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December 03, 2007 11:31

• Militiamen accused of torture refuse to plead guilty in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, at the Elborus District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria the accused militiamen M. Mashezov and M. Baichekuev have presented their last plea. The militiamen charged with beating two teenagers and using torture to them, have refused to plead guilty and asked the court to acquit them.

December 03, 2007 11:28

• CPRF and SPS state mass falsifications at elections in Dagestan

  Representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS) assert that the electoral campaign and elections in Dagestan were accompanied by mass violations and falsifications in favour of the party in power committed by state servants.

December 03, 2007 11:15

• Correspondent of Radio Liberty arrested in Azerbaijan

  Ilgar Nasibov, a regional correspondent of Radio Liberty, was arrested today in the city of Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan).

December 03, 2007 11:11

• Local observers assert high voter turnout in Chechnya to be a gerrymander

  The voter turnout of 99.21 percent on December 2, announced by the Chechen Electoral Commission, is hardly real. However, the outcome of this sort could be anticipated.

December 03, 2007 11:03

• Opposition accuses Georgian authorities of political terror

  Leader of the "People's Party" Koba Davitashvili thinks that ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has declared war to his political opponents.

December 01, 2007 12:40

• No foreign observers to watch elections in Chechnya and Ingushetia

  On December 2, 2007, Russia will hold elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Along with elections to the State Duma, Chechnya will also hold a referendum on making changes in the Constitution of the Chechen Republic. It is planned to increase the terms in office of the President of Chechnya and Parliamentarians from four to five years and to make the Chechen Parliament one-chambered.

December 01, 2007 12:35

• Prosecutor's Office of the Crimea estimates an $898-million worth damage from spilled mazut in the Kerch Strait

  According to preliminary data, the damage from the spillage of mazut (black oil) as a result of the shipwreck of Russian tanker "Volganeft-139" in the Kerch Strait can reach $898 million. Currently, the content of petroleum products in the Kerch Strait is extremely high - the exposure limit has been exceeded by 50 times.

December 01, 2007 12:30

• Facts of children's rights violations revealed in Rostov Region

  In the city of Belaya Kalitva, Rostov Region, the prosecutor's office have detected the facts of violation of children's rights, namely, non-provision of free-of-charge medicines to children under 3 years old.

November 30, 2007 11:34

• Dagestan: advocate of arrested deputy candidate Nukhov appeals against his arrest

  On November 29, Suleiman Azuev, advocate of Nukh Nukhov, candidate for the head of the Municipal Formation (MF) "Dakhadaev District", appealed against the statement of the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala on his client's arrest at the Supreme Court of Dagestan.

November 30, 2007 11:31

• Conference on South Caucasian problems held in Poland

  Warsaw, the capital of Poland, has hosted the First International Conference of the Society "Caucasian House" with participation of prominent specialists from the countries of South Caucasus and representatives of youth organizations from Georgia and Armenia.

November 30, 2007 11:28

• Mikhail Trepashkin who was released from colony is going to appeal against his verdict

  Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB colonel, who was convicted for disclosure of state secrets and got his liberty today, is going to appeal against his verdict.

November 30, 2007 11:25

• Oppositional site Ingushetia.Ru announces its termination

  On November 29, an announcement appeared in the Internet website Ingushetia.Ru, which had been oppositional to the authorities of Ingushetia, that it would be terminated in the nearest two-three days.

November 30, 2007 11:21

• Leader of Talysh separatists adjudges 20,000 euros from Azerbaijani authorities

  On November 29, the European Court for Human Rights passed its final decision on the complaint of political emigrant, leader of Talysh separatists Alikram Gumbatov versus Azerbaijan.

November 29, 2007 10:35

• European Court: Russia to pay 66,000 euros for executing old persons in Chechnya

  The European Court for Human Rights has recognized the guilt of the Russian authorities of murdering three residents of Chechnya, having passed today a decision on the case "Tangieva versus Russia".

November 29, 2007 10:32

• Russia's SC upholds verdicts to special fighters of Ulman's scout group

  The Supreme Court of Russia has rejected the cassation complaint asking to cancel the verdict to special troop's officer Eduard Ulman and members of his scout group, convicted for wilful murder of six peaceful residents of Chechnya.

November 29, 2007 10:31

• Tomchak: militia did not torture Gaev who committed suicide in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Yuri Tomchak, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic, has stated today that tortures were not applied to Zeitun Gaev who had committed suicide in Building 1 of the Interior Department of the city of Nalchik.

November 29, 2007 10:28

• Human rights activists investigate the beating of journalists in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, human rights activists have undertaken to investigate the beating of the filming crew of the "Ren-TV" Channel. The human rights activists think that the Articles, on which the criminal case was initiated, were too lenient, since they do not treat kidnapping and beating.

November 29, 2007 10:25

• Leila Yunus: Azerbaijan needs PACE's Special Rapporteur on torture

  Faina Kungurova's death in custody on November 18, the only woman recognized by the Council of Europe to be political prisoner in 2001, is a vivid evidence of the arbitrariness and violence reigning over not only the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also the Penitentiary System of Azerbaijan.

November 29, 2007 10:18

• Russia found responsible for killing elderly Chechen civilians

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia responsible for killing Zaynap Tangiyeva's elderly father, mother and uncle on the night of 10-11 January 2000 in violation of Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

November 28, 2007 17:56

• International conference on human rights to be held in Azerbaijan

  On December 9, Baku will host the international conference "Human Rights Policies of the European Union and Council of Europe: Prospects of Azerbaijan in the European Integration Process".