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14:41, 27 June 2007

"United Protest Front" holds an action at the "Kholodny Rodnik" (Cold Spring) Memorial in Stavropol

The press service of the public organization "United Protest Front" informed that the participants of the action in the number of 15-20 persons blocked the access to the construction site.

14:25, 27 June 2007

Victims of April disorders in Tallinn listened to at the European Parliament

On June 26, at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels, the deputies held a meeting with the victims of the actions of the Estonian police during the April disorders, which were caused by the decision to dismantle the Soldier-Liberator monument in Tallinn.

13:53, 27 June 2007

Residents of Ingushetian village beat their fellow villager back from FSB

Residents of Surkhakhi village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, have prevented detainment by FSB agents of the man, whose deceased brother was suspected of attacks on servicemen and preparation of Beslan School seizure.

12:34, 27 June 2007

St Petersburg Public Prosecutor's Office investigates into the beating of a lady-participant of "Disagreement March"

On Monday June 25, 70 days after the "Disagreement March" in St Petersburg, the Office of Public Prosecutor of the Admiralty District of the city initiated a criminal case on the fact of beating by an OMON (Special Militia) fighter of Olga Tsepilova, a participant of the opposition action and a member of the "Yabloko" Party Bureau.

16:02, 26 June 2007

Borozdinovskaya refugees hold protest meeting in Dagestan

Now, two years after the clean-up ("zachistka") in Borozdinovskaya village of Chechnya, the identified organizers of the tragedy remain unpunished, while the truth is concealed from the victims - their requests and petitions remain unanswered.

15:44, 26 June 2007

No charges presented so far to editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper

The Helsinki Civil Assembly expresses a serious concern in connection with the facts of beating and prosecution of journalists in Azerbaijan and recognizes the journalists convicted in Azerbaijan to be the prisoners of conscience.

15:10, 26 June 2007

South Ossetia: decree of Georgian leader contradicts the Viennese Convention

Several days ago, the Georgian party announced that this April President M. Saakashvili signed a decree on denouncement of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Georgia on cooperation in restoring the economy in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, and in returning refugees home, dated December 23, 2000. South Ossetia and Russia think this decree to be illegitimate.

12:21, 26 June 2007

Brinikh: Sochi National Park is being seized under pretext of Olympiad preparation

Valery Brinikh, head of the Maikop City Public Organization of the All-Russia Wildlife Protection Society and a member of the Board of the Ecological Watch for North Caucasus, has expressed this opinion in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

11:33, 26 June 2007

PACE holds up Azerbaijan as a model of tolerance to Jews

Deputy Samed Seidov, head of Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE, declared that today at the debates in PACE's Democratic Group on the topic of anti-Semitism, Azerbaijan was mentioned as a good example of tolerance in relation to Jews.

16:48, 25 June 2007

Public prosecutors searching human rights activists' houses trying to find Ulman

Chechen Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiev has stated that the Office of Public Prosecutor is putting pressure on representatives of the victims in Ulman's case thinking that they have kidnapped and are detaining the convicted special fighters announced into search.

14:34, 25 June 2007

Timur Muzaev: fight of Russian nationalists with Caucasian natives in Moscow was a provocation

On June 22 late at night in the vicinity of the Slavyanskaya Square in the centre of Moscow mass collisions burst out between the members of nationalist and fascist groupings and Caucasian natives.

12:26, 25 June 2007

Minasyan: Georgia blocks Armenia's social and economic programs in Dzhavakh

The Armenian population of Samtskhe-Dzhavakhetia is convinced that social and economic problems of the region stem basically from discriminative policy of Georgian authorities.

11:22, 25 June 2007

Greenpeace: preparation for Sochi Olympics threatens the "West Caucasus" reserve

The authorities of Russia are planning, under pretext of getting ready for possible 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, large-scale construction projects in the immediate proximity to the borders of a World Heritage Object - the "West Caucasus" reserve.

00:45, 24 June 2007

Forced migrants evicted from their homes in Chechnya

The administration of the Oktiabrskiy District and power agencies of Chechnya have commenced compulsory eviction of forced migrants out of their homes.

20:05, 22 June 2007

Widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria are under pressure

It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that officers of law enforcement bodies are exerting pressure on the widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria.

17:45, 21 June 2007

Strasbourg condemns Russia again for murdering and torturing residents of Chechnya

The European Court for Human Rights has found Russia guilty of murders and tortures of Chechen residents. Today in Strasbourg, the RF (Russian Federation) authorities lost the case "Bitieva and Kh. versus Russia." The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the Human Rights Centre "Memorial," whose lawyers represented the applicants' interests at the European Court.

22:34, 20 June 2007

Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship adjudges 120,000 roubles from tax inspectorate

The Arbitration Court of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region has found unjustified the tax claims to the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship (ORChD) in the sum of 120,000 roubles.

23:01, 19 June 2007

"Caucasian Knot" is laureate of Gerd Bucerius Prize for journalism

The "Caucasian Knot" Internet Edition has become a laureate of the prestigious international journalistic Prize named after Gerd Bucerius.

22:08, 19 June 2007

Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria intend to complain to the European Court

The advocates of the parents of the militants-casualties of the October 13, 2005, events in Kabardino-Balkaria should present, before July 24, to the European Court for Human Rights their objections to the answers of the Russian Government.

21:09, 18 June 2007

Liquidation of Maiskiy settlement is negatively perceived in Ingushetia

The action of forced resettlement of the residents of the Maiskiy refugees' camp conducted yesterday by employees of power agencies of North Ossetia caused a wide resonance in Ingushetia.

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