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July 05, 2007 21:48

• Russia to pay out over 42,000 euros for kidnapping and death of Chechen Parliament's Speaker

  The European Court for Human Rights has recognized that Ruslan Alihadjiev, Speaker of Chechen Parliament, was kidnapped by Russian authorities and became "a victim of violent disappearance."

July 05, 2007 19:54

• Court extends arrest of Chechnya natives accused of preparing a terror act in Moscow

  On July 4, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow made a decision to extend till October 8 the arrest term of three Chechnya natives (Umar Batukaev, Ruslan Musaev and Lors Khamiev), accused of preparing a terror act in the Russian capital on the Victory Day.

July 05, 2007 18:05

• Defender of ex-head of Armenian MFA to appeal against court's verdict in Arzumanian's case

  Ovik Arsenyan, advocate of Alexander Arzumanian, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, has filed a petition to the Appeal Court claiming to appeal against the first instance court's decision on extension by two months the ex-Minister's custody term.

July 05, 2007 16:09

• Amnesty International: refugees are in disaster in Azerbaijan

  Some 700,000 Azerbaijanis, who have received, after 1994, the status of internally displaced persons in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, are facing serious discrimination and segregation in Azerbaijan.

July 05, 2007 15:04

• State Duma toughens punishment for extremism

  On July 4, the State Duma approved in the second reading amendments to the Law "On Counteracting Extremist Activities," to the Criminal Code and a number of other legislative acts.

July 05, 2007 14:16

• A new meeting of residents of Manaskent village held in Dagestan

  On July 4, hundreds of local residents rallied in Manaskent village (Dagestan) with the demand to hold an objective investigation and punish those guilty of murdering local resident Kamil Chamsudinov.

July 05, 2007 11:10

• Sochi will host 2014 Winter Olympics

  The 2014 Winter Olympic Games will take place in the city of Sochi. It was announced in Guatemala at the session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

July 04, 2007 17:34

• Prosecutor's office finds no violations in dispersal of the "Disagreement March" in Moscow

  The Moscow City Prosecutor's Office has found no excess of official powers by militiamen at dispersal of the "Disagreement March" on April 14, and refused to initiate any criminal cases.

July 04, 2007 15:30

• Official charges presented to editor of "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper

  The Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan has presented two charges to Einullah Fatullaev, editor of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan," under Articles 214 (1) and 283 (2.2) of the Criminal Code.

July 04, 2007 14:41

• Action against Olympic Games dispersed in Moscow because of a jest about Putin

  On July 3, an authorized picket against Sochi Olympics was held in the Triumphal Square of Moscow under the slogan "Sochi will win - nature and people will lose!"

July 04, 2007 12:18

• Iranian mass media continue insulting Azerbaijanis

  Iranian mass media have again published offensive materials against ethnic Azerbaijanis. Currently the Iranian TV is spinning up a social advertising campaign with an obvious attempt to show the backwardness of Azerbaijanis and, on the contrary, the superiority of Persians.

July 04, 2007 11:09

• Azerbaijanis are repressed again in Iran

  In connection with the annual ascent to Fortress Bazz, located in South Azerbaijan (region in northwest of Iran), the police detained most of the participants of the march.

July 03, 2007 22:19

• CPJ concerned about health of jailed editor

  The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today about the health and well-being of Boris Stomakhin, editor of the small Moscow monthly Radikalnaya Politika (Radical Politics), who has been imprisoned for the past 15 months.

July 03, 2007 20:28

• "Voice of Beslan": Beslan residents' complaint to the European Court is legally justified

  The relatives of the victims of the Beslan terror act have applied for help to the European Court. The applications were signed by 89 victims.

July 03, 2007 18:24

• Refugees ask Gukasyan to collect compensation for their broken rights from Azerbaijan

  On June 29, 2007, the network of the Civil Society "Refugees and International Law" sent the first package with Azerbaijani refugees' petitions, addressed to the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), to the NKR President.

July 03, 2007 18:21

• Parliament of Armenia fails to vote on mass media laws

  In the morning on July 3, at its extraordinary session, the National Assembly of Armenia failed to vote on the bill of amendments to the current laws "On Television and Radio" and "On State Duties."

July 03, 2007 18:18

• Verdict to Kaloev who killed SkyGuide's air traffic controller commuted

  The Swiss Zurich canton court has cut the prison term for Vitaly Kaloev, a Russian citizen and resident of North Ossetia, down to 5 years and three months.

July 03, 2007 17:15

• Keilin's advocate addresses Ombudsman of Stavropol Territory

  Roman Belan, advocate of Andrei Keilin, a native of Cherkessk, 20, detained on suspicion of murdering two Stavropol students, has addressed the Ombudsman for the Stavropol Territory Alexei Selyukov with a complaint against illegal, in the opinion of the defence, arrest and detention of his client.

July 03, 2007 16:28

• Anonymous burials in Chechnya can keep remains of 3000 persons

  In Chechnya, mass burials can keep remains of more than three thousand persons, both peaceful citizens and Russian servicemen.

July 03, 2007 16:13

• Kabardino-Balkaria: court condemns militiamen who have beaten teenagers to two years of imprisonment

  The Elborus District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria passed a verdict of guilty to three employees of the Elborus District Interior Department (ROVD) for abuse of their official powers.