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17:44, 5 October 2007

International forum in memory of Anna Politkovskaya disrupted in Nizhni Novgorod

The international forum in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta," which was to start today, has been disrupted.

15:58, 5 October 2007

People in Turkey protest against the 450th anniversary of voluntary affiliation of Adygs by Russia and 2014 Olympics in Sochi

In front of the Russian Embassy in Istanbul, on October 4, the "Zhineps" Circassian Organization of Turkey held a protest action against the celebrations of the 450th anniversary of voluntary accession of Adygs to the Russian state and against 2014 Olympiad to be held in the city of Sochi.

16:07, 4 October 2007

Activist of the People's Front of Azerbaijan discharged from mental hospital

Alesker Ismailov, 70, an activist of the Nakhichevan Branches of the Party of People's Front of Azerbaijan was discharged today from Psychiatric Hospital No. 1. According to Ismailov, he was placed into hospital after he had written an application to the head of the state, Baku OSCE Office, Milli Medzhlis and to the General Public Prosecutor about the emergency condition of the walls of his house.

16:03, 4 October 2007

Ecologists demand to stop experimenting on children in Stavropol Territory

Today, because of the mass outbreak of acute intestinal infection in kindergartens of the city of Lermontov, Stavropol Territory, the supporters of the Territorial Ecological Organization "Podorozhnik" have picketed the building of the Russian State Committee for Consumer Goods Supervision with a demand to stop experiments on children.

15:58, 4 October 2007

Human Rights Watch reports on persecutions of Georgian natives in the Russian Federation

The Human Rights Watch international organization has published a report on the anti-Georgian campaign in Russia, analyzing the facts of persecutions against natives of Georgia last autumn at the background of aggravated Georgian-Russian relations.

15:55, 4 October 2007

European Court adjudges almost 200,000 euros to three women from Chechnya on cases versus Russia

The European Court for Human Rights has obliged Russia to pay out almost 200,000 euros of compensation to three ladies - natives of Chechnya; this is a record sum for one day's work of the Court in Strasbourg.

15:52, 4 October 2007

Materials on kidnapping of Aushev brothers sent from Ingushetia to Chechnya

Since the kidnapping of the Aushevs, residents of the Ingush settlement of Surkhakhi, was accomplished in the territory of the Chechen Republic, the materials gathered on the case have been sent to the investigatory bodies of Chechnya.

15:49, 4 October 2007

Another criminal case to be initiated against Stanislav Dmitrievskiy

A new aspect has appeared in the prosecution of Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, analyst of the Nizhniy Novgorod Tolerance Support Foundation.

22:26, 3 October 2007

The European Court will rule in two cases concerning civilian killings in Staropromyslovski district of Grozny

On 4 October 2007, the European Court of Human Rights will rule in two cases concerning attacks on civilians in Grozny, the Chechen capital, by Russian Federal forces, in January 2000.

11:54, 3 October 2007

Advocates of Farkhad Aliev, Azerbaijani ex-Minister of Economic Development, demand to release their client

Today, at the Court for Grave Crimes of Azerbaijan, the defenders of Farkhad Aliev, former Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, have demanded to release their client.

11:50, 3 October 2007

Refugees' village in North Ossetia remains without gas, electricity and water

On October 2, supplies of electricity, gas and water were cut off the Novy settlement in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, inhabited by several thousands of forced migrants from the Prigorodny District of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ingushes by nationality.

11:44, 3 October 2007

Court requests statement about burial of militants' bodies in Kabardino-Balkaria

The Nalchik City Court has requested the statement about the burial of the persons who had perished as a result of the armed collision on October 13, 2005 in Nalchik.

11:39, 3 October 2007

Protest action of blind people held at the mayoralty building in Tbilisi, Georgia

Today, a protest action of the Association for Defence of Blind People's Rights took place at the mayoralty building of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.

11:27, 3 October 2007

Kabardino-Balkaria: last defence witness in the case of Ingush militiamen interrogated by Supreme Court

Today, Amur Kortkoev, head of the FSB Department for the Republic of Ingushetia, was interrogated as a witness at the trial in the case of the commanders of the Malgobek ROVD of Ingushetia, accused of the negligence that had lead to the terror act in Beslan.

22:13, 2 October 2007

Journalist arrested for bribe-taking in Azerbaijan worries about protracted investigation

In Azerbaijan, the inquiry in relation to Mushvig Guseinov, an employee of the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, is protracted.

22:08, 2 October 2007

Residents of Northern Caucasus will be able to apply to the Strasbourg Court directly

In its resolution adopted by majority vote the PACE calls to be more flexible in considering applications originated from the North Caucasian region of Russia.

22:04, 2 October 2007

Krasnodar Territory: trial of OMON officers postponed till October 17

The first judicial session on the case of the officers of the OMON of the Sochi Department of Internal Affairs, who had started a fight with holiday-makers, has been re-appointed on October 17 because of the failure of the defendants' advocates to appear.

22:00, 2 October 2007

Tutakov will help to bring compatriots from Europe back to Chechnya

Vagap Tutakov, who was kidnapped on September 10 in the Urus-Martan District of the Republic and released on September 22, intends to get back to political activity.

21:58, 2 October 2007

A case against participants of the meeting in defence of the Aushevs can be initiated in Ingushetia

The law-enforcement bodies of Chechnya and Ingushetia are not going to investigate the case about kidnapping last week of the Aushev brothers, who are second cousins to each other. At the same time, a criminal case can be initiated on the fact of holding the meeting with a demand to release the detainees.

21:54, 2 October 2007

Aushev brothers, residents of Ingushetia, seek defence by the authorities and human rights activists

The Aushev brothers, detained by employees of non-established power agencies in the territory of Chechnya and released after the protest action in Nazran are afraid of further prosecution by power agents; therefore, they ask the RF leadership and the international community to stand for their right.

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