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July 18, 2007 23:15

• CEC of Nagorno-Karabakh checked up the data on pre-election violations

  On July 13 and 16, the electoral headquarters of Masis Mailyan, candidate for President of Nagorno-Karabakh, sent complaints to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), which listed more than 40 facts of possible law violations.

July 18, 2007 22:26

• Politicians and public figures of Ingushetia are indignant with teacher's murder and act of terrorism in the cemetery

  The law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia continue to investigate into the murder accomplished at night on July 16 in the centre of Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Sunzha District of Ingushetia.

July 18, 2007 18:13

• Human rights activists: LDPR deputy Abeltsev has slandered Trepashkin

  The public committee "In Defence of Political Prisoner Advocate Mikhail Trepashkin" has addressed the RF General Public Prosecutor with a demand to hold investigation into the fact of slander in relation to ex-FSB officer Mikhail Trepashkin.

July 18, 2007 13:56

• OSCE approves Azerbaijani decision on oppositional mass medium

  Yesterday, on July 17, the Baku OSCE office made a statement welcoming the use for the first time in Azerbaijan by the Yasamal District Court of the European case law in the case related to a mass medium.

July 18, 2007 11:19

• Georgia drafts a bill on fighting racism

  The Union "Civil Movement of Multinational Georgia" (CMMG) begins drafting the bill "On Fighting Racism and Racial Discrimination."

July 17, 2007 17:43

• The RF Supreme Court wishes to itself consider claims against Russia

  The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (RF) is drafting a bill that assumes to vest it with the powers to consider the applications of Russian citizens who bring actions against the state.

July 17, 2007 17:00

• Prosecutor's Office: case on the explosive found on Botashov spoils the image of Adygea

  On July 3, the Republic's Radio informed, with reference to Kaplan Daurov, head of the UBOP of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Adygea, that on June 27, in the apartment of Ibrahim Botashov, located in Takhtamukai District of Adygea, employees of the UBOP of the MIA of Adygea found a self-made explosive device.

July 17, 2007 14:51

• Parents of the militants lost in Kabardino-Balkaria receive answer from the State Office of Public Prosecutor on the fact of cremation

  On June 22, 2007, a group of parents of the militants, who had fallen victim in Kabardino-Balkaria, addressed Deputy General Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation (RF) for the South Federal District, and to head of the investigatory group, with an application requesting explanations on the fact of cremation of the bodies of their sons.

July 17, 2007 13:35

• Book by Thomas Holtz about current Caucasian conflicts presented in Georgia

  Presentation of the book "Georgian Diary. Chronicle of Wars and Political Chaos in Post-Soviet Caucasus" (2006) written by American journalist Thomas Holtz was held in the capital of Georgia.

July 17, 2007 12:23

• Report on ensuring access to information presented in Abkhazia

  A report was presented in Sukhumi entitled "Research on Access to Information in Abkhazia and Its Effect on Life of People," prepared within the Project "Better Authorities' Work on Ensuring Access to Information in Abkhazia," executed by the "Article 21" in partnership with the Sukhumi Media-Club.

July 17, 2007 12:06

• Kuznetsov's defender: authorities persecute best Russian advocates

  The investigation materials in relation to Boris Kuznetsov, advocate of ex-senator from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan, have been declared to be a state secret, Victor Parshutkin, defender of Kuznetsov who escaped from Russia, said.

July 17, 2007 11:41

• Dagestan debates on shooting down peaceful meeting

  A roundtable was held in Dagestan on observance of human rights in the Republic with participation of Lev Ponomaryov, head of the Public Movement "For Human Rights," Upumazil Omarova, Ombudswoman at the President of Dagestan, members of the Human Rights Society "Memorial" and others.

July 17, 2007 11:13

• Facts of incredible corruption are investigated in Chechnya

  The Republic's Public Prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov made the statement that corruption in Chechnya is prospering at all social levels and has reached unbelievable scale.

July 16, 2007 13:34

• Masis Mailyan complains of pre-election violations in the CEC of Nagorno-Karabakh

  The electoral headquarters of Masis Mailyan, candidate for President of Nagorno-Karabakh, has lodged another complaint to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).

July 16, 2007 13:19

• Experts doubt the objectivity of investigation into Kodor Gorge shelling

  The published Special Report of the Investigatory Group on the bombardment of the Kodor Gorge on March 11, 2007 states in fact that the experts' work conditions and the available materials could not allow coming to unequivocal conclusions about the responsibility of this or that party.

July 16, 2007 13:12

• Case on toughening Trepashkin's custody mode returned to Nizhni Tagil

  The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has returned the case on toughening Mikhail Trepashkin's custody regime back to the Tagilstroj District Court of the city of Nizhni Tagil.

July 16, 2007 13:02

• Well-known political scientist arrested in Azerbaijan

  Mr Veliev, Rovshan Novruzoglu, Director of the Centre for Fighting Corruption and International Terrorism and science collaborator of the Human Rights Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, has been arrested.

July 16, 2007 12:56

• Azerbaijan: policemen burn Wahhabites' beards

  Faik Shabanov, police chief of the Zagatala District in Azerbaijan, is torturing Wahhabites: they are brought to the police, where their beards are burnt with a lighter and then shaved off.

July 13, 2007 13:26

• European Court's decision obliges to investigate into activities of the Oktiabrskiy VOVD of the Chechen capital

  Chechnya needs a laboratory for identification of body remains found in mass and individual burials that abandon in the Republic. This conclusion can be drawn from the decision of the European Court announced on July 12 on the case of violent disappearance of Magomadov brothers.

July 13, 2007 13:13

• Turkish Armenians: Dink's murder strengthened threats towards Armenian schools and churches

  Rober Attechyan, editor-in-chief of the Istanbul Armenian-language "Marmara" newspaper, has told Armenian journalists that after Dink's murder Armenian schools and churches began to receive frequent threats.