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November 08, 2005 20:25

• Courtroom unrest

  Another hearing of the Beslan attack case ends up with protests on the part of victims.

November 07, 2005 21:15

• Persecution of killed rebels' relatives must be stopped - Memorial

  The Human Rights Centre Memorial demands that the government should stop persecution of relatives of the Nalchik dead.

November 04, 2005 20:37

• Killed rebels' bodies leave Nalchik

  Three refrigerator cars with the bodies of killed rebels leave Nalchik without their relatives being allowed to part with them.

November 03, 2005 22:35

• Oppositionist loses consciousness because of torture

  The life of an arrested supporter of Azerbaijan's ex parliament speaker Rasul Guliyev, former Gyanja police chief Natiq Efendiyev, is at risk.

November 03, 2005 22:27

• Arbitrary arrests before elections

  There are reports that oppositionists are arrested on the eve of elections in Azerbaijan.

November 03, 2005 21:25

• Russia may go on another trial

  Human rights defenders intend to sue Russia in the ECHR over the Nalchik dead.

November 03, 2005 21:23

• Low attendance may speed up trial

  Four witnesses are interrogated in the Beslan attack trial, as victims' attendance drops significantly.

November 02, 2005 21:20

• Events in Ingushetia

  A local resident is abducted and police officer is killed in the republic.

November 01, 2005 20:17

• Suspects confirm torture in Nalchik

  Caucasian Knot contacts one of those detained on suspicion of taking part in the Nalchik attack on 13 October.

November 01, 2005 19:46

• Trial continues in empty courthouse

  Victims fail to come another hearing of the Beslan attack case.

November 01, 2005 19:44

• Living conditions extremely poor in Grozny

  Residents of the Chechen capital complain of authorities' inattention towards such problems.

November 01, 2005 19:42

• Opposition denied assembly

  The government of Baku prohibits the opposition from holding a public meeting.

November 01, 2005 19:40

• 'Clean-up' numbers soar in Chechnya

  Residents of the republic indicate that the number of "clean-ups" in Chechnya has grown dramatically.

November 01, 2005 19:38

• Police post attacked

  A group of armed people attack a checkpoint wounding two officers.

October 31, 2005 19:32

• Chechnya's president demands stopping abductions

  President Alkhanov is "very much concerned that abductions have been more for ransom than for other motives lately."

October 28, 2005 19:04

• Three wounded in Chechnya

  Bomb blasts wound three Russian military men in the republic.

October 28, 2005 18:57

• Maskhadov 'was killed by his guard'

  The results of a ballistic examination of a bullet from the body of Aslan Maskhadov are announced.

October 27, 2005 20:21

• Sentence for Borozdinovskaia passed in Chechnya

  One officer of the Vostok battalion is given a suspended sentence of three years for the <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/814535.html" target="_blank">clean-up</a> in Borozdinovskaia.

October 27, 2005 19:34

• Two abducted in Chechnya

  Two persons are abducted overnight in the republic.

October 27, 2005 19:31

• New extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  Two dead bodies with numerous shrapnel wounds are found in the republic.