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23:13, 5 February 2007

Trial on suit lodged by parents of the soldier killed in North Caucasus is appointed on February 15

On February 15, the Lefortovskiy District Court of Moscow will start a process on the suit initiated by the Human Rights Foundation "Mothers' Right" on behalf of the parents of Alexander Makmatov, a regular soldier who perished in 1996 in the border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia.

23:53, 3 February 2007

Azerbaijani authorities lost another suit at the European Court

The European Court for Human Rights has informed about satisfaction of another suit against the authorities of Azerbaijan, filed by Nabat Ramazanova and others.

18:19, 3 February 2007

One more lady-patient hospitalized in Azerbaijan on suspicion of avian flu

A resident of the village of Boyat of the Neftchalinskiy District was taken to the Scientific Research Institute of Pulmonary Diseases of the Ministry of Public Health of Azerbaijan with suspicion of avail flu.

18:17, 3 February 2007

Turkish ex-minister of culture: Turkey and Azerbaijan should create a union state

Namik Kyamal Zeibek, former Turkish minister of culture, said in one of his recent interviews that Turkey and Azerbaijan should create a united state.

18:14, 3 February 2007

Chair of electoral committee kidnapped in Abkhazia

In the Galskiy District of Abkhazia, people in masks have kidnapped David Sigua, Head of the District Electoral Committee.

18:00, 3 February 2007

North Caucasian Military Court hears the case on murder of Chechnya resident by Russian militaries

The North Caucasian Regional Military Court has started the process on the case of Igor Denisov, former regular serviceman of federal troops, accused of murdering a resident of Chechnya aged 18, accomplished in February 1995.

17:58, 3 February 2007

Military released from Armenian captivity arrested in Azerbaijan

Vusal Garadzhaev, a soldier of the Azerbaijani army, who was released from Armenian captivity on December 23, 2006, was arrested in Azerbaijan.

23:37, 2 February 2007

Igor Trunov: victims of metro terror acts will get no compensation from the convicts

Although the complainants in the case of Moscow metro explosions are not completely satisfied with the judgment of conviction, they will not appeal against it.

23:23, 2 February 2007

The officers who killed peaceful inhabitants of Chechnya will be released from custody

The Supreme Court of Russia has ruled to release under signature not to leave the two lieutenants of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Evgenij Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev - accused of murdering three peaceful residents of Chechnya.

23:03, 2 February 2007

Krasnodar Territory: Novorossiysk militia puts pressure on human rights defenders

According to the information of the "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights," on January 23, 2007, a meeting of human rights activists and students with their guests from Germany in Novorossiysk (Krasnodar Territory) was interrupted by representatives of law enforcement bodies who appeared in the number of 15 persons.

22:46, 2 February 2007

Moscow metro terror act perpetrators have got life sentences

The Moscow City Court has sentenced the three persons accused on the case of acts of terror in Moscow metro in 2004 - at the "Rizhskaya" station and in the leg between the "Paveletskaya" and "Avtozavodskaya" stations to life imprisonment.

23:48, 1 February 2007

International organizations condemn arrests of journalists in Azerbaijan

The Baku OSCE office and the OSCE Representative for the freedom of mass media have expressed their deep concern with the new facts of criminal prosecution of journalists in Azerbaijan.

23:21, 1 February 2007

Putin waits for trial on Politkovskaya's murder case

"Anna Politkovskaya was a sharp critic of the authorities, and it is nice," president of Russia Vladimir Putin has declared today in the Kremlin.

22:50, 1 February 2007

Commission of Outstanding Lawyers has summed up its work in Russia

The Experts' Commission of Outstanding lawyers, comprising Professor Mary Robinson, former commissioner for human rights and the first woman-president of the Republic of Ireland, Stephan Treshel, judge of the UN Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, and China Jilani, judge of the Supreme court of Pakistan, has summed up two-day hearings on counterterrorism in Russia.

22:41, 1 February 2007

Case on mass beating of citizens by "OMON" in Sochi delivered to court

The Office of Public Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory has delivered to the court the criminal case on accusation of a group of "OMON" (Special Militia) officers of excess of official powers with application of violence in relation to a big group of peaceful citizens.

22:15, 1 February 2007

Verdict on case of Moscow metro terror acts to be announced tomorrow

At midday on February 2, the Moscow City Court plans to start announcing of the verdict on the case on the acts of terror in Moscow metro, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" was told by Igor Trunov, defendants' advocate.

23:41, 31 January 2007

Litvinenko's poisoning case delivered to the British Public Prosecutor's Office

The British police have delivered the case on Alexander Litvinenko's murder to the Office of Public Prosecutor.

23:19, 31 January 2007

Armenia: students protest against murders of Armenians in the Russian Federation

On January 31, the Students-and-Youth Union "Sarkis Tkhruni" of the "Gnchak" Social-Democratic Party held a protest action in front of the building of the Russian embassy in Yerevan in connection with continuing murders of Armenian natives in Russia.

23:12, 31 January 2007

Draft resolution on recognition of Armenians' genocide submitted to US Congress

A draft resolution has been submitted to the House of Representatives of the US Congress, calling to recognize the genocide of Armenians, the Armenian Assembly of America has reported.

21:48, 31 January 2007

Constitutional Court of Chechnya intends to demand higher compensations to victims of political repressions

The Judges of the Constitutional Court of Chechnya have addressed the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with a request to bring a bill to the RF State Duma stipulating an increase of monetary compensations to the citizens of the Republic who have become victims of political repressions.

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