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March 01, 2007 22:47

• Participants of the human rights conference in Chechnya find it "topical" and "critical"

  The participants of the international human rights conference that has opened today morning in the capital of Chechnya state that "serious topics" have been considered at the forum.

March 01, 2007 22:34

• Opposition has failed to unite in Armenia before elections

  The overwhelming number of political movements in Armenia are planning their independent, outside any blocks, participation in the elections on May 12 to the National Assembly of Armenia, and some even intend to boycott the elections whatsoever.

March 01, 2007 22:32

• At the conference in Grozny, they state mass violations of human rights in Chechnya

  At the international conference, now held in Grozny, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman for human rights in the Republic, has presented his report enumerating multiple facts of violation of human rights and freedoms in Chechnya in the course of armed actions.

February 28, 2007 23:06

• "Committee against Tortures" hopes the law will be respected in Chechnya prisons

  Today, on February 28, 2007, the city of Grozny has hosted a sitting of the Committee for Security, Legal Order and Interaction with Power Agencies under the Parliament of Chechnya.

February 28, 2007 23:04

• Chechen refugees resident in Azerbaijan held a protest action

  Today, several dozens of Chechens, who resettled to Azerbaijan after the start of military actions in Chechnya, have picketed the Baku office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

February 28, 2007 20:53

• Human rights defender Mutsolgov has refused to take part in the human rights conference to be held in Chechnya

  Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the "Mashr" Association of Kidnapped Relatives (Ingushetia) has refused to take part in the international conference on human rights, which will open tomorrow, on March 1, in the city of Grozny, capital of Chechnya.

February 28, 2007 20:46

• Christian Bzhania: pre-election campaign in Abkhazia is not accompanied by any skirmishes

  In Abkhazia, they have perceived with irony the messages of Georgian mass media about certain alleged skirmishes between supporters of the president and vice-president of the Republic, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" reports.

February 28, 2007 20:37

• Azerbaijani authorities would not let journalists to the process on Insanov's case

  On February 28, the Court for Grave Crimes has continued the proceedings of the case of Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan, and a group of his former subordinates.

February 27, 2007 22:37

• Saakashvili finds "Kosovo model" unacceptable for Georgia

  President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has stated today in Brussels that he rejects any parallels between settling the Kosovo status problem and the situation with South Ossetia и Abkhazia.

February 27, 2007 22:34

• CE Commissioner did not meet human rights activists in Chechnya and Ingushetia

  Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner of the Council of Europe (CE) for Human Rights, who is for the second day touring North Caucasus, had no meetings with human rights defenders.

February 27, 2007 19:17

• European Commission funds projects in support of IDPs in Georgia

  The aim of six projects is to revive the social and political dialogue between the government of Georgia and the society on the issues that worry the refugees: integration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into the current Georgian society and capacity building of the NGOs who work with IDPs.

February 27, 2007 19:15

• Trial of OMON fighters will continue tomorrow in Krasnodar Territory

  A court trial has started in Sochi of OMON (Special Militia) members of the Head Department of Internal Affairs ("GUVD") of the Krasnodar Territory accused of excess of powers during the mass clean-up ("zachistka") in the "Druzhba" (Friendship) children's camp, which was committed in summer of 2006.

February 27, 2007 19:12

• Lev Ponomaryov: human rights defenders would not approve Kadyrov's personality cult

  While Mr. Thomas Hammarberg, EU Commissioner, is getting ready to attend the human rights conference in Grozny, capital of Chechnya, Russian human rights defenders continue to boycott Ramzan Kadyrov's invitation.

February 26, 2007 22:18

• Leader of youth movement "Eni Fikir" tortured in Azerbaijan

  Ruslan Bashirli, chairman of the "Eni Fikir" Movement, who is serving his penalty in Azerbaijan, was beaten, shaved clean and put into the dungeon.

February 26, 2007 22:17

• Embassy of the Russian Federation refutes the statement of the Georgian parliamentary

  The Russian Embassy has drawn attention to mass media reports about a statement made by Mr. G. Targamadze, Chairman of the Committee for Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia, that Mr. V. Kovalenko, Russia's Ambassador to Georgia, allegedly held some negotiations with a number of Georgian political parties on the issue, as one could understand, on Georgia's neutrality and its non-accession to NATO.

February 26, 2007 22:14

• Office of Public Prosecutor is auditing "Memorial"

  The Tver Inter-District Procuracy of Moscow has requested documents from the Human Rights Centre "Memorial," clarifying who and on what funds had published a manual for the Russians willing to send a complaint to the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg.

February 26, 2007 22:11

• Public in Chechnya ask to release Arsamakov brothers

  The public circles of Chechnya are expressing their extreme concern of the fact that brothers Yunus and Yusup Arsamakov, kidnapped on February 8, 2006, have not been found so far.

February 26, 2007 22:09

• V. Kocharyan: there are no prisoners of war and hostages in Nagorny Karabakh

  The lists of the State Commission for matters of prisoners of war, hostages and missing people contain 800 residents of Nagorny Karabakh. General-Major Victor Kocharyan, Chairman of the Commission, told about it in his interview to the Public Television of Nagorny Karabakh.

February 24, 2007 23:15

• Нuman Rights Watch calls president of Azerbaijan to protect journalists

  The Нuman Rights Watch Organization is insistently calling Ilkham Aliev, president of Azerbaijan, to take steps to stop the policy of impunity for the violence applied to journalists, and to ensure the observance of the country's international legal obligations in the sphere of freedom of expression and freedom of press, runs the message of Holly Cartner.

February 24, 2007 23:12

• Anthony Brenton: investigation into Litvinenko's case is almost over

  Anthony Brenton, British Ambassador to Russia, has stated that in his opinion the investigation of the poisoning case of ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko will be completed in the coming few weeks.