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13:56, 7 August 2007

Laurent Vinatier: Kadyrov is the main "weapon" of Russian "Chechenization" strategy

Dr Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, gave the interview on Chechen-Russian relations to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

11:49, 7 August 2007

Labourites go to European Court against authorities of Georgia

Members of the Labour Party have filed a complaint against Georgian authorities to the European Court for Human Rights. The subject of the claim was installation of collective electricity meters.

16:36, 6 August 2007

"Novaya Gazeta": SC of North Ossetia amnesties all criminals with epaulets

Because of the fact that on August 2 the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia upheld the legality of applying amnesty to the three commanders of the Pravoberezhny District Interior Department (ROVD), quite willfully a legal precedent has been created, the "Novaya Gazeta" is writing today.

16:26, 6 August 2007

Eighteen persons disappeared in North Ossetia during the recent two years

A total of eighteen persons have disappeared in North Ossetia during the recent two years, five of them - during the last two months.

14:31, 6 August 2007

Dzhamalkhanov's militants searched in Chechnya

A special operation continues in the Vedeno District of the Chechen Republic aimed to search the militants who made an attack on the Tsa-Vedeno village, as a result of which several persons were lost.

14:22, 6 August 2007

Three women trained as suicide-bombers made use of the amnesty in Chechnya

Oleg Zhidkov, deputy head of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), informed on August 3 that among the persons who used the amnesty announced by the State Duma for militants in Chechnya there were relatives of militants' leaders and three women trained to be suicide-bombers.

14:12, 6 August 2007

Working group on the case of arrested journalist of the "Bizim Yol" newspaper founded in Azerbaijan

Today, the first sitting was held of the working group on the case of Mushfig Guseinov, journalist of the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, arrested in Azerbaijan.

14:06, 6 August 2007

Conservative Party of Georgia demands response from the Prosecutor-General's Office on Robakidze's case

The Georgian Conservative Party requests an answer from the Prosecutor-General's Office on the case of Amiran Robakidze.

13:36, 6 August 2007

Keilin's defence may not appeal against extension of his custody

The Leninskiy District Court of the city of Stavropol has extended by one month more Andrei Keilin's custody, due to expire on August 6.

18:15, 3 August 2007

"Dagestan Mothers" go on hunger strike

At the meeting held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, in protest against kidnappings, mothers of missing people have announced their intention to start a hunger strike and keep in until President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev receives them.

17:35, 3 August 2007

From August 11 on, photo and video filming in courtrooms of Georgia will be banned

On August 2, it became clear that President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili had signed the bill on amending the Law "On Ordinary Courts," according to which all photo, video and movie filming shall be prohibited in the premises and courtrooms of Georgian courts.

16:28, 3 August 2007

Human rights defenders think that Chechnya's authorities want to put NGOs under tough control

On August 2, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov recommended all humanitarian and nongovernmental organizations, who execute their activities in the territory of the Republic, to move to its capital.

12:39, 3 August 2007

Georgian opposition demands to respect the rights of inmates

Today, leaders of seven oppositional parties have signed - near Tbilisi Ortachal Prison No. 5 - a unified memorandum on the penitentiary system.

10:21, 3 August 2007

Stavropol Territory: militia disperses a meeting for dismissal of the head of Kislovodsk

On August 3 in the city of Kislovodsk (Stavropol Territory) militia disrupted a meeting that demanded resignation of Vitaly Biryukov, Mayor of the city, organized by the City Public Movement "Veche" (Popular Assembly).

15:01, 2 August 2007

Residents of Kantyshevo village: resident of Ingushetia killed in Chechnya was not a militant

On July 27, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village of the Sunzha District, an armed group captured and took in unknown direction Mr Barkinkhoev, Magomed Bagaudinovich, born in 1978, resident of Kantyshevo village of the Nazran District.

14:36, 2 August 2007

Resident of Stavropol Territory to appeal against court ruling on compensation for his illegal stay in mental hospital

The court decision on paying out 500,000 roubles as compensation for illegal keeping Dmitri Medkov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, in mental hospital on a charge of murdering his own sister will be appealed against by him to the Stavropol Territorial Court.

13:57, 2 August 2007

Azerbaijani mass media campaign against their colleague arrested for bribery

The official newspapers of Azerbaijan have unfolded a campaign against Mushfig Guseinov, journalist of the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, treating his as a criminal.

13:42, 2 August 2007

Stavropol: district militiaman accused of severely beating a suspect

A criminal case has been initiated in Stavropol against the district militia officer from the Promyshlenny District Department of Interior, who had severely beaten a suspect.

13:29, 2 August 2007

Arrest of leaders of Talysh Cultural Centre extended in Azerbaijan

In Azerbaijan, the arrest term of Novruzali Mamedov, Chairman of the Talysh Cultural Centre and editor-in-chief of the "Tolyshi Sado" newspaper, and Elman Guliev, executive secretary of this public organization, has been prolonged for three months more.

13:22, 2 August 2007

"Memorial": young Moslems are secretly kidnapped in Dagestan

Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, an employee of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" in Ingushetia, speaks on the subject of kidnappings in Dagestan.

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