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November 13, 2006 23:59

• Council of Europe: South Ossetia referendum was useless and unfair

  The Council of Europe regards the referendum on South Ossetia independence from Georgia to be "excessive, useless and unfair."

November 13, 2006 23:58

• 96 percent vote for Kokoity at South Ossetia presidential election

  Bella Plieva, head of the Central Electoral Commission of South Ossetia, informed that 96% of voters have cast their ballots for Eduard Kokoity, incumbent president of South Ossetia, and so far, ballot papers from 64 out of 78 constituencies, that is about 80% of the total, have been processed.

November 13, 2006 23:51

• Human Rights Watch: they continue torturing inmates in Chechnya

  The International Organization Human Rights Watch has disseminated a report on tortures in Chechnya.

November 13, 2006 23:50

• "Commersant": Litvinenko, FSB ex-officer, was poisoned for information on Politkovskaya's murder

  Mr. Litvinenko asserts that on November 1, in a restaurant in the Piccadilly Circle, Mr. Scaramella gave him a certain document: "I understood from the text that the people mentioned therein could have actually organized Anna Politkovskaya's murder."

November 13, 2006 23:08

• Claim of Borozdinovskaya residents to Defence Ministry to be considered in December

  On December 18, the Presnya Court of Moscow will consider on the merits the claim lodged by 41 residents of the Chechen Borozdinovskaya village to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on collection of 126 million Russian roubles.

November 11, 2006 22:51

• Several meetings are planned to mark the 40th day of Anna Politkovskaya's death

  Russian human rights activists have submitted a notification to the authorities on a picket to mark the 40th day after Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the "Echo Moskvy" reports. It is planned for the evening of November 15 in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park of Moscow.

November 11, 2006 22:49

• Suspect of Politkovskaya's murder moves his version of the crime

  Militia lieutenant colonel Alexander Prilepin, searched on suspicion of participation in Anna Politkovskaya's murder, gave an interview to journalists of the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" newspaper, in which he declared his innocence and that the crime was politically motivated.

November 11, 2006 22:46

• KGB of South Ossetia: Georgia's special agencies prepared coup d'etat and Kokoity's murder

  The Committee for State Security ("KGB") of South Ossetia has informed about disclosure of the plot devised by special agencies of Georgia on physical destruction of Eduard Kokoity, president of the Republic.

November 11, 2006 22:43

• Human rights activists: the Chechnya resident dissatisfied with the European Court's verdict has to blame himself for loosing compensation

  Saidali Luluev, who was not happy with the judgment of the European Court on the case of his wife's murder in Chechnya, had himself objected to his name being mentioned in the claim documents, since feared that it could damage his judge career, Arsen Sakalov, director of the Ingush Public Organization "Legal Initiative" that assisted the Luluevs family in lodging the complaint to Strasbourg, told.

November 11, 2006 22:26

• NATO Secretary General is against referendum in South Ossetia

  Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, has declared that the Alliance stands against the independence referendum and presidential election in South Ossetia to be held on November 12.

November 11, 2006 13:05

• Prosecutor's office detained Sadretdinov acquitted on Khlebnikov's murder again

  The Moscow prosecutor's office detained again Fail Sadretdinov who was earlier acquitted on the case of murder of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine.

November 11, 2006 01:43

• Editors of the leading mass media of Azerbaijan continue their hunger strike

  A group of editors of Azerbaijani mass media continue their hunger strike action. The protesters' requirements have not changed, they still demand from the authorities to address the problem of "Azadlyg" newspaper and other mass media.

November 10, 2006 23:23

• 160 NCOs were successful to reregister in Russia

  A total of 160 non-commercial organizations (NCOs) from 17 countries have passed the reregistration procedure in Russia, including human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" and "Amnesty International."

November 10, 2006 23:13

• Member of Chechen family, winner of European Court suit, indignant with its decision

  Saidali Luluev, husband of Nura Lulueva, a peaceful resident murdered in Chechnya, whose family is the winner of the yesterday's, November 9, case versus Russia at the European Court for Human Rights, remains unsatisfied with the Court's judgment.

November 10, 2006 22:35

• Ministry of Justice to study violations of rights of Georgia natives

  The Russian Ministry of Justice intends to consider an application of the Georgian party on infringements of the rights of Georgian citizens in the process of detainment and deportation from the territory of Russia, Vladimir Ustinov, Minister of Justice of Russia, informed.

November 10, 2006 22:31

• European Court to consider a torture case of Chechnya school teacher

  Today, lawyer Supyan Baskhanov, head of the regional representative office of the Committee Against Tortures in Chechnya, has informed that he received an answer to his complaint on the actions of the officials of the State Office of Public Prosecutor in violation by them of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, laws and regulatory acts of the General Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, and the rights of the victim named Alaudin Sadykov.

November 09, 2006 23:25

• European Court has sustained claims of Chechnya residents

  Today, the European Court for Human Rights has sustained a complaint of Turko Luluev, resident of the city of Gudermes of the Chechen Republic, on disappearance and murder in Chechnya of his mother, and a suit of Marzet Imakaeva, former resident of the village of Novye Atagi, on detainment and disappearance of her son and husband.

November 09, 2006 23:24

• Kabardino-Balkaria: threat of terror not excluded

  A year has passed after one of the most tragic events in the new history of Kabardino-Balkaria: an armed revolt of about two hundred young Moslems.

November 09, 2006 23:22

• Moscow City Court will reconsider Paul Khlebnikov's murder

  The case of the murder of Paul Khlebnikov will be considered again at the Moscow City Court - by a new court staff, the Radio Liberty reports.

November 09, 2006 22:13

• Russia's Supreme Court quashes acquittal on Khlebnikov's case

  The Supreme Court of Russia has vacated a sentence to two Chechnya natives - Musa Vakhaev and Kazbek Dukuzov, who were acquitted on the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of Russian Forbes.