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November 01, 2007 14:56

• Azerbaijan: Editor slammed with hefty sentence

  The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces a lengthy prison sentence handed down by an Azerbaijani court to independent editor Einullah Fatullaev.

November 01, 2007 13:59

• Russia's Ministry of Nature challenges the Adygea ecologists' victory in the trial on Sochi National Park

  The consideration of the cassations lodged by the RF Ministry for Natural Resources (MNR) of the Russian Federation and the RF "Rosprirodnadzor" (Environment Supervisory Division) under the MNR at the Supreme Court of Adygea is appointed on November 2.

November 01, 2007 13:53

• News Corporation: "Imedi" managers and policy in Georgia remain unchanged

  According to the statement of representatives of the News Corporation Company, which became yesterday, on October 31, an absolute owner of the Georgian TV Company "Imedi", the political orientation and the managers of the Company will remain unchanged.

November 01, 2007 13:48

• Khidriev brothers suspected of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train face no charges

  The suspected of undermining the "Neva-Express" train Maksharip Abdul-Karimovich and Amirkhan Abdul-Karimovich Khidriev have faced no charges yet. According to a well-informed source in Veliki Novgorod, it has become known that the Khidrievs are exposed to tortures and beatings with the aim to force them to plead guilty of undermining the "Neva-Express" train.

November 01, 2007 13:45

• On the eve of the opposition meeting authorities of Georgia block traffic

  On the eve of the general meeting on November 2, problems with movement have onset all over Georgia. Since today's morning, traffic has been blocked in the regions.

November 01, 2007 13:36

• "Voice of Beslan" to appeal against court ruling on victims' complaint against inspectors

  The "Voice of Beslan" public organization of terror act victims has filed a cassation complaint to the ruling of the Promyshlenny Court of North Ossetia, which had rejected the complaint of the victims on the actions of the investigatory group engaged in investigating the Beslan tragedy.

November 01, 2007 13:33

• Ex-Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment

  The Azerbaijani Court for Grave Crimes has finalized, under the presidency of Judge Tofik Pashaev, the litigation on the case of ex-Minister of Economic Development of Farkhad Aliev and 18 more persons, accused of crimes under various articles of the Criminal Code.

November 01, 2007 13:29

• Opposition: Bacho Akhalaya's people stand behind Okruashvili's exclusion from Georgia

  Irakliy Okruashvili was going to take part in the meeting on November 2, but under a threat of arrest he was forced to leave Georgia by subordinates of Bacho Akhalaya, head of the Department for Enforcing Punishments under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.

October 31, 2007 14:07

• Meeting at Solovki Boulder in Moscow demanded release of political prisoners

  On October 30, about two hundred Moscow residents who rallied near the Solovki Boulder in Moscow demanded that the Kremlin immediate release political prisoners and paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the repressions during the totalitarian Soviet regime.

October 31, 2007 14:01

• Russian-Chechen Friendship Society got registered in Finland

  On October 30, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RChFS) was officially registered in Finland. The RChFS registered in Finland is in fact completely reproducing the RChFS that was forbidden in Russia.

October 31, 2007 13:59

• Georgia: "Imedi" TV Company sold to media magnate Rupert Murdock

  Entrepreneur Badri Patarkatsishvili has sold his controlling stake in the "Imedi" Georgian TV Company to American media magnate Rupert Murdock. The businessman has explained that he did it to protect the TV Company from pressure.

October 31, 2007 13:51

• Committee in defence of journalist Fatullaev's rights to hold a support meeting in Azerbaijan

  The 157-strong committee in defence of Einullah Fatullaev's rights has adopted a statement condemning the verdict of the Court for Grave Crimes to the journalist.

October 31, 2007 12:57

• Kon-Bendit: we cannot help residents of Northern Caucasus because we are banned free entrance to the Russian Federation

  The problems created by Russian authorities for entering Russia and the ones connected with the freedom of travel inside the country are depriving the western public figures of a chance to render their help to residents of Northern Caucasus.

October 31, 2007 12:51

• US Embassy in Azerbaijan resumes its work

  Today all the employees of the US Embassy in Azerbaijan are at work, and all the divisions operate to the full scale.

October 31, 2007 12:32

• All the bus explosion casualties in Tolyatti identified

  All the victims of the explosion of the passenger bus in Tolyatti have been identified. The majority of them were students of the Tolyatti State University.

October 30, 2007 16:06

• Russians mark Memory Day of Victims of Political Repressions

  Today, citizens of Russia mark the Memory Day of the victims of political repressions of 1937, instituted by the Decree of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet of 18.10.1991 No. 1763/1-I "On Instituting the Memory Day of Victims of Political Repressions".

October 30, 2007 16:03

• Sozar Subari: justice works selectively in Georgia

  National Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia Sozar Subari has named the decision of Zugdidi Court on the events in Zugdidi during the oppositional meeting on October 28 to be another shameful fact in the history of Georgian justice.

October 30, 2007 15:59

• Azerbaijan: US, Great Britain Embassies and offices of western companies are afraid of terror acts

  In Azerbaijan, because of terrorist threats, Embassies of the USA and Great Britain, as well as offices of western companies are still closed.

October 30, 2007 15:49

• Rehabilitation problems of prisoners discussed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The Centre of Civil Initiatives (CCI) in Nagorno-Karabakh has hosted a roundtable on psychological rehabilitation of prisoners, their problems during the arrest and post-prison social adaptation.

October 30, 2007 15:38

• Student from Adygea who placed video with execution in the Internet asks to stop his case

  The student from Adygea, who had placed in the Internet a video record showing execution of Dagestan and Tajikistan natives, has asked the court to stop his case because of his repentance.