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May 16, 2005 16:54

• Initiative punishable

  A village administration head who fought against a possible infringement is killed in Kabardino-Balkaria.

May 16, 2005 16:06

• Jehovah's Witnesses persecuted in Armenia

  Conscientious objectors from among Jehovah's Witnesses are put in prisons.

May 16, 2005 14:54

• Military reports success

  Denilbek Eskiyev, an influential field commander, is shot dead in a skirmish.

May 14, 2005 13:28

• Public organisation leader becomes 'pre-holiday clean-up' victim

  A public organisation leader may have been abducted in a special operation carried out before the celebrations in May.

May 14, 2005 12:41

• Refugees thrown out

  People with a refugee status are ousted from their current accommodation, most of them without a place to go.

May 14, 2005 11:30

• Skinhead murder case closed

  Two skinheads are sentenced to prison for killing an Azerbaijani.

May 13, 2005 13:53

• Police fight hunger strikers

  Azerbaijani police attack people on hunger strike in support of an opposition defence lawyer.

May 13, 2005 13:01

• Another explosion in Dagestan

  A patrol car is blown up adding evidence that law enforcement agents are targeted.

May 12, 2005 14:32

• Fragile peace aged 11

  It has been 11 years since the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was reached, but peace remains very fragile in the region.

May 12, 2005 13:54

• Chechnya overridden

  Casualties and abuse continue in Chechnya.

May 12, 2005 12:13

• Dagestan turning into hotspot

  Civilian and law enforcement casualties mount in Dagestan.

May 11, 2005 13:54

• Opposition parties prohibited from holding public meeting

  Azerbaijani authorities threaten to use force in the event of an unauthorised public meeting of the opposition.

May 11, 2005 12:30

• Law enforcement agents targeted in Dagestan

  More than 20 officers of Dagestani law enforcement agencies have been killed since the beginning of 2005.

May 06, 2005 17:50

• Separatists report abuse

  Chechen separatists claim federal forces have abducted members of Doku Umarov's family.

May 06, 2005 17:49

• Police officer commits suicide

  A riot police officer shoots himself in the head.

May 06, 2005 17:47

• Women protest against abuse

  Several dozen women hold a picket against abductions in Chechnya.

May 06, 2005 17:45

• Racist slaughter on VE eve

  Three young men hack Azerbaijani to death.

May 05, 2005 11:32

• Deserters may be sued

  Georgian military authorities deny hazing with respect to the ethnic Armenians who deserted the army.

May 05, 2005 11:31

• Torture in pre-trial detention centre denied

  A detainee denies torture in the pre-trial detention centre of Ingushetia's Internal Affairs Ministry.

May 05, 2005 11:28

• Chechnya's young go to mountains

  Young men are reported to increasingly often go to rebels in the mountains.