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September 06, 2011 22:00

• Rights defenders of NAR call to pay close attention to human rights violations in the republic

  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) sees continued pressure on local human rights activists, who made public the death of Zeinalov, a resident of the village of Arazin from the Djulfin District. Malakhat Nasibova, the head of the Regional Resource Centre for Development of NGOs and Democracy, said that she received threats.

September 06, 2011 21:00

• An action of protest in support of activist of "Solidarity" Victor Chirikov passed off in Krasnodar region

  Representatives of ecologic movements in Krasnodar region tried to picket a so-called "Putin's country-house" in support of activist of "Solidarity" Victor Chirikov. The action was headed by Evgenia Chirikova, leader of the movement in protection of Khimki forest and the detainee's namesake.

September 06, 2011 20:00

• An action of support of Byelorussian human rights activist Ales Belyatsky passed off in Yerevan

  Human rights activists in the capital of Armenia organized an action of protest in front of the Embassy of Belarus demanding release of human rights activist Ales Belyatsky.

September 06, 2011 19:00

• Young activists of ANC held an action of protest in Yerevan demanding to release Tigran Arakelyan

  On September, 5, young activists of Armenian National Congress (ANC) organized a procession in the center of Yerevan in protection of activist Tigran Arakelyan who is currently in custody for accusation of hooliganism and using force against a representative of authority.

September 06, 2011 18:00

• The Labourites of Georgia state that the life of convicted footballer Demetradze is in danger

  The Labour party of Georgia appealed to the foreign embassies accredited in the territory of the country and Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg calling to pay attention to the prison conditions and state of health of Georgian footballer Giorgi Demetradze.

September 05, 2011 23:40

• Volgograd Region hosts locals' protest actions

  Today, residents of the Dubovskiy Municipal District of the Volgograd Region have planned two pickets against the authorities. Also today, residents of the district conduct a protest action in Volgograd.

September 05, 2011 23:20

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria states that he was tortured to confess of keeping a grenade

  Power agents kidnapped and tortured Murat Bizhev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, forcing him to confess of keeping a grenade. This is stated in the message of the HRC "Memorial", where Bizhev turned for help, received by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 05, 2011 23:10

• Court leaves Makhmudov, defendant in Politkovskaya's murder case, in custody

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended until December 7 the custody of Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of murdering the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya.

September 05, 2011 23:00

• Moscow court extends custody of Apti and Aishat Magmadov

  Today, the Moscow Regional Court has held a session on the criminal case against two natives of Chechnya - Apti and Aishat Magmadov, accused of promoting terrorism and setting up illegal armed formations (IAFs). At the request of the prosecutor, their custody was extended till December 22, 2011.

September 05, 2011 22:50

• MfE of South Ossetia distributes Russia's humanitarian aid

  Today, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of South Ossetia has started distributing the humanitarian aid, which arrived in the republic from Russia within the framework of the inter-departmental humanitarian campaign.

September 05, 2011 22:40

• Georgian opposition calls for re-investigation of Girgvliani's murder case

  Today, members of the Party "Our Georgia - Free Democrats", founded by Irakli Alasaniya, ex-Ambassador of Georgia to the UN, held an action at the Georgian Ministry of Justice demanding to re-investigate the murder of Sandro Girgvliani, 28, an employee of the United Bank of Georgia.

September 05, 2011 22:30

• Russian Public Chamber takes control over investigation into death of teenager in Kalmykia

  The members of the commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for public control over law enforcement bodies will take control over the inquiry into the death of Artyom Malinovskiy, 16, in Kalmykia.

September 05, 2011 22:20

• Girl's rape case in hospital of Budyonnovsk sent to court

  The Prosecutor's Office has sent the criminal case against the person, accused of raping a nine-year girl at the hospital of the city of Budyonnovsk, to the Stavropol Territorial Court.

September 05, 2011 22:10

• Resident of Dagestan reports torture applied to his son

  Murad Gasanov, a resident of the Dagestani city of Izberbash, has addressed the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and complained that his son Zaur was illegally detained and tortured by power agents.

September 05, 2011 21:00

• Unidentified people threw a grenade into the courtyard of the house of a judge of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia

  At night of September, 5, unidentified people threw a grenade into the courtyard of a private housing estate where Tagir Ozdoev, judge of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, lived. There were no victims.

September 05, 2011 20:00

• Relatives of a man convicted for complicity in gunmen's activities ask to allow him to serve his penalty in his motherland

  Relatives of Renat Ismailov sentenced by Krasnodar court to four years of colony for financing a paramilitary group on August, 31, are going to appeal to Committee for adaptation of gunmen of Dagestan asking for help in his transfer to his native republic for serving his penalty.

September 05, 2011 19:00

• A local resident kidnapped and killed in Chechnya

  Investigators of Chechnya initiated a criminal case on the fact of kidnapping and murder of a man, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported today. The resident of Gudermes district of Chechnya was kidnapped by armed people from his own house and killed on the same day. In the opinion of leader of one of the local human rights organizations, only the personnel of enforcement agencies might have been involved in the crime.

September 05, 2011 18:00

• Policemen in Dagestan are investigating kidnapping of a schoolgirl

  On Sunday, September, 4, policemen in Dagestan detained a young man who is suspected of kidnapping of a schoolgirl, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported today.

September 03, 2011 23:00

• Beslan opens sculptural composition "Kind Angel of Peace"

  On September 2, in Beslan, in the corner of Mira and Sigova Streets, an architectural-sculptural composition named "Kind Angel of Peace" was opened.

September 03, 2011 21:00

• Special operation conducted in Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, the Shukhov Street in the city of Baksan in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) was the venue of a special operation aimed to liquidate a grouping of militants. The city was under the CTO (counterterrorist operation) regime.