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December 20, 2007 18:21

• HRC "Memorial": civilians taken hostages of special operation in the capital of Chechnya

  The Human Rights Centre "Memorial" informs that during special operation in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, people found themselves in the role of hostages in the situation, when an intensive skirmish burst out between the parties.

December 20, 2007 18:15

• Court arrests a suspect of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train

  Today, the Malaya Vishera District Court has satisfied the petition of the prosecutor's office to arrest Salanbek Dzagiev, a resident of Ingushetia, suspected of involvement in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train.

December 20, 2007 18:10

• Chechnya: the "Chechen Society" newspaper deprived of its room for the comment on the course of elections

  The editorial board of the independent political newspaper "Chechen Society", published in Chechnya, was forced to leave its office in the building of the House of Press in Grozny.

December 20, 2007 17:59

• Dagestan Moslems collect signatures in support of Turkish theologian

  In the capital of Dagestan, the believers have launched a campaign in support of Said Nursi, a well-known Turkish theologian and philosopher, whose works have been declared to be extremist literature.

December 20, 2007 17:50

• Karpova: recognition by Patrushev of special agents' blunders at Dubrovka terror act is a lie

  Tatiana Karpova, head of the "Nord-Ost" public organization, has stated that the words of Nikolai Patrushev, Director of the FSB, who gave his comments on the act at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in Moscow, cannot be true.

December 20, 2007 17:40

• PACE considers appointing Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  The today's session of the Monitoring Committee of the PACE in Paris has discussed the issue of appointing Special Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

December 19, 2007 20:12

• Mirza Sakit's wife asks to put him to the hospital of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan

  Rena Zakhidova, wife of Mirza Sakit, a journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, has sent a letter to the Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan with a demand to put her husband into the medical establishment of the Ministry of Justice.

December 19, 2007 20:04

• In the capital of Chechnya residents of the house stormed by power agents were not evacuated

  In the capital of Chechnya, the residents of the house, which was stormed in the course of a special operation held by power agents at night of December 16, say that they were not taken out of the building during the storm.

December 19, 2007 19:55

• Preliminary session of Appeal Court considers complaint of the editor of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper

  Today, the Appeal Court has held a preliminary session on the complaint of Einullah Fatullaev, convicted editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper.

December 19, 2007 19:48

• Suspect of blowing up the "Neva-Express" deported from Ingushetia

  One of the two suspects of involvement in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train on August 13, who were detained yesterday in Ingushetia, was released; the other was deported from the Republic for performance of investigatory actions.

December 18, 2007 00:29

• Zakareishvili: events on November 7 in Georgia have moved the journalist phenomenon to the forefront

  The events in Georgia on November 7, 2007, have contributed to the fact that the state with democracy in the country is now assessed also by the status of mass media.

December 18, 2007 00:25

• Vatican wants to help vulnerable population groups in Abkhazia

  Vatican is going to hold various humanitarian actions in Abkhazia and render assistance to the most vulnerable layers of the population of the Republic.

December 18, 2007 00:22

• Mass detentions of residents of Gimry village underway in Dagestan

  The Gimry village of the Untsukulskiy District, Dagestan, is still completely blocked; on December 16, a special operation was launched here with participation of more than 1000 employees of power agencies, united militia detachments attracted from adjacent regions.

December 18, 2007 00:20

• Second suspect of blowing up the bus in Nevinnomyssk detained

  The second suspect of participating in the explosion of the route bus "Pyatigorsk-Stavropol" at the bus station of the city of Nevinnomyssk; now, the investigation undertakes the necessary actions.

December 18, 2007 00:17

• Azerbaijani journalists accuse СЕ Secretary General of excessive tolerance

  A group of representatives of Azerbaijani mass media has sent a letter to Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe with a story about heavy working environment for journalists in Azerbaijan.

December 17, 2007 02:24

• Another suit lodged against the "Hural" newspaper in Azerbaijan

  Another suit has been lodged against the "Hural" newspaper to the Narimanovskiy District Court by Akif Mamedov, chairman of the Joint-Stock Company (JSC) "Kurort" (Resort).

December 17, 2007 02:21

• Explosion in South Ossetia qualified as a terror act

  The explosion in Tskhinval, as a result of which one person was lost and two more wounded, has been qualified by law enforcement bodies of South Ossetia as a terror act.

December 17, 2007 02:19

• Investigation: detainee confessed of blowing up the bus in Nevinnomyssk

  The resident of Ingushetia suspected of blowing up the Pyatigorsk-Stavropol bus in the city of Nevinnomyssk admits his guilt.

December 17, 2007 02:18

• Attempt on journalist Kosta Koshty committed in South Ossetia

  On December 15, in the city of Tskhinval, an attempt was made on the life of Kosta Koshty, chairman of the human rights NGO "Law is above Power", director of the South-Ossetian independent TV Company "Nog Bon" and director of the IA OSinform.

December 17, 2007 02:09

• Union of Chechen NGOs kicked out of the Print House in Grozny

  The Union of Non-Governmental Organizations (UNGO) of Chechnya was forced to transfer its office from the Republic's Print House after the conflict of the head of the Information Centre of the Union with securities of the building.