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February 07, 2006 18:00

• Russian officer responsible for shelling the settlement of Starye Atagi under trial in Chechnya

  On February 6, the first session on the case of a Russian officer, through whose fault the village of Starye Atagi in Grozny district, Chechnya, was shelled, started in Grozny garrison military tribunal.

February 06, 2006 19:00

• Krasnodar Territory human rights activists connected with "spy scandal"

  On February 4, one of the Krasnodar Territory TV Channels and a local newspaper suggested that human rights activists are connected with secret services, in particular, with British intelligence, runs the message from the "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights" submitted to the "Caucasian Knot."

February 06, 2006 18:00

• 440 cases of violation of compensation payments to victims of Chechnya conflict considered in Stavropol Territory

  During the period from 2000 to 2005, the courts of Stavropol Territory have considered 440 civil cases connected with compensation for damage to persons who suffered as a result of crisis in Chechnya.

February 04, 2006 12:10

• Attempt to kidnap an acquitted Chechen resident from Ingushetia Supreme Court

  On February 2, 2006, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ingushetia completed the hearing of the case of Murad Iraklievich Margoshvili, a Chechen resident accused of crimes under Article 205, Part 3 (terrorism), Article 209, Parts 1, 2 (banditism), Article 222, Part 3 (Illegal acquisition, storage, transportation or wearing of arms and explosives), Article 223, Part 3 (Illegal manufacture of arms), Article 34, Part 3 (Illegal trade in hard or poisonous substances).

February 04, 2006 12:06

• A large-scale clean-up in a Chechnya settlement

  On February 3, a clean-up ("zachistka") was carried out in the Kotar-Yurt settlement of Achkhoi-Martan district, Chechnya.

February 03, 2006 11:51

• Yuri Dzhibladze: the TV story where a German human rights activist accuses Dmitrievskiy falsified

  "It very much looks like a forgery," Yuri Dzhibladze, president of Moscow's Centre for Development of Democracy and Human Rights, said who was monitoring the Dmitrievskiy's trial progress.

February 03, 2006 11:12

• "Memorial": Verdict to Dmitrievskiy - a further step towards liquidation of freedom of speech in Russia

  The "Memorial" human rights centre has made a statement on the court trial over Stanislav Dmitrievskiy which runs that "the verdict to Dmitrievskiy is a further step towards liquidation of freedom of speech in the country."

February 03, 2006 11:06

• Т. Lokshina, "Demos" Centre: the declarative part of the Dmitrievskiy's sentence is a copy of the prosecutor's speech

  "The declarative part of the sentence to Stanislav Dmitrievskiy is a full copy of the presentation of the prosecution case at the hearing," stated today Tatiana Lokshina, chair of the board, Moscow's centre "Demos."

February 03, 2006 10:57

• Centre of Extreme Journalism: lenient sentence for Dmitrievskiy is a merit of journalists and public

  The sentence given today to Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, human rights activist and journalist, has been commented on by Oleg Panfilov, director of the Centre of Extreme Journalism under the Union of Journalists.

February 03, 2006 10:49

• Nizhni Novgorod court to announce verdict on Stanislav Dmitrievskiy's case behind closed doors

  It has just become known that no observers are being let into room No 40 of the Soviet district court in Nizhni Novgorod where at 12.30 p.m., after a break, Judge Vitaly Bondarenko is expected to announce the verdict on the "Dmitrievskiy's" case.

February 03, 2006 10:40

• Stanislav Dmitrievskiy makes last plea in Nizhni Novgorod court

  On February 3, at 10 a.m. the court session on the case of Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, executive director of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society and chief editor of the "Pravozaschita" newspaper, started in Soviet district court of Nizhni Novgorod.

February 02, 2006 00:52

• "German-Russian Exchange" condemns blames of Russian NGOs in connection with "spy scandal"

  The public organization "German-Russian Exchange" has made a statement condemning the accusations of Russian non-government organizations (NGOs) in connections with foreign secret services.

February 02, 2006 00:48

• Human rights activists protesting against pressure on NGOs in front of FSB building to be fined

  The human rights activists arrested yesterday on the Lubyanka Square will pay a fine for approaching the Russian FSB building.

February 01, 2006 22:05

• Militia attempts to intimidate participants in the action of protests against the law on migration in Krasnodar Territory

  On November 14, 2005, in the village of Varenikovskaya more than thirty Russian citizens expressed their concern that the Law of Krasnodar Territory of July 2, 2004 "On Measures to Prevent Illegal Migration to Krasnodar Territory" runs counter to article 27 of the RF Constitution which protects the right of citizens to the freedom of movement and choice of residence.

February 01, 2006 21:34

• Human rights activists prepare film on harassment of Meskhetian Turks in Krasnodar Territory

  The Stavropol human rights centre, in close collaboration with "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights", has completed work on the full-length documentary "Iskhod" (exodus) about a long-standing discrimination, based on the nationality, of Meskhetian Turks in Krasnodar Territory.

February 01, 2006 00:39

• All detained participant of picket to protect NGOs released from militia station

  Alexander Guryanov, activist of the "Memorial" centre and one of the persons detained in the course of an unsanctioned picket to protect NGOs held in front of FSB, reports to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that all the persons detained during the picket have been released from the Meschanski district militia station.

February 01, 2006 00:35

• Mikhail Trepashkin placed to isolation ward again

  Mikhail Trepashkin, former FSB officer, serving his term at Nizhni Tagil colony, has again been placed to the isolation ward.

February 01, 2006 00:28

• Meeting to protect NGOs takes place: riot squad detains representatives of human rights organizations

  As reported earlier, the picket "FSB - hands off the civil society!", announced but not sanctioned, took place.

January 31, 2006 18:35

• The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has answered Russian NGO leaders

  On January 31, 2006, Mr. Alvaro Hill-Robles, the head of the Council of Europe's (CE) Commission for Human Rights, replied to the leaders of the several leading Russian nongovernmental organizations (NGO).

January 31, 2006 17:16

• Report of "Bloody events in Nardaran village, Azerbaijan"

  Two policemen and one local resident were shot and killed in the Nardaran village on January 24, 2006. It is claimed the police misinformed the public about the event and without lawful reason announced a state of emergency in the village.