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21:12, 30 January 2006

Georgia prepared to accept Meskhetian Turks

Georgia is prepared to accept the population deported from Meskhetia in 1944. The law on rehabilitation of Meskhetians is going to be adopted in the course of the Georgian Parliament spring session.

16:09, 30 January 2006

The court confirms the legality of criminal investigation concerning Ruslan Nahushev

The court of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, refused to recognize illegal and unreasonable criminal investigation concerning Ruslan Nahushev, accused of terrorism propaganda, and terrorist activity

13:34, 30 January 2006

Georgian Minister: "Georgia is ready to receive Meskhetian Turks"

State Minister of Georgia George Haindrava announced at his press conference, that Georgia is ready to receive people deported from Meskhetia in 1944.

16:36, 28 January 2006

The European Court of Human Rights starts examining application of Kabardino-Balkaria residents

Some residents of Tyrnyauz city, Kabardino-Balkaria have received European Court notification that the court has started examining their case.

16:12, 27 January 2006

Muslim opposition problem farmed out to law enforcement agencies - Dorogova

An interview with Larissa Dorogova, the lawyer who represents Muslim oppositionists in Kabardino-Balkaria.

16:06, 26 January 2006

Security operatives give evidence in Beslan case

A FSB officer tells about talks with the terrorists at the trial of Nurpashi Kulayev in North Ossetia.

14:40, 25 January 2006

Beslan case unlikely to be investigated — Beslan Voice

School No 1 in Beslan was not a random choice as claimed by special agencies, victims insist.

14:37, 25 January 2006

Shady action against rights defender

A human rights activist who has applied to the European Court of Human Rights concerning abduction by police officers is on trial in Dagestan.

10:11, 25 January 2006

Human Rights First Condemns False Accusations against Russian Human Rights Organizations

A statement by a leading human rights organisation concerning the recent attacks on human rights defenders in Russia.

22:08, 24 January 2006

ECHR applicants' relative tortured in Chechnya

The Human Rights Centre Memorial receives information that beating and torture are used in Chechnya against a relative of applicants to the European Court of Human Rights.

21:57, 23 January 2006

Television discredits human rights defenders

The Moscow Helsinki Group chair denies allegations of its being involved in espionage against Russia.

21:47, 23 January 2006

Police officer killed in Dagestan

One police officer is killed and another one is wounded in the capital of Dagestan, Makhachkala.

19:08, 20 January 2006

People continue to disappear in Kabardino-Balkaria

Another resident of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Zaur Pshigotyzhev, has gone missing, unofficial sources say.

19:04, 20 January 2006

Removed prisoner lost again

Mr Rasul Kudayev, the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, is found not to be in the White Swan prison in Piatigorsk, Stavropol territory.

19:01, 19 January 2006

New law stifles independent civil society - AI

Amnesty International regrets that President Putin has approved amendments to laws regulating NGO operation in Russia.

18:59, 19 January 2006

Witnesses fail to come

No witness comes to the Kulayev trial, including Ingush ex-president Ruslan Aushev and businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev.

18:57, 18 January 2006

Caucasians hated most among ethnic minorities

There were around 25 killings and more than 200 assaults on an ethnic basis last year, says a human rights defender.

18:54, 18 January 2006

Eleven killed, wounded in Chechnya

Six Russian military men are killed and five are wounded in Chechnya on 16-17 January, according to a France-Presse source.

18:49, 18 January 2006

Chechen refugees rush for Europe

Mr Kadyrov once said that those who refused to come back to Chechnya were "criminals and terrorists," Prague Watchdog reports.

19:47, 17 January 2006

Abducted Chechen released after torture

There is information that he has some fingers and toes broken and his kidneys injured and that he is currently in a very grave condition.

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