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August 22, 2007 15:50

• Union of Georgian Writers demands resignation of the authorities

  On August 21, a spontaneous action was held near the building of the Union of Georgian Writers, which was attended by Georgian writers and poets, public figures and representatives of some opposition parties.

August 22, 2007 12:34

• Conference on 1937 repressions held in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has hosted a conference dated to the 70th anniversary of the "great terror" that took place in 1937 and the years to follow.

August 21, 2007 14:20

• People in Chechnya refute complete liquidation of separatists

  The recent statement of General Dmitri Fomenko that all the militants' regiments have been liquidated in the territory of the Republic, and those remaining ones have moved to Ingushetia and Dagestan, is perceived by residents of the Chechen Republic as a bad joke.

August 21, 2007 14:12

• David Ovannisyan: Iraqi Armenians are persecuted

  David Ovannisyan, Plenipotentiary Ambassador and Associated Professor at the Division of Arabism of the Yerevan State University, has reported that recently the number of threats and kidnappings of Armenians in Iraq has increased.

August 21, 2007 14:03

• Chairman of Board of Elders fined for holding a meeting in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Ismail Sabanchiev, one of the organizers of the meeting in Nalchik (capital of Kabardino-Balkaria) on July 14, was brought to administrative responsibility by the Nalchik magistrate court.

August 21, 2007 13:54

• Defendants in case on Kondopoga disorders plead partially guilty

  Today, the Kondopoga City Court has started considering on the merits the case about mass disorders.

August 21, 2007 13:49

• Arrested journalist asks to transfer him to another prison in Azerbaijan

  Mirza Sakit (Zakhidov), a satirical journalist who is currently at a prison hospital, is complaining of his heavy custody conditions, non-observance of sanitary norms and remoteness of his custody.

August 20, 2007 12:06

• Two suspects of blowing up the "Neva Express" detained

  A source in the investigatory bodies of the region has reported today that two suspects of undermining the "Neva Express" train were detained in the Novgorod Region.

August 20, 2007 11:59

• Act of terror prevented in the capital of Chechnya

  Employees of the interior department have detected a self-made explosive device in the Zavodskoy District of the capital of Chechnya in the area of the central marketplace in the Marx Street.

August 20, 2007 11:41

• Film about refugees from the mountain Chechnya shown in Sakharov Centre

  On August 10, a festival of Caucasian films opened at A. Sakharov Public Centre. Eight films made by young Caucasian film directors, already presented at international film festivals and recognized by leading humanitarian organizations, were applied for demonstration during two weeks.

August 20, 2007 00:33

• Mother of Rasul Kudaev, resident from Kabardino-Balkaria on trial, asserts that her son is punished for his complaints

  Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of SIZO-1 (pre-trial facility) of Nalchik, was transferred into a dungeon till August 30.

August 20, 2007 00:20

• Yuri Budanov was rejected early relief

  The Court of the city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, has refused today to satisfy the petition for conditional early relief of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov, convicted for murdering a Chechen girl in 2000.

August 18, 2007 14:16

• Emin Guseinov: there is a real threat to life of arrested journalists in Azerbaijan

  In the opinion of Emin Guseinov, Chairman of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, the life and health of the journalists kept in custody in Azerbaijan are in danger.

August 18, 2007 13:46

• Acts of terror prevented in Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia

  On August 16, a powerful explosive was detected near the Elborus dwelling settlement in Kabardino-Balkaria.

August 18, 2007 09:26

• Authorities of Georgia move opposition party out of its office

  The authorities of Georgia are inclined to deprive the oppositional "Party of National Independence" of its central office.

August 18, 2007 08:31

• Union of Georgian Writers filed a complaint to the Ministry of Economic Development

  The Union of Georgian Writers lodged an official complaint to the Ministry of Economic Development with a demand to suspend privatization of the building, where they have their office.

August 18, 2007 07:40

• Eduard Kokoity forbids population of South Ossetia to visit resorts of Adzharia

  President of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has forbidden the officials and population of his non-recognized Republic to take rest on resorts of Adzharia.

August 17, 2007 10:53

• Imam Hamzat Gitsba shot dead in Abkhazia

  Today, at about 1:30 p.m., in the centre of Gudauta (Abkhazia) imam Hamzat (Rocky) Gitsbu and Ruslan Assadulin from Ufa were assassinated.

August 17, 2007 10:42

• Investigation into attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria is over

  Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy General Public Prosecutor of Russia has approved the indictment on the criminal case on the armed attack on the city of Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on October 13-14, 2005.

August 17, 2007 10:36

• Swiss court decides to release Vitaly Kaloev

  The court of the Swiss canton of Zurich has made a decision on early release of Vitaly Kaloev, a resident of North Ossetia, who is serving his term for murdering Peter Nielsen, an air traffic controller from the SkyGuide Company.