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August 29, 2007 23:04

• Picket with a demand to dissolve the Federal Registration Service held in Moscow

  On August 28, opposite the building of the Federal Registration Service (FRS) in Moscow, a picket was held with a demand to liquidate this Service.

August 29, 2007 23:00

• In Azerbaijan policemen beat relatives of the victims of the crash of a 16-storey unfinished building

  In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, the police have beaten the relatives of those who perished or disappeared under the collapsed 16-storey house.

August 29, 2007 22:56

• North Ossetia: inspector of the State Office of Public Prosecutor applies violence to advocate

  At the Republic's Clinical Hospital of Vladikavkaz, the advocate Irina Kodzaeva was examined by the on duty neurosurgeon and diagnosed brain concussion.

August 29, 2007 22:49

• Anarchist Kalyonov, suspected of blowing up "Neva Express" train, stops his hunger strike

  Anarchist from St-Petersburg Andrei Kalyonov, arrested on suspicion of organizing the explosion of the "Neva-Express" train, has stopped his protest hunger strike.

August 29, 2007 13:21

• Zyazikov: murder of the Russian teacher solved in Ingushetia

  The murder of Russian teacher Liudmila Teryokhina has been opened in Ingushetia.

August 29, 2007 13:19

• Two journalists detained in Azerbaijan

  Today, Gambar Gambarov and Etimad Bydagov, employees of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety, have been detained by securities from the Azerbaijani President's machinery.

August 28, 2007 23:44

• Meeting in support of anarchists suspected of blowing up the "Neva Express" train dispersed

  In the centre of Moscow, militiamen have dispersed a meeting in support of St-Petersburg anarchists detained on the case of blowing up the "Neva Express" train on August 13.

August 28, 2007 23:37

• Ernest Mezak appeals against refusal of Komi capital's court to recognize postal blockade of Georgia to be illegal

  On August 27, Ernest Mezak, a Board member of the "Memorial" Komi Human Rights Commissions (KHRC), lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Republic against refusal of the City Court of Komi's capital, the city of Syktyvkar, to recognize illegal the Russia's postal blockade of Georgia.

August 28, 2007 23:33

• Azerbaijan: ex-Minister of Economic Development rejects his advocates

  At today's judicial session on the case of Farkhad Aliev, ex-Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, his brother Rafik Aliev and 17 other persons, the main defendant has stated that he rejects the defence.

August 28, 2007 23:30

• European Parliament scarifies Azerbaijani authorities for pressing mass media

  In the course of yesterday's hearings at the sitting of the Commission for Human Rights of the European Parliament in Brussels, the authorities of Azerbaijan were criticized for the poor state of affairs with human rights in their country.

August 28, 2007 23:25

• Advocate: native of Chechnya arrested on Politkovskaya's case was tortured

  Mr Makhmudov, the native of Chechnya, arrested on charges of association in Anna Politkovskaya's murder, was beaten.

August 27, 2007 23:59

• Three natives of Chechnya arrested with regard to Politkovskaya's murder case

  Murad Musaev, advocate of one of the detainees, has informed that three brothers-Chechens are now among the persons arrested in relation to the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

August 27, 2007 18:56

• Manana Aslamazyan rejected of case consideration in absentia

  The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has rejected the petition of Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Foundation "Educated Media", accused of money contraband, to consider her criminal case without her presence - in absentia.

August 27, 2007 18:51

• CD with data on teenager's murder destroyed in court of Kabardino-Balkaria

  At the Urvan District Court (Kabardino-Balkaria), the CD with the materials of the investigatory experiment on the criminal case initiated on the fact of murder of Islam Kumyshev, 14, was found drilled through with a bore.

August 27, 2007 18:14

• SDM of Abkhazia concerned of the attitude of authorities to Islam

  The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Abkhazia is concerned of the situation around the Muslim community of the Republic and development of Islam as a whole.

August 27, 2007 14:19

• Huge act of terror prevented in Ingushetia

  A powerful explosive device has been detected in Ingushetia under the railway bridge near the road that connects the area of the Kommunalnaya Street with a suburb of the city of Nazran - the Altievo village.

August 27, 2007 13:55

• Youth of Ingushetia to lodge a collective suit against President of the Republic

  Young people of Ingushetia continue to prepare a collective claim against President Murat Zyazikov.

August 25, 2007 14:50

• Court of North Ossetia stops the "Voice of Beslan" in its present composition

  The Leninskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz has passed a decision to stop the activities of the Public Organization (PO) "Voice of Beslan" in its present composition.

August 25, 2007 14:45

• Oppositional activist arrested in Azerbaijan

  Musa Ragim, leader of the Imishli Regional Organization of the Party of National Independence, was arrested for his protests against arbitrariness of local authorities.

August 25, 2007 14:42

• International Committee for Protection of Journalists asks Azerbaijani authorities to drop charges against Fatullaev

  The New York-based International Committee for Protection of Journalists has condemned the August 22 decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upholding the 30-month custody verdict in relation to Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of newspapers "Gyundalik Azerbaijan" and "Real Azerbaijan."