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June 01, 2005 16:16

• Drug abuse becomes serious problem in Chechnya

  There are 1,645 officially registered drug users in Chechnya, but their actual number is 10-12 times higher.

June 01, 2005 16:15

• Major attack in Dagestan

  A bus with police officers is blown up in Makhachkala.

May 31, 2005 13:14

• Civilian wounded in action

  A civilian is wounded in a skirmish on the line of contact between the armed forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia.

May 31, 2005 13:10

• Western contractors disregard rights in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijani NGOs say pipeline construction violated rights.

May 31, 2005 13:06

• One day in Chechnya

  Six people, including two children, are killed and two are wounded in one day in Chechnya.

May 30, 2005 14:51

• Abuse unlimited

  Six are abducted in Chechnya last week.

May 30, 2005 14:49

• IDPs pressurised

  Forced migrants in Grozny report mounting pressure on the part of law enforcement and security agents.

May 30, 2005 13:19

• Unsettled conflict yields more victims

  Five die in a skirmish in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict area.

May 28, 2005 14:34

• Conflict fruit

  Killings and other conflict fruit are reported.

May 28, 2005 14:31

• Abuse in Chechnya, Ingushetia

  Several people are abducted in Chechnya and Ingushetia.

May 27, 2005 14:26

• New attack on journalists in Azerbaijan

  Republican authorities deport journalists.

May 27, 2005 14:17

• Police casualties mount

  A Chechen police officer is killed in the Gudermes district.

May 26, 2005 14:11

• Major police abuse in Kalmykia

  Drunken police officers beat young men.

May 26, 2005 14:09

• Student abducted in Chechnya

  Russian military men allegedly abduct a 24-year-old Chechen student.

May 26, 2005 14:07

• Military carelessness puts lives at risk

  Three are wounded in Chechnya because of an accidentally launched grenade.

May 25, 2005 16:21

• Skinhead case in Nizhny Novgorod

  Two skinheads are going on trial for killing an Azerbaijani.

May 25, 2005 15:59

• Police violence punished in absentia

  Three Georgian policemen are convicted of beating a detainee while still on the wanted list.

May 25, 2005 15:24

• HRW concerned about freedom of assembly in Azerbaijan

  Below is an open letter of <a href="http://www.hrw.org" target="_blank">Human Rights Watch</a> to President Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan.

May 25, 2005 13:13

• Forced disappearances continue in Chechnya

  A local resident is abducted in Chechnya's Achkhoi-Martan district.

May 24, 2005 14:01

• Analysts doubt arrangements

  Many analysts doubt the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia have reached an agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh.