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October 07, 2009 23:10

• In Baku, court again refuses to bail bloggers out

  Today, the Sabail District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan continued, under presidency of Judge Araz Guseinov, the judicial hearings on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and inflicting physical injuries. By the decision of the court they were left in custody.

October 07, 2009 23:00

• In Dagestan, inspector claims moral harm compensation from journalists

  On October 6, the Federal Court of the Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala started considering the suit lodged by Kadi Aidemirov, acting head of the Khasavyurt Investigatory Committee, about solidary collection from the Dagestan weekly "Novoye Delo" and advocate Sapiyat Magomedova of 100,000 roubles as moral harm compensation. The session was chaired by Federal Judge Shamil Gasanov.

October 07, 2009 22:00

• Investigatory Committee of Dagestan takes more time for considering "execution list"

  The Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of Russia for Dagestan has found it necessary to hold an additional check of the data specified in the leaflets, which were disseminated in early September in Makhachkala. This was stated on Tuesday, October 6 by a source in the Republic's Investigatory Department.

October 07, 2009 21:00

• HRC "Memorial" not yet decided on resuming work in Chechnya

  The issue of resuming the work of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in the Chechen Republic is still open. Local observers believe that in a view of the continuing litigation between the leader of the "Memorial" and Ramzan Kadyrov and negative attitude to this organization by "official" Chechen human rights activists and power agents, the decision can be indefinitely postponed.

October 07, 2009 21:00

• 60 persons rally at Politkovskaya's house in Moscow

  In Moscow, people came to No. 8 Lesnaya Street, where Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", lived and was assassinated, to commemorate the journalist.

October 07, 2009 20:00

• Abkhazian authorities are ambiguous to plans of Radio Liberty to broadcast in Abkhazia

  Sergey Shamba, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Abkhazia, told journalists today that last week the top managers of Radio Liberty submitted an official letter to the MFA with an offer to open its representative office in Abkhazia.

October 07, 2009 19:00

• European Court to decide on child's murder in Chechnya

  The Strasbourg Court on Human Rights has communicated the complaint lodged by Kameta Khashueva, a resident of Chechnya and mother of Mamed Bagalaev, who occasionally perished in the course of special operation of Russian power agents, and awarded a priority status to her complaint.

October 07, 2009 18:00

• Journalist from Dagestan adjudges 100,000 roubles from colleague

  The Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala has passed a decision, according to which Zaur Gaziev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Free Republic", should pay 100,000 roubles of moral damage compensation to journalist Svetlana Anokhina.

October 07, 2009 12:00

• Two years of Imarat Kavkaz: jihad spreads over Russia's south

  Today is two years after the leader of North-Caucasian militants Doku Umarov proclaimed the Islamic state - the Imarat Kavkaz. From the time when the accent in the ideology got offset from the political aspect to the religious one, the situation in Northern Caucasus has noticeably aggravated. Supporters of Imarat organized a continuous range of attempts on state officials and terror acts committed by suicide bombers.

October 06, 2009 23:50

• Dagestan: kidnapped Dzhigirkhan Dzhigirkhanov is at large

  Bakanai Guseinova, advocate of the HRC "Memorial", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Dzhigirkhan Dzhigirkhanov, who was kidnapped in Makhachkala on September 16, is now at large and at home.

October 06, 2009 23:30

• Sixth Georgian-Abkhazian meeting on conflict prevention was fruitless

  Today, the city of Gali (Gali District of Abkhazia) has hosted the sixth meeting within the mechanism of preventing incidents in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone. One of the basic points raised by the Georgian party referred to safe residence of Georgians in the Gali District.

October 06, 2009 23:10

• Kadyrov demands criminal prosecution of "Novaya Gazeta" journalists

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov asks to initiate a criminal case against Dmitri Muratov, editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", Vyacheslav Izmailov, its military observer, and several more journalists of the edition.

October 06, 2009 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 28-October 4

  Scandalous pre-election campaign in Northern Caucasus; attempt to deprive Russian delegation of its vote at the PACE; debates among Armenian public and Diaspora on establishment of diplomatic relations with Turkey, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of September 28-October 4 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 06, 2009 23:00

• Dagestan: trial on "Chernovik" case postponed

  Today, another judicial session on charging 5 journalists of the Dagestan newspaper "Chernovik" under Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code "Kindling national, racial or religious hostility" was to take place in Makhachkala. However, as reported by the lawyer of the edition Biyakai Magomedov, it was postponed till next Monday, October 12, under joint consent of the court and prosecutor's office because of sickness of one of the defendants.

October 06, 2009 22:00

• Court adjudges 70,000 roubles from HRC "Memorial" and Orlov in Kadyrov's favour

  The court has satisfied the claim of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to the head of the HRC "Memorial" Oleg Orlov on defence of honour and dignity and ruled to collect 50,000 roubles from the HRC and 20,000 roubles personally from Orlov in favour of the claimant.

October 06, 2009 21:00

• Head of "Reporters without Borders" not admitted to Russia to anniversary of Politkovskaya's death

  As reported by Ilya, Anna Politkovskaya's son, Jean-Francois Julliard, Secretary General of the "Reporters without Borders", wanted to come to Moscow on the third anniversary of the journalist's murder; however, he was not admitted to Russia.

October 06, 2009 20:00

• Respondent's witnesses in Kadyrov vs. Orlov litigation confirm threats of Chechen authorities to Estemirova

  The Tver Court of Moscow, which is considering the claim lodged by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov on defence of his honour and dignity against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", respondent's witnesses gave their evidences.

October 06, 2009 19:00

• SC of Ingushetia returns Evloev's case to Karabulak court

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has refused to combine the case of the death of Magomed Evloev, the owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", with the case about the loss of three millions roubles from him; and the materials of the main case were returned to the Karabulak Court of the republic for consideration on the merits. This was reported by Yakhya Evloev, Magomed's father.

October 06, 2009 18:00

• Man killed by fougasse explosion in Chechnya

  Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya are establishing the person and circumstances of death of the unknown man, who on October 5 fell victim of an explosion in the mountainous Vedeno District of the republic.

October 05, 2009 23:30

• Karastelyov: "children's curfew" in Krasnodar Territory increased fear of people in uniform

  The result of one year of operation of the so-called "children's law" in the Krasnodar Territory was young people's increased fear of people in militia uniform, believes Vadim Karastelyov, expert of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR). In the opinion of state officials, the expired year of the law in action saw a serious reduction in teenagers' criminality, and also a reduction of crimes committed against teenagers.