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11:56, 7 July 2007

President of Abkhazia blames Georgia for escalating the conflict

Today, President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh has met Ivo Petrov, deputy special representative of the UN Secretary General in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, and chief military observer of the UN Mission General Khan-Khattak.

23:53, 6 July 2007

Azerbaijan upholds the verdict to journalists who abused Prophet Mohammed

Today in Azerbaijan, the Appeal Court has considered the complaint of Samir Sadatoglu, editor-in-chief of the "Sanat" (Culture) newspaper, and publicist Rafik Tagi.

23:00, 6 July 2007

Azerbaijani human rights activists meet "Ago" Group

The "Ago" Group that is now in Azerbaijan met human rights activists. The meeting considered the situation with the freedom of speech, the law "On Freedom of Assembly," the staff of electoral commissions, voters' lists, the problem of political prisoners, etc.

16:30, 6 July 2007

Sh. Torosyan: Javakhk problems in Georgia should be solved systemically

The numerous problems existing in Javakhk now have an addition: Georgian authorities intend to dismiss all the Armenians who do not speak Georgian.

16:25, 6 July 2007

"Memorial": European Court's decisions on Chechnya do not reduce the crime count

The judicial system of the European Court for Human Rights is far from being perfect, since it resorts to forcing a respondent-state to pay out compensation. Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial," called this practice the "impunity tax."

15:57, 6 July 2007

State Duma has passed the law on fighting extremism

The Russian State Duma has passed in the third and final reading the law on strengthening the struggle against extremism.

15:46, 6 July 2007

Dagestan native sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for driving his comrade-in-arms to suicide

In February 2006, at anonymous polling on the problem of hazing in the army, held in the military unit No. 22292 of the 85th Motor Rifle Division, a number of servicemen pointed to private Ruslan Velkhiev as an infringer of statutory relations.

13:13, 6 July 2007

Secretary of Dagestan Security Council met refugees from Borozdinovskaya village

On July 5, Ahmed-Nabi Magdigadzhiev, Secretary of the Security Council of Dagestan, had a meeting with the initiative group of the refugees from Borozdinovskaya village.

21:48, 5 July 2007

Russia to pay out over 42,000 euros for kidnapping and death of Chechen Parliament's Speaker

The European Court for Human Rights has recognized that Ruslan Alihadjiev, Speaker of Chechen Parliament, was kidnapped by Russian authorities and became "a victim of violent disappearance."

19:54, 5 July 2007

Court extends arrest of Chechnya natives accused of preparing a terror act in Moscow

On July 4, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow made a decision to extend till October 8 the arrest term of three Chechnya natives (Umar Batukaev, Ruslan Musaev and Lors Khamiev), accused of preparing a terror act in the Russian capital on the Victory Day.

18:05, 5 July 2007

Defender of ex-head of Armenian MFA to appeal against court's verdict in Arzumanian's case

Ovik Arsenyan, advocate of Alexander Arzumanian, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, has filed a petition to the Appeal Court claiming to appeal against the first instance court's decision on extension by two months the ex-Minister's custody term.

16:09, 5 July 2007

Amnesty International: refugees are in disaster in Azerbaijan

Some 700,000 Azerbaijanis, who have received, after 1994, the status of internally displaced persons in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, are facing serious discrimination and segregation in Azerbaijan.

15:04, 5 July 2007

State Duma toughens punishment for extremism

On July 4, the State Duma approved in the second reading amendments to the Law "On Counteracting Extremist Activities," to the Criminal Code and a number of other legislative acts.

14:16, 5 July 2007

A new meeting of residents of Manaskent village held in Dagestan

On July 4, hundreds of local residents rallied in Manaskent village (Dagestan) with the demand to hold an objective investigation and punish those guilty of murdering local resident Kamil Chamsudinov.

11:10, 5 July 2007

Sochi will host 2014 Winter Olympics

The 2014 Winter Olympic Games will take place in the city of Sochi. It was announced in Guatemala at the session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

17:34, 4 July 2007

Prosecutor's office finds no violations in dispersal of the "Disagreement March" in Moscow

The Moscow City Prosecutor's Office has found no excess of official powers by militiamen at dispersal of the "Disagreement March" on April 14, and refused to initiate any criminal cases.

15:30, 4 July 2007

Official charges presented to editor of "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper

The Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan has presented two charges to Einullah Fatullaev, editor of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan," under Articles 214 (1) and 283 (2.2) of the Criminal Code.

14:41, 4 July 2007

Action against Olympic Games dispersed in Moscow because of a jest about Putin

On July 3, an authorized picket against Sochi Olympics was held in the Triumphal Square of Moscow under the slogan "Sochi will win - nature and people will lose!"

12:18, 4 July 2007

Iranian mass media continue insulting Azerbaijanis

Iranian mass media have again published offensive materials against ethnic Azerbaijanis. Currently the Iranian TV is spinning up a social advertising campaign with an obvious attempt to show the backwardness of Azerbaijanis and, on the contrary, the superiority of Persians.

11:09, 4 July 2007

Azerbaijanis are repressed again in Iran

In connection with the annual ascent to Fortress Bazz, located in South Azerbaijan (region in northwest of Iran), the police detained most of the participants of the march.

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