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May 24, 2005 12:58

• Law enforcement agent killed in Dagestan

  Another event in a series of similar ones lately.

May 24, 2005 12:27

• Children killed in clean-ups, says Versiya

  Versiya newspaper investigates two "special operations to capture rebels" in which two children were killed in Dagestan.

May 23, 2005 16:21

• Human rights defenders share grave figures

  They say more than 1,500 Chechens have been abducted in Chechnya over three years.

May 23, 2005 15:55

• Refugees for 14 years

  North Ossetia's Prigorodnyi district has become home for 10,000 refugees from Georgia.

May 21, 2005 20:12

• Crisis in Chechnya continues

  Killings and abuse continue as the parties report each other's casualties.

May 21, 2005 19:50

• Government launches crackdown

  Police disperse a public meeting in Azerbaijan.

May 20, 2005 19:55

• Impunity in Chechnya

  An <a href="http://www.ihf-hr.org" target="_blank">IHF</a> <a href="http://www.ihf-hr.org/viewbinary/viewdocument.php?download=1&doc_id=6310" target="_blank">report</a> documents almost total lack of accountability.

May 20, 2005 19:26

• Human rights defenders concerned

  Dozens of oppositionists are arrested on the eve of a protest action scheduled for 21 May.

May 20, 2005 19:05

• High-profile killing in Dagestan

  An explosion kills the Dagestani minister of nationalities policy, information and external relations.

May 19, 2005 14:04

• Resistance's worth

  Several rebels and one federal serviceman are killed in the last 24 hours.

May 19, 2005 14:02

• Double killing in Chechnya

  A soldier and a local civilian are found dead at a bus stop in Belgatoi, Shali district.

May 19, 2005 11:56

• New attack in Dagestan

  A Russian Defence Ministry truck is detonated in Chechnya's neighbouring republic.

May 19, 2005 11:41

• Public organisation sued for incitement

  Ingushetia sees another hearing of the case of the <a href="http" target="_blank">Chechen Committee for National Salvation</a>.

May 18, 2005 14:45

• Turkey strikes back, calls for probe

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises countries recognising the Armenian Genocide.

May 18, 2005 14:23

• Deadly performance boosting

  Killed Chechen civilians may be shown as rebels, think human rights defenders.

May 18, 2005 10:36

• Ceasefire violated, shortly after positive statements

  Heavy fire is again registered on the line separating the armies of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

May 17, 2005 19:06

• St Petersburg authorities discriminate against human rights defenders

  A picket against war in Chechnya is prohibited for absurd reasons.

May 17, 2005 18:11

• Tripwire wounds officer

  An officer of the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry's interior troops sustains a serious wound having triggered a tripwire.

May 17, 2005 18:08

• Women targeted in Chechnya

  Three Chechen girls, sisters Magomadov, have been missing since 12 May.

May 17, 2005 05:31

• Chechnya 'dire human rights crisis,' says HRW

  Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned about human rights violations, notably torture and disappearances, in Chechnya.