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March 24, 2005 23:37

• Dual citizenship for unrecognised republic?

  More than 245,000 internal passport forms have been delivered to Abkhazia.

March 24, 2005 13:33

• Maskhadov's bodyguard killed in Chechnya

  The Chechen security service destroys a rebel reported to have targeted its commander, <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/analyticstext/enganalytics/id/783160.html" target="_blank">Ramzan Kadyrov</a>.

March 23, 2005 23:19

• Chechen resistance crackdown succeeds again

  A special operation leads to a second high-profile killing in less than a month.

March 22, 2005 23:05

• Road accident ends up in shooting

  A conflict between Russian troops and Chechen police officers results in at least three men killed.

March 22, 2005 22:36

• Local government attacks online media

  A website is being pressurised by Ingushetia's authorities.

March 21, 2005 23:26

• Aliyev signs 'historic' pardon decree

  More than 50 political prisoners are released in Azerbaijan.

March 18, 2005 23:25

• Local government enforces media restrictions

  New accreditation rules may seriously impair media performance.

March 18, 2005 23:11

• New victim of extrajudicial execution

  The dead man was found in the boot of a car on the roadside.

March 18, 2005 23:11

• Children's rights checked in Dagestan

  Leading to more than 150 violations revealed.

March 18, 2005 22:47

• Prisoners go on hunger strike

  The living conditions are 'far from normal' in the prison, an official admits.

March 17, 2005 23:35

• Government shares death toll figures

  A Chechen official gives figures for Russian casualties in Chechnya.

March 17, 2005 22:56

• EU state may be violating rights

  A Chechen couple is searched, interrogated and deported from Finland without any explanation.

March 16, 2005 23:07

• COE official critical of Azerbaijan

  The country may face sanctions in April, unless it can show it is really determined to release its political prisoners.

March 16, 2005 23:05

• Azeri leaders threaten war, pin blame on Armenia

  Statements are highly critical in Azerbaijan, as Armenia allegedly breaks the ceasefire agreement.

March 15, 2005 23:03

• Student's rights violated in Georgia

  Police take tough action to disperse a public meeting of students in Tbilisi.

March 14, 2005 23:12

• More details of Maskhadov's death

  Information is contradictory about <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a>'s death. Many in the republic believe he was killed before 8 March in an area different from that in the official version.

March 11, 2005 23:57

• Shifting responsibility

  Often criticised for its inability to ensure Meskhetian Turks' rights, the Russian government is happy to remind Georgia of commitments.

March 11, 2005 22:36

• High-ranking police officers involved in kidnappings

  Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry neutralises an organised crime group that has long been involved in kidnappings.

March 10, 2005 23:50

• FSB apathy makes people doubt

  Many in Tolstoy-Yurt think <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> was already dead when brought to the village.

March 09, 2005 23:08

• Accounts differ of how Maskhadov died

  There are strong reasons to believe <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> may have been killed by Chechen law enforcement and security agencies under Ramzan Kadyrov's command.