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May 05, 2006 10:44

• The prosecutor's office of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria continues to persecute district doctor

  It became known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that the prosecutor's office of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria city of Nalchik lodged a cassation petition to the Supreme Court.

May 04, 2006 10:23

• During 11 years of war in Chechnya, presidents of Russia never answered a single letter from parents of perished soldiers

  Today, the exhibition hall of the Museum of Modern History of Russia hosted, within the exhibition "Human rights in Russia," a press conference of the Fund "Mother's Right" on the topic "Violations of Parents' Rights of Perished Soldiers. War in Chechnya."

May 04, 2006 10:07

• Azerbaijan refused membership in the UN Council for Human Rights

  Today, Azerbaijan's application for membership in the UN Council for Human Rights was rejected.

May 04, 2006 10:04

• In Azerbaijan, police beat journalist of "Zerkalo" (Mirror) newspaper

  Rustam Mikailov, correspondent of the "Zerkalo" paper, lodged a complaint on the Police Administration of the Surakhanskiy District of Azerbaijan in the context of beating him during the yesterday's football match.

May 04, 2006 09:47

• Human rights activists comment the incident in Tsentoroj settlement (Chechnya)

  As the "Caucasian Knot" reported earlier, on May 1, 2006, a serious international incident happened in Chechnya. A delegation of the European Committee Against Tortures (ECAT) that was visiting the region was not let into the settlement of Tsentoroj.

May 04, 2006 09:33

• Chilaev and Israilov kidnapped in Chechnya are among those "disappeared"; evidences point to involvement of power agents

  The Human Rights Centre "Memorial" and "Caucasian Knot" already reported that in Chechnya about 12:00 a.m. at the federal highway "Kavkaz" in the crossroads Sernovodsk-Assinovskaya, unknown armed persons kidnapped and took to unknown place two young persons: Chilaev Bulat and Israilov Aslan.

May 04, 2006 09:29

• Dagestan released the man accused of an attempt on Amuchi Amutinov

  Yesterday, on May 3, the Kizilyurt District Court released by its decision made under Article 79 of the CCRF on conditional early relief terms from the colony-settlement Gazimagomed Gairbekov, who was sentenced on August 9, 2005, by the Leninskiy District Court of the capital of Chechnya Grozny under Part 2 of Article 222 of the CCRF to 2.5 years of deprivation of freedom.

May 03, 2006 09:27

• Azerbaijan is worse with media freedom and situation with journalists

  A new journalists' organization named "Reporters' Freedom and Safety Institute" has been founded in Azerbaijan.

May 03, 2006 09:24

• Dagestan has more victims of meeting fusillade

  In Dagestan, another participant of mass disorders that took place on April 25 in the Dokuzparinskiy District of the Republic died, Tagir Tagirov, physician on duty of the Akhtyn district hospital, where those wounded were taken.

May 03, 2006 09:12

• Human rights activists: people are tortured in illegal prisons in Chechnya

  Illegal custodies in Chechnya, according to mass media and human rights activists, are located also in the territory of the Operations and Search Bureau of the North-Caucasian Operations Department of the Chief Administration of the MIA of Russia in the South Federal District ("OSB-2") in Grozny and Russian Military Base in Khankala, and in some other places where power units are deployed.

May 03, 2006 09:05

• In Moscow, the record of dispersal of the meeting in Dagestan was demonstrated

  Today, at the press conference in Moscow, human rights activists demonstrated video materials evidencing the shooting by the authorities of a peaceful demonstration in the Dokuzparinskiy District of Dagestan on April 25.

May 03, 2006 08:58

• Parliament of Chechnya demands to close the isolation facility at the OSB-2

  The deputies of the parliament of the Chechen Republic addressed the leadership of the MIA of Russia with a letter, in which they recommend to close the temporary isolator custody (TIC) at the Operations and Searching Bureau (OSB-2).

May 02, 2006 22:18

• In Dagestan, the independent car park is still blocked

  Information has appeared in Dagestan media that the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "RDR" resumes its work.

May 02, 2006 22:13

• In Chechnya, European human rights activists were let to Tsentoroj

  A delegation of the European Committee Against Tortures, headed by Mauro Palma, deputy chairman of the Committee, visited today the village of Tsentoroj - the family village of Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen government.

May 02, 2006 21:13

• Over 20 residents of the village of Tsentoroj kidnapped in Chechnya

  According to the information obtained from local citizens, during several latest days in the village of Tsentoroj (Chechnya), over 20 persons were kidnapped by armed soldiers in camouflage suits and taken to unknown places.

May 02, 2006 21:09

• Chechnya is visited by a delegation of the European Committee Against Tortures

  In the first half of May 2, the president of Chechnya received in Grozny Mauro Palma, head of the delegation of the European Committee Against Tortures.

May 02, 2006 21:05

• In Chechnya, human rights activists were not let to the family village of the Kadyrovs

  Mauro Palma, head of the delegation of the European Committee Against Tortures, which is now in Chechnya, says that they were not let to Tsentoroj.

May 02, 2006 08:49

• In Georgia, NGOs demand to hold an objective investigation into Girgvliani's murder

  Representatives of the non-governmental organization "Institute for Equal Rights" (Georgia) have held today a peaceful protest action in Tbilisi Shardeni Street, where in January an incident took place entailing death of Sandro Girgvliani, 28 years old.

May 02, 2006 08:43

• Azerbaijan has no political prisoners, representatives of the authorities think

  The problem of political prisoners is outside the agenda of the authorities of Azerbaijan.

May 01, 2006 21:00

• Meeting against despotism of power bodies held in Beslan

  Beslan (North Ossetia) was a venue of a several thousand strong meeting against abuse of power by law enforcement bodies.