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September 06, 2005 10:44

• Moscow government amends federal laws

  A Moscow government directive about registration rules violates the rights of arrivals from the N Caucasus.

September 06, 2005 10:40

• Duma member discloses evidence on Beslan

  Motherland faction member Yuri Saveliev has evidence that tanks were shooting the school in Beslan.

September 05, 2005 20:14

• Refugees may number 100,000 in Ingushetia

  Official Refugee figures are about twice as low, however.

September 05, 2005 20:12

• Blasts in Chechnya

  Blasts kill one and wound five servicemen in the republic.

September 05, 2005 19:48

• Newspaper loses retrial

  A court rules against Kommersant newspaper in a retrial of its case over an interview with ex-leader of Chechen separatists <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Rights defenders stripped of funds</a>Aslan Maskhadov</a>.</p>

September 02, 2005 12:22

• Controversy over Beslan residents' meeting with Putin

  Those who met the president remain generally satisfied, but many refused to meet him.

September 02, 2005 12:18

• Caliphate Society emir killed in Ingushetia

  Law enforcement agencies say Merzhoyev was involved in the terrorist act in Beslan.

September 01, 2005 18:23

• Beslan: one year later

  Scenes from the town

September 01, 2005 17:18

• Abuse of power in Azerbaijan

  Police attack people distributing opposition leaflets.

September 01, 2005 16:48

• Terrorists 'were setting hostages against the government'

  A former hostage claims terrorists were the first to shoot in Beslan.

August 31, 2005 14:16

• Basayev's words cause controversy

  Officials deny Mr Basayev's <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/851521.html" target="_blank">statement</a>, while security officers treat it more seriously.

August 31, 2005 13:47

• Beslan residents one year later

  Psychologists think they still need medical assistance.

August 30, 2005 22:01

• Basayev makes major statement

  He says special services contributed to the preparation of the terrorist act in Beslan.

August 30, 2005 21:52

• Human rights defenders compare figures

  They are sure that officials shuffle numbers of people abducted in Chechnya.

August 29, 2005 17:14

• Police colonel forced to leave

  Unidentified people in masks attack a police colonel in the capital of Dagestan.

August 29, 2005 16:43

• Situation with children's rights grave in Volgograd region

  The Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office raises the issue of protecting minors from cruel treatment.

August 27, 2005 20:15

• Rights defenders stripped of funds

  A tax agency is seizing funds from accounts of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

August 26, 2005 17:20

• Chechnya citizens still pressured

  The condition of citizens of Chechnya has worsened over the past year, say human rights defenders.

August 26, 2005 17:15

• Conflict in conflict zone

  Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating ceasefire agreement.

August 25, 2005 00:29

• Muslims want to leave

  Muslims protest against violation of their rights in Kabardino-Balkaria.