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22:00, 24 April 2007

Chechen MIA knows nothing about murder of Doku Umarov's father

The employees of law enforcement bodies of Chechnya would not make any comments on the information about a possible murder of elderly Khamad Umarov, father of Doku Umarov, President of unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), who was kidnapped about two years ago by the workers of power agencies.

23:40, 23 April 2007

Religious literature confiscated in Dagestan

On April 18, 2007, in "Sunna" shop, where mainly Islamic literature is sold, an unknown employee of the Leninskiy ROVD of Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan, made a search and confiscation of goods.

23:30, 23 April 2007

Two militants killed in Dagestan

Today, about eight in the morning, a special operation was launched in Pervomaiskoye village of the Khasavyurt District, aimed at liquidation of the militants who hid in one of the houses, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has informed.

23:20, 23 April 2007

CE Commissioner Thomas Hammerberg cannot reach liquidation of ORB-2 in Chechnya

"Now, the official mass media and authorities are creating an image of stabilization process that is underway in Chechnya. It is not the case. Violations of human rights are systematic, and the existing power in many respects is based on suppressing people," Igor Shamshev, coordinator of the European Commission's Project "Counteraction to Violations of Human Rights in North Caucasus," has said today.

22:19, 23 April 2007

Georgia releases Abkhazian official Fridon Chakaberiya

Fridon Chakaberiya, head of the Abkhazian administration of Zemo Bargebi village of the Galskiy District, Abkhazia, has been released from custody.

22:07, 22 April 2007

Abkhazia denies kidnapping a resident of Galskiy District

Laurens Kogoniya, head of the Galskiy District Department of Internal Affairs, Abkhazia, has refuted the information of Georgian media about kidnapping on the night of April 21 of Gocha Gamisoniya, a resident of the District.

18:09, 22 April 2007

Committee to Protect Journalists condemns imprisonment of Fatullayev in Azerbaijan

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns today's imprisonment in Baku of Eynulla Fatullayev, editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the Azeri-language daily Gundalik Azarbaycan.

22:43, 21 April 2007

Kokoity refuses to take part in PA NATO workshop in Georgia

On April 20, Merab Antadze, Georgian State Minister for Conflict-Settlement and head of the Georgian part of the MCC, sent a letter to his South-Ossetian MCC counterpart and First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO), in which president of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity was invited to the 65th workshop "Rous-Rout" PA NATO to be held in Tbilisi.

22:40, 21 April 2007

A countryman kidnapped in Galskiy District of Abkhazia

On the night of April 21, culprits seized a man of 27 as hostage and demanded a 70,000 US dollars worth ransom for him.

22:24, 21 April 2007

Editor of "Real Azerbaijan" condemned to 2.5 years of imprisonment

On April 20, the trial of Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan," was over in Baku.

22:20, 21 April 2007

Moscow is dissatisfied with the presence of Caucasian natives

Today, a meeting was held in the Novopushkinskiy Public Garden of Moscow in support of renaming the Ahmad Kadyrov Street into the Pskov Troopers Street.

22:00, 21 April 2007

South Ossetia threatens Georgia to shut off "TransKAM"

Today, reinforced concrete structures were brought to the border between the city of Tskhinval and Tamarasheni village.

23:49, 20 April 2007

Sanakoev stands for autonomous South Ossetia within Georgia

Dmitri Sanakoev, alternative president of the Republic of South Ossetia, wants to enter the united Georgia in exchange for acquiring the status of a broad autonomy. He has declared it today at the 65th PA NATO Rous-Rout Workshop.

23:44, 20 April 2007

Doku Umarov's father killed in Chechnya

Khamad Umarov, 74, father of Doku Umarov, leader of Chechen separatists, was killed. According to one of militants' Internet web sites, Umarov's father was kidnapped back on May 5, 2005, by the employees of the "Oil Regiment" headed by Adam Demilkhanov.

23:34, 20 April 2007

Human rights defenders expect a fair investigation of "Disagreement Marches" dispersals

The balance of forces in the OMON (Special Militia)-dissidents confrontation in Nizhni Novgorod on March 24 can be compared with the balance of forces during the battle of Persians with 300 Spartans.

22:59, 20 April 2007

Work of the "Educated Media" ("Internews") Foundation paralysed

The work of the Public Foundation "Educated Media" (assignee of the "Internews") is actually paralysed after the search of the premises of the organization.

22:53, 20 April 2007

Georgia: Human Rights Watch intervenes for Giorgadze's supporters

The Human Rights Watch NGO has sent a letter to Giorgij Shavliashvili, Chair of the Tbilisi City Court, asking him to hold an open trial of the thirteen activists of the "Justice" Party and their supporters accused of a coup d'etat attempt in Georgia, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports with a reference to the office of the "Imedi" Party.

23:33, 19 April 2007

"Nord-Ost" demands new criminal cases

The "Nord-Ost" Organization demands excitation of a new criminal case on Dubrovka act of terror.

23:30, 19 April 2007

Yusupova: Chechnya has no children rehabilitation program

The policy of adults has poor consequences for the most vulnerable group - children. Chechnya lacks boarding schools for children with disabilities. It also has no special institutions, where parents could leave their children while at work. Lilia Yusupova, leader of the "Sozidanie" (Creation) NGO (City of Gudermes), said about it in her interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

23:04, 19 April 2007

Torture charges brought to two militiamen in Kabardino-Balkaria

The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Elborus District, Kabardino-Balkaria, has accused two workers of the District Interior Department (ROVD) - M. Baichekuev and M. Mashezov - of applying physical violence to detained minor residents of Neitrino village, Kabardino-Balkaria, Yusup Nakani and Ravil Nuraliev.

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