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13:22, 11 July 2007

Parents of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria assert that bodies of their sons were not cremated

Today, the correspondent's office of the "Caucasian Knot" located in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been approached by the relatives of the victims of the October 2005 events who have stated that the bodies of the casualties were not cremated.

17:35, 10 July 2007

Militants who attacked militaries are searched in Chechnya

A special operation is underway in Chechnya to search the militants who yesterday, on July 9, blew up armoured personnel carrier (APC) of Federal Troops.

16:27, 10 July 2007

Committee for Defence of Mamedov: rights of non-Turkis are prejudiced in Azerbaijan

Khilal Mamedov, head of the Committee for Defence of the Rights of Novruzali Mamedov, arrested editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado," has accused the Azerbaijani authorities of discriminating the national minorities living in the country, in particular, the Talyshes.

15:17, 10 July 2007

"Memorial": hundreds thousands of repressed people are unfairly rejected rehabilitation

Hundreds thousands of victims of political repressions in the USSR have been illegally rejected rehabilitation, and in some cases "they rehabilitate those whom they should not," Nikita Petrov, a Board member of the Scientific-Information and Education Centre "Memorial" and author of many books on Stalinist history, told.

15:15, 10 July 2007

"Memorial" criticizes CC's bill on amending the procedure of appealing to Strasbourg

V. D. Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (CC) of the Russian Federation (RF) made a statement on the necessity to adopt new legal norms of the Russian law for those who apply against Russia to the European Court for Human Rights.

13:49, 10 July 2007

AZERBAIJAN: Appellate court ratifies prison sentence of Senet journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Friday's decision by an Azerbaijani appellate court in Baku to uphold the convictions of two independent journalists on charges of insulting Islam in a November commentary.

13:00, 10 July 2007

Candidates for President speak about the atmosphere of fear in Nagorno-Karabakh

The atmosphere of fear has already been stated by two candidates for President of Nagorno-Karabakh - Masis Mailyan and Armen Abgaryan.

11:55, 10 July 2007

FSPE found no violations of Trepashkin's rights

The spokesman of the Russian Federal Service of Punishment Enforcement (FSPE) has stated that the FSPE found no violations of the rights of Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB officer, sentenced for disclosure of state secret and serving his term at the Nizhni Tagil colony-settlement.

21:57, 9 July 2007

Founders of the "Educated Media" declare self-liquidation

The "Educated Media" Foundation, which is the assignee of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANCO) "Internews," has declared its self-liquidation.

21:04, 9 July 2007

Azerbaijan: the arrested satirist starts a hunger strike

Last Sunday, on July 8, satirical poet Mirza Sakit who had been sentenced in Azerbaijan, began his hunger strike action in colony No. 14 in protest against violation of his rights.

19:12, 9 July 2007

Abkhazian public demands to find those attempted on Ankvab

Today at 8:15 a.m. in the city of Gudauta, an attempt was made on Prime Minister Alexandr Ankvab. The head of Abkhazian Government was hospitalized with slight wounds in his back.

18:27, 9 July 2007

The Armenian language can be awarded regional status in Samtskhe-Javakhetiya

The District Assembly of Akhalkalaki (Georgia) has made a decision to set up a special board consisting of members of the Assembly and Armenian and Georgian specialists to tackle the issue of awarding the Armenian language in Samtskhe-Javakhetiya the status of the regional language along with the state Georgian language.

15:43, 9 July 2007

Kabardino-Balkaria: trial of militiamen accused of beating teenagers postponed

The court session of the Elborus District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of beating by employees of the local ROVD of two teenagers due to take place today has failed because of non-appearance of one of the main witnesses.

13:44, 9 July 2007

"Novye Izvestia": Russians are not definite in their attitude to migrants

Russians have not defined their attitude to migrants. This is the conclusion of the "Novye Izvestia" newspaper based on the poll conducted by the "Public Opinion" Foundation (POF).

11:32, 9 July 2007

North Ossetian Ingushes protest against kidnapping of locals

On July 7, two residents of Chermen village, Prigorodny District, Mukhazhir Gaisanov, 61, and Magomed Torshkhoev, 67, disappeared. On July 8 and 9, relatives and fellow-villagers of the missing persons took part in spontaneous meetings.

21:35, 7 July 2007

Armenia does not believe in complete disclosure of Hrant Dink's murder

On July 2 the first hearing took place at the Court of Istanbul of Hrant Dink's murder case. The trial of 18 defendants lasted for about 12 hours. For 12 of them, the custody was chosen to be the freedom restriction measure.

17:48, 7 July 2007

Activists of the "Equality Institute" released in Georgia

Representatives of the Georgian nongovernmental organization (NGO) "Equality Institute" Jaba Dzhishkariani, Leval Gogichaishvili and David Dalakishvili were released from arrest today at 2:00 p.m.

17:13, 7 July 2007

Azerbaijan: criminal case initiated against officer who gave up his citizenship

The conflict of the Azerbaijani officer with the top managers of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) started two years ago after inspection at the Peace-Making Battalion of Azerbaijan in Iraq, where numerous violations had been revealed.

13:23, 7 July 2007

After approval of Sochi-2014 application the second wave of protest begins

The residents of the Imereti Lowland are preparing their new meetings of protest against their eviction.

12:07, 7 July 2007

Relatives of those perished in Nalchik: they burnt torture traces in crematorium

The relatives of the militants who fell victim during the 2005 autumn attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria are convinced that cremation of the militants' bodies was nothing else but an attempt of the authorities to destroy the traces of tortures applied to them and lawless executions.

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