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December 15, 2007 23:52

• Editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper arrested in Azerbaijan stops his hunger strike

  Today in the morning, Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, who is in custody in Azerbaijan, has suspended his hunger strike.

December 15, 2007 23:43

• Trial appointed on organizers of explosion in Cherkizovo marketplace in Moscow

  On December 19, the Moscow City Court will start a trial on the criminal case about the explosion committed in the Cherkizovo marketplace in Moscow on August 21, 2006, which had killed, by different sources from 11 up to 14 persons.

December 15, 2007 23:40

• In Georgia the court partially accepts the claim of the "Imedi" TV Company against the Commission for Telecommunications

  On December 14, in Georgia, the board for administrative cases of the Tbilisi City Court accepted, on partial terms, for proceedings the claim lodged by the "Imedi" TV Company against the National Commission for Telecommunications.

December 15, 2007 23:30

• US Senate calls on George Bush to convince Georgian authorities of the necessity to hold democratic elections

  The US Senate has approved the resolution with an appeal to President George Bush to hold a talk with the leaders of Georgia that the early presidential elections in this country should be democratic, accompanied by a free work of all independent mass media.

December 15, 2007 23:18

• Criminal case against militiamen initiated in Dagestan

  The prosecutor's office of the Dagestan city of Kaspiysk has revealed a fact, when militiamen had planted a pack of rounds into a pocket of a detained city dweller, after that, they threatened him with criminal prosecution for illegal possession of ammunition.

December 14, 2007 11:39

• Chechen victims to receive compensations in Rostov Region

  The Rostov Region will pay compensations to the persons who have fallen victims in Chechnya. The total sum of payments will make 1,318,000 roubles.

December 14, 2007 11:37

• Armenian Ombudsman condemns explosion at the editorial board of the newspaper

  Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman of Armenia, has condemned the explosion that thundered yesterday, on December 13 at the door of the office of the oppositional newspaper "Chorord Ishkhanutyun" (Fourth Power).

December 14, 2007 11:34

• Azerbaijan: youth holds a protest action against pressure on mass media

  On December 14, in the centre of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, several dozens of activists of youth organizations held a non-sanctioned protest action against suppression of the freedom of speech and independent press.

December 14, 2007 11:31

• Trial of editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper appointed in Azerbaijan

  The preparatory session of the court on the case of Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper is appointed on December 26.

December 14, 2007 11:28

• Chechen Committee of National Salvation complains of pressure by the authorities of Ingushetia

  Representatives of the Chechen Committee of National Salvation state that human rights activists are under "violent pressure" exerted by the authorities of Ingushetia.

December 13, 2007 23:56

• "Imedi" TV Channel broadcasts through strong noise

  The Georgian "Imedi" TV Company, which restarted its broadcasting after a month-long forced break in the evening on December 12, is broadcasts to the regions of Georgia with strong jams.

December 13, 2007 23:52

• Myatanyat Azizova: statistics on fighting trafficking is always falsified in Azerbaijan

  The problem of trafficking in humans remains unaddressed in Azerbaijan, as stated by Myatanyat Azizova, leader of the Women's Crisis Centre.

December 13, 2007 23:47

• Armenia: editorial board of "Chorord Ishkhanutyun" accuses authorities of explosion

  The editor-in-chief of the "Chorord Ishkhanutyun" (Fourth Power) newspaper, the office of which was blown up this night, thinks that members of the authorities are behind the explosion.

December 13, 2007 23:43

• Health condition of arrested editor of "Azadlyg" newspaper is worse

  Ganimat Zakhidov, arrested editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, who is on hunger strike since December 8, is under medical control. His health condition is estimated to be grave.

December 13, 2007 23:39

• Relatives of the detained resident of South Ossetia apply for help to the OSCE

  Relatives of Gamlet Parastaev, a citizen of the Republic of South Ossetia who was detained on November 27 by the Georgian police, have addressed Terry Hakala, head of the OSCE Mission in Georgia, with a request to render them any possible assistance.

December 12, 2007 14:05

• Illegal migrants from Russia detained in France, some of them are Chechnya residents

  15 illegal migrants from Russia were detained in the north of France; the majority of them have told that they are residents of Chechnya.

December 12, 2007 14:03

• Magomed Evloev remains the owner of "Ingushetia.Ru" without interfering into the work of the editorial board

  On December 8 the "Ingushetia.Ru" website resumed its full-scale operation. Lawyer Magomed Evloev is no longer editing the "Ingushetia.Ru" website but remains its owner.

December 12, 2007 14:00

• Another journalist joins the protest hunger strike in Azerbaijan

  The number of journalists who take part in the hunger strike, started on December 8 by Ganimat Zakhidov, arrested editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, is growing.

December 12, 2007 13:56

• Azerbaijani human rights activists ask PACE to reinstate the post of the Rapporteur on Political Prisoners

  The Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan (FHROA) has made a statement with a request to appoint a Special Rapporteur on Political Prisoners in connection with the facts of application of torture in the country.

December 12, 2007 13:23

• Committee for defence of the rights of the "GALA" TV Company set up in Armenia

  The press club named "Asparez" located in the city of Gyumri, Armenia, has founded a committee for defence of the rights of the "GALA" TV Company.