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May 26, 2011 22:00

• Georgian police detained Burjanadze's fellow-fighters for accusation of the loss of two people

  Two members of ex-Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burjanadze's "Democratic Movement - United Georgia" were detained by Georgian police for accusation of actions which resulted in the death of people.

May 26, 2011 21:00

• Charges brought against 90 participants of the action in front of the Georgian Parliament

  After last night's dispersal of the action of "People's Assembly" in front of the Parliament in Tbilisi which turned into an unauthorized one, charges were brought against 90 people, Head of Informational and Analytic Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia Shota Utiashvili reported.

May 26, 2011 20:00

• The "Georgian Party": Levan Gachechiladze is safe and sound

  Supporters of Levan Gachechiladze, leader of the "Georgian Party", whose location was unknown after yesterday's dispersal of the unauthorized action in Tbilisi by riot squad announced that he was safe and sound and was in a safe place together with his son at the moment.

May 26, 2011 19:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs: 36 gunmen killed in Kabardino-Balkaria since the beginning of the year

  The personnel of law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria have killed 36 participants of paramilitary groups and their accomplices, Sergey Vasiliev, Minister of Interior Affairs of the republic, reported at a session of the Parliament of KBR today.

May 26, 2011 18:00

• Eight people wounded in a skirmish among natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan in St. Petersburg

  A skirmish among natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan occurred at night of May, 22, not far from a cafe in the 8th Line of Vasilievsky Ostrov, St. Petersburg, eight people got wounded. According to law enforcement bodies, the incident was a result of shoot-outs.

May 25, 2011 23:10

• Tbilisi: application on oppositional rally expires at midnight

  The protest rally of the "People's Assembly", which demands President Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation, continues at the Parliament in Tbilisi, despite the information that at midnight, after the rally application expires, it may be dispersed by the police.

May 25, 2011 23:00

• Dagestan: detainee's advocate cannot meet his client

  On May 6 in the morning, Hadji Murat Khalitov, a resident of the village of Serebryakovskaya, Kizlyar District, was detained. His advocate Murad Magomedov said that since May 17 he was not able to contact his client; and he fears that the detainee is tortured. The investigator in charge of Khalitov's case told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the suspect was kept at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of the city of Kizlyar.

May 25, 2011 22:50

• Residents of Ingushetia tell about oppressions in Pyatigorsk SIZO

  Detainees kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Pyatigorsk are oppressed based on their ethnicity and religion. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by relatives of the residents of Ingushetia kept there.

May 25, 2011 22:40

• AI's report concentrates on elimination of Five-Day War consequences

  The 2010 report of the Amnesty International (AI) on Georgia for 2010 emphasizes the consequences of the military conflict in August 2008; violations of the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs); actions of the police and security bodies; and violation of children's rights in refugees villages. The report was prepared within the general annual report on human rights situation in the world and was disseminated on May 12.

May 25, 2011 22:10

• Azerbaijan: Baku resident goes on hunger strike

  Gurban Aliev, a resident of the city of Baku, went on a hunger strike in front of the State Committee for State Property Management (SCSPM) of Azerbaijan. He demands to restore his ownership rights.

May 25, 2011 22:00

• Azerbaijan: oppositionist faces new charges

  Elnur Israfilov, an arrested participant of the rally on April 2 in Azerbaijan, was presented another accusation, this time of "intentional destruction or damage of other people's property." This was reported by his advocate Yalcin Imanov.

May 25, 2011 21:00

• Norwegian Directorate of Immigration does not consider the situation in Chechnya dangerous

  The most wide-spread reason to refuse political asylum in Norway to residents of Chechnya is the use of general situation in the republic as an argument by the claimants without specifying the particular threats, Guri Norstrom, official of PR Department of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI), told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on May, 24.

May 25, 2011 20:00

• The court in Rostov region blocked access to Mavrodi's web-site

  Taganrog city court of Rostov region granted the motion of Public prosecutor's office by blocking access to the web-site where Sergey Mavrodi's information of his new project "MMM-2011" was posted, a representative of Public prosecutor's office of the region reported on May, 25.

May 25, 2011 19:00

• The Georgian sailors detained in India returned home

  The Georgian sailors who had been unable to leave India for almost two months have returned home from Turkey.

May 25, 2011 18:00

• Arrest of the oppositionists in Azerbaijan prolonged for two months

  On May, 24, Sabail district court of Baku decided to prolong the term of arrest of Arif Gajili, Head of Executive Committee of "Musavat" party, Tural Abbasli, Chairman of the youth branch of "Musavat", and Muhammed Medjidli, member of the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP).

May 24, 2011 23:30

• Sochi residents and ecologists tell European Parliament delegates about problems with Olympic construction

  On May 18, in the course of the roundtable with delegates of the European Parliament, activists of environmental and social initiatives of the city of Sochi spoke about the problems associated with the construction of Olympic objects.

May 24, 2011 23:10

• Public organizations of Chechnya join All-Russian People's Front

  The Association of Chechen Public and Cultural Associations of Russia and the Union of Chechen Student Youth have announced their accession to the All-Russian People's Front. The former includes the organizations registered in Moscow and other Russian regions; the latter unites students and postgraduates studying in Russia's major cities.

May 24, 2011 23:00

• Khachapuridze: demands of Georgian hunger-striking lawyers were ignored

  The Georgian lawyers, who stopped on May 21 their hunger strike in front of the Parliament of Georgia, claim that the authorities failed to satisfy any of their demands.

May 24, 2011 22:50

• ECtHR orders Russia to compensate two kidnappings in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Russia should pay a fine of 122,724 euros for two lawsuits of Chechen residents.

May 24, 2011 22:40

• Bortnikov: FSB knows Dokku Umarov's whereabouts

  The location of the leader of the armed underground of North Caucasus Dokku Umarov is known to the Russia's secret services, Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB, has announced today.