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April 22, 2006 15:17

• Trial of human rights activist Boliev in Dagestan will continue on Monday

  In Khasavyurt (Dagestan), the court process on human rights activist Osman Boliev, head of the Dagestan regional public organization "Romashka," accused of storage, acquisition and bearing of firearms, will continue on Monday, April 24.

April 22, 2006 15:12

• Armenian Security Service agents took away and beat oppositionist's bodyguards

  On April 21, about 1 p.m., not far from Erebuni police station in Yerevan, 12 unidentified persons, eight of them in masks, stopped the car of Aram Karapetyan, chairman of the "Novye Vremena" (New Times) Armenian Party, and his accompanying cars.

April 21, 2006 23:42

• Chief federal inspector for Stavropol Territory inspected Kochubej colony

  Prosecutor of the Stavropol Territory, has inspected, together with Alexander Korobeinikov, Chief Federal Inspector for the Stavropol Territory of the machinery of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the South Federal District, the observance of the requirements of the law at enforcement of criminal punishments at the Federal State Institution - Corrective Colony No. 2 of the Administration of the Federal Punishment Enforcement Service for the Stavropol Territory.

April 21, 2006 23:29

• In Dagestan, at the trial of human rights activist Boliev, defence evidences were presented

  In Dagestan, in the town of Khasavyurt, the trial continues on the case of Osman Boliev, human rights activist, head of the Dagestan regional public organization "Romashka," accused of storage, acquisition and bearing of firearms.

April 21, 2006 15:08

• Father of murdered Ilman Umaev released in Chechnya

  On April 19 in the afternoon, Eisa Umaev, father of Ilman Umaev and uncle of Anzor Umaev, killed the day before after detainment by the officials of the MIA of Chechnya, was released and returned home to the village of Sayasan.

April 21, 2006 15:02

• In Ingushetia, jury acquitted defendant charged of attack on the Republic

  On April 21, the Jury of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ingushetia acquitted Magomed Aspiev, accused of committing the crimes covered by Articles 209, part 2, 285, part 3, and 222, part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (CCRF).

April 20, 2006 23:26

• Parliament of Chechnya called to create an inter-branch commission for searching the missing people

  The parliament of Chechnya has declared that the problem of missing people could not be addressed without setting up an inter-branch commission at the federal level.

April 19, 2006 23:14

• Additional information on kidnapping and murder of Sayasan citizens arrived from Chechnya

  The Committee "Civil Assistance" received additional information on yesterday's kidnapping and murdering of citizens of the village of Sayasan, Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya.

April 19, 2006 23:11

• Information on murders and kidnappings arrives from Chechnya

  Today, the editorial board of the "Caucasian Knot" received information from the Committee "Civil Assistance" about the events in the Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya.

April 19, 2006 23:04

• Valentina Melnikova: Ministry of Justice is trying to close "Soldiers' Mothers"

  Valentina Melnikova, Executive Secretary of the Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia (UCSMR) stated that the authorities are planning to stop the public organization "Soldiers' Mothers of Russia" in a judicial procedure.

April 19, 2006 23:02

• Government of Armenia exceeds its powers during build-up of Yerevan centre

  The sitting of the Constitutional Court of Armenia that ended late on April 18 decided to satisfy the suit of Armen Arutyunyan, a human rights defender.

April 19, 2006 18:41

• New information on abduction and killing of local residents in Chechnya

  he Civil Assistance Committee has provided Caucasian Knot with the information on abduction and murder of Sajasan village residents (Nozhaj-Jurt district, Chechnya).

April 19, 2006 16:39

• Kadyrov demands liquidation of all camps for refugees in the Chechen Republic

  The Chechen prime-minister Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded removal as soon as possible all places for refugees residing on the territory of the Chechen Republic.

April 18, 2006 16:30

• Three detained residents of the Kurchaloj village (Chechnya) are released

  Three residents of Kurchaloj, detained on April 2 have been released, according to the information received on April 18 by Russian-Chechen information agency.

April 18, 2006 16:22

• Human Rights Center "Memorial" urges Chechen PM Kadyrov to punish all security agents guilty of abductions

  Human rights activists emphasize also that it is impossible to solve the problem of abductions, disappearances and tortures of arrested persons in Chechnya only by stopping the illegal actions of the ORB-2 agents.

April 18, 2006 14:54

• Reported abductions of people going on in Chechnya

  Caucasian Knot has received an open letter from Dr. Aaron Roads, executive director of International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. The letter is addressed to the law enforcement authorities in Chechnya; a copy was sent to Vladimir Ustinov, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and to Vladimir Lukin, Ombudsman of the Russian Federation. According to the letter, two persons were abducted on April 9, 2006 in Chechnya.

April 17, 2006 17:02

• Trial of human rights activist Boliev: police-witnesses did not appear, court session postponed

  On April 17, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, at the trial of human rights activist Osman Boliev, accused of keeping, purchasing and carrying arms, the scheduled court session did not take place.

April 11, 2006 13:08

• Dagestan court rejects petition to verify authenticity of documents presented as evidence against human rights activist Osman Boliev

  On April 10 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, at the trial of human rights activist Osman Boliev, accused of keeping, purchasing and carrying arms, the judge rejected the defense petition to examine the authenticity of the signatures of prosecution witnesses, police officers Vitaly Shamber and Konstantin Novitsky on the documents of the criminal case.

April 10, 2006 16:36

• At the trial of human rights activist Boliev in Dagestan, the judge appears to favor the prosecution, defense attorney states

  in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, at the trial of human rights activist Osman Boliev, accused of keeping, purchasing and carrying arms, the court will proceed to interrogate witnesses for the defense.

March 31, 2006 18:47

• American woman interrogated in Dagestan on the case of assault in Chechnya

  Dagestan law enforcement agencies have interrogated the US citizen Kelly McEvers three times this week. The employee of Washington John Hopkins University has come to Dagestan under a UNEADCO program, reports Radio "Liberty."