square of Yerevan. This was stated by Levon Zurabyan late on May 12 in the "Europolice" programme at the Public TV of Armenia.

May 13, 2008 16:49

• General Prosecutor's Office forbids journalist Agyl Khalil to leave Azerbaijan

  Today, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office has made a statement asserting an attempt of journalist Agyl Khalil to go out of the country as evasion from investigation. The information that he was twice attacked in recent weeks was treated by prosecutors as ungrounded.

May 12, 2008 18:35

• In Armenia, war veterans go on hunger strike demanding to release political prisoners

  Today, following their statement made earlier, 15 participants of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh have launched a termless hunger strike in the city of Gyumri with a demand of immediate release from custody of Ashot Zakaryan, head of the Gyumri branch of the combatants' public organization "Union of Erkrap Volunteers", and other political prisoners.

May 12, 2008 18:33

• Public Prosecutor demands life imprisonment for organizers of Cherkizovo marketplace explosion

  The state prosecution demands from two years to life imprisonment for the defendants in the case on the explosion committed in the Cherkizovo marketplace in Moscow, where 14 persons, including two children, were killed.

May 12, 2008 18:29

• "Reporters without Borders" condemn another attack on journalist Khalil in Azerbaijan

  International organizations have resolutely criticized another attack on the reporter of the "Azadlyg" newspaper Agyl Khalil in Azerbaijan, accomplished on May 7.

May 12, 2008 18:27

• Armenian human rights activist ask PACE Chairman to interfere into the situation in the country

  The Vanadzor Branch of the Helsinki Civil Assembly has sent a letter to Lluis Maria de Puig, President of the PACE, stating that from the moment of passing PACE Resolution No. 1609 "Operation of Democratic Institutes in Armenia", almost a month has expired, however, the citizens arrested for their political views, are still in custody.