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November 21, 2005 18:26

• Villager released after torture

  Abducted from his own home in Pamiatoi, Shatoi district, on 18 November, Khamdulla Naurdinov is released on 19 November.

November 18, 2005 18:23

• Staraia Sunzha murderers detained

  Chechnya's military commandant's office detains three military men involved in killing Staraia Sunzha, Grozny district, residents.

November 18, 2005 18:20

• Government re-launches repressions

  The government of Azerbaijan launches new repressions against opposition activists, according to a press release of the Azadlyg bloc.

November 17, 2005 00:59

• Alleged accomplice interrogated in North Ossetia

  A cleaner in Beslan's school No 1 thought by victims to be an accomplice of the terrorists is interrogated in North Ossetia.

November 16, 2005 23:44

• AI concerned about legal action against RCFS director

  Below is a public statement by <a href="http://www.amnesty.org" target="_blank">Amnesty International</a>Amnesty International concerning a criminal case against Stanislav Dmitrievskii, Executive Director of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

November 16, 2005 21:26

• Rights defender goes on trial

  At a trial in Nizhny Novgorod, Stanislav Dmitrievskii of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society is charged with inciting racial, interethnic, and social hatred.

November 16, 2005 21:23

• One killed in action

  A Russian Defence Ministry serviceman is killed in a clash with a group of rebels in Chechnya.

November 15, 2005 21:20

• Beslan headquarters members interrogated

  An interrogation of public officials on the list of witnesses in the Beslan attack case practically confirms people's fears.

November 15, 2005 21:19

• Beslan-related case hearing postponed

  Opening arguments in a Beslan-related negligence case against three police officers is postponed.

November 14, 2005 22:10

• Mines kill 700 Chechnya civilians in 10 years - UNICEF

  The number of cases when landmines and unexploded ordnance are triggered is still very high in Chechnya.

November 14, 2005 22:06

• Minister backs abuse

  North Ossetia's Internal Affairs Minister promises to 'toughen measures against Ingush people.'

November 14, 2005 21:23

• Human rights defenders win trial

  The court denies liquidation of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

November 11, 2005 21:19

• Police station under attack all night

  Dwellers of nearby homesteads spend the night in the basements of their houses.

November 11, 2005 21:11

• Beslan negligence case to be heard on 15 November

  Opening arguments in the case of three former police officers charged with negligence in connection with the Beslan terrorist act are scheduled.

November 11, 2005 20:40

• Antiterrorist Centre to be reorganised

  The issue of structural changes in this service has practically been decided on in full.

November 10, 2005 21:21

• Beslan residents doubt that senior officials may be interrogated

  The trial of Mr Nurpashi Kulayev, the only surviving participant in the attack on school No 1 in Beslan, continues in North Ossetia's Supreme Court.

November 09, 2005 20:04

• One killed in Chechnya

  A Russian military man dies in shooting in the republic.

November 09, 2005 20:02

• Oppositionists arrested in Azerbaijan's provinces

  The police launch arrests of activists of the People's Front of Azerbaijan party without any grounds in many districts of Azerbaijan, according to the party.

November 09, 2005 19:44

• Four injured in bombardment

  At least four people, including a small child, are wounded as a result of a bombardment in Chechnya's Grozny district.

November 08, 2005 21:17

• Killed rebels' relatives apply to prosecutor's office

  Relatives of killed rebels ask to sue high-ranking public officials in Kabardino-Balkaria under several articles of the Criminal Code.