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June 30, 2005 13:30

• Religious leader detained

  Azerbaijani police detains human rights defender Ilgar Ibrahimoglu.

June 30, 2005 13:28

• Bomb orphans nine

  A father of nine is blown up in Chechnya.

June 30, 2005 13:27

• Killed servicemen figures

  The Russian Defence Ministry says 10 federal servicemen were killed in May.

June 29, 2005 13:11

• Murderer gets 11 years

  The court passes a sentence in a hatred murder case.

June 29, 2005 13:07

• Figures speak

  Forty-two per cent of the Georgian population vote for a violent solution to the Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflicts.

June 28, 2005 12:00

• Police targeted in Dagestan

  Three police officers are wounded as a result of an explosion in Makhachkala.

June 28, 2005 11:58

• On hunger strike in protest of non-payment

  Twelve residents of the Gulkevichi district in the Krasnodar territory announce a no-time-limit hunger strike in protest against the non-payment of compensations for their homes lost during a flood in 2002.

June 28, 2005 11:56

• Criminal shots police officer

  A policeman receives a gunshot wound in his stomach.

June 27, 2005 11:48

• Torture on the rise in Georgia

  Georgian NGOs report growing numbers of tortured convicts.

June 27, 2005 11:41

• Protest against unlawful actions of police

  A picket against torture in police custody occurs in Krasnodar on 26 June.

June 24, 2005 16:24

• Tension on the rise over Borozdinovskaia

  The Main Military Prosecutor's Office that controls the investigation of the "<a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/814535.html" target="_blank">clean-up</a>" in Borozdinovskaia cannot name those responsible for the "<a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/814535.html" target="_blank">incident</a>.

June 24, 2005 16:15

• Four servicemen killed in Chechnya

  Besides, four servicemen were wounded in an attack and an explosion.

June 23, 2005 16:22

• Human rights groups give killed, missing figures

  More than 80 local residents have been missing in Chechnya this year.

June 23, 2005 16:20

• Counter-Terrorist Centre officials fired at

  The driver sustained several gunshot wounds as a result.

June 23, 2005 16:11

• Landmine wounds police officer

  The incident occurred not far from Martan-Chu on 22 June.

June 22, 2005 16:37

• Serviceman killed in Chechnya

  A serviceman dies as a result of a rebel attack.

June 22, 2005 15:51

• Explosion in Dagestan

  Two people are wounded as a result of an explosion in Buinaksk.

June 22, 2005 15:40

• Independent journalist pressurised, racist murder thought 'deserving lenience'

  A freelance correspondent of Radio Liberty is detained in Krasnodar after a trial of a cruel Cossack murderer.

June 21, 2005 12:35

• Refugee camps fail to meet standards

  The living conditions in Chechnya's refugee camps are unsatisfactory.

June 21, 2005 12:34

• Tax agency targeting human rights group

  The Russian-Chechen Friendship Society may have to pay 1 million roubles in tax.